Avenged Sevenfold

Play drums likeThe Rev

American musician (1981–2009)

The songs with The Rev on drums, to play on your own kit: Afterlife and Critical Acclaim. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Afterlife

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The Rev playing drums — Photo: ~Kimi-Kiiro, CC BY 3.0

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Hardeasiest — Afterlife
97average BPM
110fastest — Afterlife

Songs with The Rev on drums

AfterlifeAvenged Sevenfold

Critical AcclaimAvenged Sevenfold More Avenged Sevenfold songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like The Rev

Start with Afterlife — the easiest of their parts here (hard), at 110 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to Critical Acclaim: 2,524 notes in 5:13. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing The Rev's drum parts: questions

What songs does The Rev play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with The Rev on drums: Afterlife (Avenged Sevenfold) and Critical Acclaim (Avenged Sevenfold).

What is the easiest The Rev song to play on drums?

Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold — rated hard, at 110 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is The Rev's hardest drum part here?

Critical Acclaim: 2,524 notes in 5:13, rated extreme. The fastest is Afterlife at 110 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like The Rev?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.