Fade to Black Live At Philadelphia, PA - May 25, 2025 · Metallica

283 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 8:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
283
LENGTH
8:05
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32-34, 36-38 and 40-42, and 23 more places -- 24.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
FADE TO BLACK LIVE AT PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 25, 2025 · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 20, 21, 30, 31, 39, 55 and 27 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 30-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

283 bars across 24 sections: 142 keep time, 34 are fills, 18 are stops and 76 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 224-244.

CHORUS
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART S16
CHORUS 3
PART V
PART AI
17 groovesGS16AIOV+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fade to Black Live At Philadelphia, PA - May 25, 2025?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Fade to Black Live At Philadelphia, PA - May 25, 2025 hard to play on drums?

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

283 bars, about 8:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 16 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Fade to Black Live At Philadelphia, PA - May 25, 2025?

20 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 20, 21, 30, 31, 39, 55 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 283 BARS ANALYSED
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