Drum play-alongAfterlife

Afterlife drums: tempo, difficulty and parts

Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold is 110 BPM and runs 5:47: 160 bars and 2,313 notes played on the kick, crash, snare, hi-hat, ride, tom 2, floor tom and tom 1.

The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.

It has 6 fills, its longest section is the Final Chorus (0:48) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

1. 0:00Intro A
2. 0:17Intro B
3. 0:39Verse 1 A
4. 0:58Verse 1 B
5. 1:15Pre-Chorus 1
6. 1:24Chorus 1
7. 1:44Verse 2 A
8. 2:02Verse 2 B
9. 2:20Pre-Chorus 2
10. 2:28Chorus 2
11. 3:05Bridge A
12. 3:23Bridge B
13. 3:58Solo A
14. 4:15Solo B
15. 4:33Interlude
16. 4:59Final Chorus