Beyond the Flames (accurate) · Killswitch Engage

100 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
2:51
DIFFICULTY
90/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-15 and 57-63 -- 13% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BEYOND THE FLAMES (ACCURATE) · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 19 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 11 sections: 50 keep time, 25 are fills and 14 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 82-95.

PART A
PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART E
PART S
PART V
OUTRO
7 groovesIEAZS+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Beyond the Flames (accurate)?

140 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 Beyond the Flames (accurate) hard to play on drums?

90 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 2:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 15 sittings, about 24 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 Beyond the Flames (accurate)?

12 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 100 BARS ANALYSED
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