Behold The Face Of Death · Arkangel

65 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 2:36 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
2:36
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 46-52, 56-57 and 60-65 -- 23.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BEHOLD THE FACE OF DEATH · BAR 46
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 2, 8, 18, 29 and 53.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 8 sections: 45 keep time, 5 are fills, 5 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 20-27.

PART E
PART H
PART K
PART E
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesOEHKN+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Behold The Face Of Death?

100 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 Behold The Face Of Death hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 2:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 10 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Behold The Face Of Death?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 2, 8, 18, 29 and 53.

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