Deify thy master (Derelict) · Pestilence

170 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:40 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
170
LENGTH
5:40
DIFFICULTY
88/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-32, 65-71 and 73-75, and 2 more places -- 22.3% 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
DEIFY THY MASTER (DERELICT) · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 8, 17, 18, 22, 36, 40 and 11 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

7 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: 123 keep time, 17 are fills, 9 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 138-152.

PART A
PART L
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART Z
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
10 groovesHLAIN+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Deify thy master (Derelict)?

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 Deify thy master (Derelict) hard to play on drums?

88 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 87 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

170 bars, about 5:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 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 Deify thy master (Derelict)?

11 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 8, 17, 18, 22, 36, 40 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 170 BARS ANALYSED
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