Unholy Confessions

"Unholy Confessions"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Waking the Fallen
Released August 2, 2004
Genre Metalcore
Length 4:43
Label Hopeless
Writer(s) Avenged Sevenfold
Producer(s) Andrew Murdock
Fred Archambault
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology
"Second Heartbeat"
(2003)
"Unholy Confessions"
(2004)
"Burn It Down"
(2005)

"Unholy Confessions" is a song by Avenged Sevenfold, from their second album, Waking the Fallen. It was the first single by the band to receive mainstream exposure and was heavily rotated on MTV2's Headbangers Ball. It was the last single to feature M. Shadows screamed vocal style before he changed to a cleaner style on their next album, City of Evil.[1]

The song was first performed live on January 21, 2004. and has remained a permanent staple of the band's live set (Though there have been a few occasions where it was omitted) as of November 2013, it has been performed live a total of 544 times, and is Avenged Sevenfold's most played live song. Beating the runner up "Bat Country" which has been played a total of 470 times. It is also the only song from "Waking the Fallen" to have remained a staple of their live set.

Track listing

All songs credited to Avenged Sevenfold. Taken from the 12-inch single released in 2010.

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Unholy Confessions"     
2. "Eternal Rest"     
3. "Eternal Rest (Live)*"     

* This live version was recorded in January 2004 at the Ventura Theatre.

Personnel

Video

The video for the song features clips of fans and a live performance with the studio version playing over.

References

  1. "Avenged Sevenfold — Unholy Confessions". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

External links