First Kill · Amon Amarth

205 bars at 189 BPM -- fast, and 4:20 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
189 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
205
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-43, 45-50 and 57-63, and 8 more places -- 23% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 189 BPM
FIRST KILL · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 40 times: bars 7, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31 and 34 more.

LOOP · 189 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 189 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 189 BPM
BARS 29-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 189 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

205 bars across 16 sections: 134 keep time, 40 are fills, 3 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 126-140.

PART S5
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AC
CHORUS 3
PART B
PART AL
PART V
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesRACVS5AS+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is First Kill?

189 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is First Kill hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

205 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 18 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 First Kill?

17 fills to learn, played 40 times: bars 7, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31 and 34 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 205 BARS ANALYSED
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