Conception: A Nameless Fear · Infant Annihilator

120 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:58 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
120
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-32, 43-44 and 113-114, and 1 more place -- 7% 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
CONCEPTION: A NAMELESS FEAR · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 1, 17, 18, 24, 26, 27 and 24 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 26-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 14 sections: 62 keep time, 30 are fills, 7 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-16.

CHORUS
PART AC
PART AH
PART AM
PART AQ
PART AI
PART BC
PART BZ
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
13 groovesBBCACAQCE+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Conception: A Nameless Fear?

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 Conception: A Nameless Fear hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 17 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 Conception: A Nameless Fear?

15 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 1, 17, 18, 24, 26, 27 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 120 BARS ANALYSED
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