Unholy Confessions drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold is 195 BPM and runs 4:42: 224 bars and 2,138 notes played on the kick, ride, crash, snare, hi-hat, tom 2 and floor tom.
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 Chorus (0:46).
Song map
- Intro
- Band In - Intro
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus pt. 1
- Pre-Chorus pt. 2
- Chorus
- Duel
- Re Intro
- Verse 2 (Re-Intro pt. 2)
- Breakdown
- Pre-Chorus pt. 1
- Pre-Chorus pt. 2
- Pre-Chorus pt. 3
- Chorus
- Outro pt. 1
- Outro pt. 2
- Outro B
How to play Unholy Confessions on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Unholy Confessions come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 80 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 195 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Unholy Confessions drum cover.
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