Damnation · Morbid Angel

140 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 4:16 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8, 10-12 and 14-16, and 7 more places -- 18.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
DAMNATION · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 6, 17, 21, 41, 57 and 9 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 16 sections: 97 keep time, 15 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 117-130.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART K
PART B
PART K
PART N
PART S
PART V
PART Y
PART V
PART N
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFBKNV+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Damnation?

131 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 Damnation hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 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 Damnation?

8 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 6, 17, 21, 41, 57 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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