1- Inferno (Unleash the Fire) · Symphony X

189 bars of 4/4 at 152 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
152 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
189
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 37% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-37, 39-45 and 47-53, and 15 more places -- 36.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 152 BPM
1- INFERNO (UNLEASH THE FIRE) · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 7, 8, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 21 more.

LOOP · 152 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 152 BPM
BARS 23-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 152 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 152 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

189 bars across 15 sections: 128 keep time, 27 are fills, 13 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-53.

PART D
PART J
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART D
PART AH
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesSDAHJV+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 1- Inferno (Unleash the Fire)?

152 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is 1- Inferno (Unleash the Fire) hard to play on drums?

57 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

189 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 1- Inferno (Unleash the Fire)?

11 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 7, 8, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 189 BARS ANALYSED
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