Head On A Plate · Slaughter To Prevail

158 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 143-147, 149 and 151-155, and 1 more place -- 7.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
HEAD ON A PLATE · BAR 143
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 59 times: bars 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 53 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 18-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 18 sections: 70 keep time, 60 are fills, 12 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-33.

CHORUS
PART R
PART B
PART AC
PART AH
PART AS
PART AV
OUTRO 2
14 groovesBHRACBC+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Head On A Plate?

150 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 Head On A Plate hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

158 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 21 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Head On A Plate?

17 fills to learn, played 59 times: bars 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 53 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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