Unholy Confessions

"Unholy Confessions"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Waking the Fallen
Released	August 2, 2004
Format	12", DVDr, promo single
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.^[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 May 2015, it has been performed live a total of 657 times, and is Avenged Sevenfold's most played live song. Beating the runner up "Bat Country" which has been played a total of 591 times. It is also the only song from "Waking the Fallen" to have remained a staple of their live set.

Track listing

12" single

DVDr

Promo single

Personnel

• M. Shadows - vocals
• Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar
• The Rev - drums
• Synyster Gates - lead guitar
• Johnny Christ - bass

Video

The video for the song features clips of fans and a live performance with the studio version playing over. To coincide with the re-release of the album, Waking the Fallen: Resurrected, The original first cut was released onto YouTube on August 25, 2014. The video features the band performing in an abandoned warehouse.

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics