Hybrids Of Steel · Arch Enemy

102 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 3:16 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
102
LENGTH
3:16
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24-27, 29-36 and 47-49 -- 15% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
HYBRIDS OF STEEL · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 22, 23, 28, 46, 61, 63 and 7 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 13 sections: 60 keep time, 13 are fills, 16 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-36.

PART S2
PART I
PART K
PART P
PART T
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesXIPKS2+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hybrids Of Steel?

123 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 Hybrids Of Steel hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

102 bars, about 3:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 13 sittings, about 28 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 Hybrids Of Steel?

10 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 22, 23, 28, 46, 61, 63 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 102 BARS ANALYSED
MORE BY THIS BAND

Other Arch Enemy drum parts

EVERY ARCH ENEMY CHART →
AT THIS LEVEL

Play something else today

EVERY SONG A-Z →