Holy War · Thy Art Is Murder

119 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 19 and 21, and 11 more places -- 12.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
HOLY WAR · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 24, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 11 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 43-47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 13 sections: 73 keep time, 17 are fills, 2 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-42.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART G
PART J
PART R
PART Y
CHORUS
PART B
OUTRO
10 groovesWBJYG+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Holy War?

120 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 Holy War hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Holy War?

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 24, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 119 BARS ANALYSED
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