"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. It was the only single to feature M. Shadows screamed vocal style before he changed to a cleaner style on their next album, City of Evil.The song was first performed live on January 21, 2004.