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Painkiller by Judas Priest

A Guitar Hero: Van Halen chart, from the Guitar Hero Van Halen pack.

Neversoft / Guitar Hero: Van Halen / Official / Painkiller / 1990 / Metal

On Expert Lead it scores D 63.84, Calc Tier 5, at or above 77% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 8.81, Calc Tier 1, at or above 28% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 20.84, Calc Tier 5, at or above 86% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 8.14, Calc Tier 2, at or above 47% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts.

Difficulty graph of Painkiller by Judas Priest: notes per second, fret changes per second and their geometric mean over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 563.8477%37.2287%13.3873%2.0914%
Bass Tier 18.8128%5.9723%1.9911%0.7310%
Drums Tier 520.8486%18.8995%14.7495%11.6195%
Vocals Tier 28.1447%

Ranked #5 of 47 songs in Guitar Hero Van Halen on Expert guitar, and #479 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 1,906 notes over 5:52, 5.4 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: SEXSEXSEXSEXSEX by Yesten's Legacy (D 63.91, tier 5), SEXSEXSEXSEXSEX by Yesten's Legacy (D 63.91, tier 5); easier: Estranged by Rolo Tomassi (D 63.73, tier 5), Mire (Full Album) by Conjurer (D 63.65, tier 5)

In Guitar Hero Van Halen: harder: The Takedown by Yellowcard (D 66.00, tier 5), I'm The One by Van Halen (D 83.93, tier 6); easier: Hot For Teacher by Van Halen (D 62.61, tier 5), Hang 'Em High by Van Halen (D 58.59, tier 5)

More by Judas Priest: Halls of Valhalla by Judas Priest (D 71.24, tier 6), Painkiller by Judas Priest (D 70.17, tier 6), Electric Eye by Judas Priest (D 51.43, tier 5), The Hellion/Electric Eye by Judas Priest (D 44.18, tier 5)

From Guitar Hero Van Halen, whose every song is ranked by difficulty on its page.

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