Avenged Sevenfold With Death Metal Drums Is Pretty Great

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February 22, 2018

YouTube drumming hero (and the guy who played Metallica with dildos instead of drumsticks) Samus Paulicelli has made Avenged Sevenfold sound approximately four to five times heavier by adding some death metal drumming to the band's 2007 track Almost Easy.

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