Unholy Confessions
"Unholy Confessions" is a song by Avenged Sevenfold, released as the single 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. The song is about two people, who are a couple, who find out they are both cheating on each other. Background. The song made its live debut on February 25, 2003, 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 June 2018 , it has been performed live a total of 804 times, and is Avenged Sevenfold's most played song live, ahead of the runner-up "Bat Country", which has been played a total of 730 times. It is also the only song from "Waking the Fallen" to have remained a staple of their live set. This song was one of Avenged Sevenfold's last songs in which lead singer Matt Shadows used a raspy, screaming voice, and since their follow-up album, has switched to gritty, scream-absent vocals. Critical reception. "Unholy Confessions" is widely regarded as one of the band 's best songs. In 2020, "Louder Sound" and "Kerrang" ranked the song at number six and number two, respectively, on their lists of the 20 greatest Avenged Sevenfold songs. Music videos. The band, along with director Thomas Mignone, filmed the song's concept video in December 2003, featuring the band performing the single at an abandoned warehouse. After a few months, they posted on the website's blog about their discomfort with the video, and the decision to re-shoot the video. The concept video eventually got released on YouTube, along with the 2014 re-release of Waking the Fallen . In February 2004, the band shared the plan to film the new video, this time being a live performance, recruiting as many fans with Avenged Sevenfold tattoos and a few protagonists to film at their homes getting ready for the show, whether by promoting, driving to the concert, among other things. The performance was shot on March 6, 2004, at the Henry Fonda Theatre.