Identity Crisis · Napalm Death

62 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 2:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
62
LENGTH
2:37
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 17-19, and 2 more places -- 24.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
IDENTITY CRISIS · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 4, 14, 16, 26, 28, 44 and 3 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

62 bars across 11 sections: 38 keep time, 9 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-60.

PART A
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART E
PART H
PART I
PART A
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCHEAIFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Identity Crisis?

95 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 Identity Crisis hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

62 bars, about 2:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 9 sittings, about 23 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 Identity Crisis?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 4, 14, 16, 26, 28, 44 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 62 BARS ANALYSED
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