Decade Of Therion · Behemoth

97 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
2:59
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-52, 54-56 and 66-68, and 2 more places -- 15.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
DECADE OF THERION · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 34 and 16 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 8 sections: 61 keep time, 22 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-97.

PART E
PART I
PART O
PART Q
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesTIOAFE+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Decade Of Therion?

130 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 Decade Of Therion hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 2:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 18 sittings, about 23 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 Decade Of Therion?

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 34 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 97 BARS ANALYSED
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