A Rape of Sirens (8 string) · Infant Annihilator

131 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 43, 49 and 51, and 5 more places -- 6.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
A RAPE OF SIRENS (8 STRING) · BAR 43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 73 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 67 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 4-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 21 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 28-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 38-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 10 sections: 23 keep time, 73 are fills, 20 are stops and 6 are silent.

PART S1
PART S
PART AC
PART S5
PART AZ
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesBTS1S5AHAC+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Rape of Sirens (8 string)?

125 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 A Rape of Sirens (8 string) hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 18 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 A Rape of Sirens (8 string)?

15 fills to learn, played 73 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 67 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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