Dead Skin Mask · Slayer

137 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-23, 41-47 and 117-122 -- 14.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
DEAD SKIN MASK · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

23 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 16, 28, 32, 36, 40, 52 and 25 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 17 sections: 85 keep time, 31 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-8.

PART A
PART B
PART D
PART F
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART AA
CHORUS 3
PART AA
PART D
OUTRO
10 groovesIDAARO+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dead Skin Mask?

110 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 Dead Skin Mask hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 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 Dead Skin Mask?

23 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 16, 28, 32, 36, 40, 52 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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