Drown me in blood · Carnifex

105 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 3:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:49
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-27, 62-69 and 91-95 -- 19% 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
DROWN ME IN BLOOD · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 16 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 10-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 12 sections: 66 keep time, 22 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-37.

PART E
PART J
CHORUS
PART Q
PART E
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART Y
PART AB
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesNEYJQ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Drown me in blood?

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 Drown me in blood hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 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 Drown me in blood?

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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