Daylight Dies · Killswitch Engage

170 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 6:47 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
170
LENGTH
6:47
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 62-64, 66-69 and 98-100, and 3 more places -- 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 · 90 BPM
DAYLIGHT DIES · BAR 63
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 13, 21, 37, 45, 51, 53 and 9 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

170 bars across 17 sections: 67 keep time, 15 are fills, 62 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-36.

PART B
PART G
PART W
PART AA
OUTRO 2
11 groovesOBGAAP+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Daylight Dies?

90 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 Daylight Dies hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

170 bars, about 6:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 11 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Daylight Dies?

10 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 13, 21, 37, 45, 51, 53 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 170 BARS ANALYSED
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