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Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country - Guitar Tab

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About Bat Country

Bat Country is a heavy metal track by Avenged Sevenfold from their third album, City of Evil. Released in August 2005, it became the band's commercially successful breakthrough single. The song features dynamic riffing and energetic drumming that makes it a rewarding challenge for intermediate to advanced electric guitarists.

  • Won Best New Artist in a Video at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.
  • Certified platinum by the RIAA and silver by the BPI, marking major commercial success.
  • The second single from City of Evil album, establishing Avenged Sevenfold's mainstream presence.

How to Play Bat Country

Tuning: Drop D · Key: E minor · Tempo: 173 BPM

The drop D tuning lets you fret the low power chords with a single finger, which is central to the heavier riffing here. At 173 bpm it moves fast, so the real test is building picking stamina and keeping every note clean at speed.

Loop the hardest passage and creep the speed up from around 70 percent until it holds at 173 BPM.

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Zacky Vengeance pairs the JCM800 with his Schecter for a grittier, more classic crunch on rhythm duties, cutting through the mix with natural breakup without relying solely on high-gain saturation.

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Synyster Gates uses this wah to add expressive dynamics to his lead passages, allowing him to shape the midrange of his high-output bridge pickup for singing, vocal-like solo tones.

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ISP Decimator Noise Gate

The ISP Decimator tames the high-gain hum inherent to Avenged Sevenfold's aggressive drop-tuned rhythms and sustain-heavy leads, keeping the signal clean without sacrificing the thick distortion tone.

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MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay

Synyster Gates deploys this analog delay to add ambience and spaciousness to his solos, complementing his Sustainiac-driven feedback passages with lush, tape-like modulation for dynamic lead work.

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