Horsemen of the Apocalypse · Resurgence

129 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 5:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
5:44
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33, 64 and 95, and 3 more places -- 7.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE · BAR 100
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 44 and 13 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 30-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 44-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 74-75 · LANDS ON BAR 76 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 15 sections: 81 keep time, 19 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-17.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART AC
PART AM
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesCAMACWP+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

90 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 Horsemen of the Apocalypse hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 5:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 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 Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

6 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 44 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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