Born in Agony · Mortal Massacre

129 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 20-23, 26 and 28-31, and 5 more places -- 12.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BORN IN AGONY · BARS 20-21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 1, 5, 13, 21, 23, 29 and 9 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 18 sections: 70 keep time, 15 are fills, 8 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 68-76.

PART C
PART D
CHORUS
PART N
PART Y
PART AE
PART AH
OUTRO
BREAK 3
16 groovesGS18YDAR+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Born in Agony?

120 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 Born in Agony hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 22 sittings, about 24 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 Born in Agony?

8 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 1, 5, 13, 21, 23, 29 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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