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Description

Today we will take a look at how to play Bat Country, as made famous by Avenged Sevenfold.

This is a very dynamic metal song packed with fast heavy riffs, tight palm muting, catchy choruses with power chords, calm interludes, a solo with crazy bending and lots of harmonized guitars. So we have quite a bit of work ahead of us.

When I use the terms 8th notes, 16th notes, etc. as I'm showing you the riffs, I'm referring to a tempo where the quarter note equals 125 beats per minute throughout the tutorial - but you will hear the drums go from double-time, to regular time, to half-time.

Let's get started!

Lesson Info
Ben Lindholm
Instructor Ben Lindholm
Styles:
Metal
Difficulty:
Published
Tutorial
Bat Country
Tutorial Lessons
  1. Bat Country: Introduction
  2. Bat Country: Gear & Tone
  3. A Beast Out Of Himself: Intro Riffs
  4. I Tried To Drive: Verse & Pre-Chorus
  5. Can't You Help Me? The Chorus
  6. Sorry: Interlude Clean Electric
  7. Don't Be Surprised: Interlude Acoustic
  8. Caught Here: Solo Rhythm Guitar
  9. Fiery Blaze: Solo Lead Guitar
  10. These Eyes: Harmony Solo Rhythm Guitars
  11. After I Flip: Harmony Solo Lead Guitar 1
  12. My Will To Stay: Harmony Solo Lead Guitar 2
  13. Sometimes I Don't Know Why: Verse 3 Overdubs
  14. Gets Rid Of All The Pain: The Bridge
  15. I've Known It From The Start: Outro Clean Guitar
  16. Scared: Outro Acoustic
  17. Good Ideas: Outro Riff Guitar 1
  18. Follow Me: Outro Riff Guitar 2
  19. Bat Country: Performance
  20. Bat Country: Jam Along