Enter The Machine · Arch Enemy

56 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 1:55 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
56
LENGTH
1:55
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 33% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16-22, 30 and 32-38, and 1 more place -- 32.7% of every bar the kit plays. That is the spine of it; everything else is what happens around it.

LOOP · 115 BPM
ENTER THE MACHINE · BAR 17
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 39, 51 and 55.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

56 bars across 4 sections: 26 keep time, 3 are fills, 17 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-38.

COUNT-IN
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesEBCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Enter The Machine?

115 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 Enter The Machine hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

56 bars, about 1:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Enter The Machine?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 39, 51 and 55.

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