Behind The Gates Of Hell · Aegirson

150 bars, 8:58, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

MetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
150
LENGTH
8:58
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 102-117 -- 9.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BEHIND THE GATES OF HELL · BAR 103
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16 more.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 1-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 10-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

172 bars across 19 sections: 116 keep time, 22 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-46.

CHORUS
PART T
PART R
PART AT
PART AY
PART BH
PART BK
OUTRO
15 groovesKRTAYM+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Behind The Gates Of Hell?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Behind The Gates Of Hell hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

150 bars, about 8:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 19 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Behind The Gates Of Hell?

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16 more.

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