Impaler · Exodus

221 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 5:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
221
LENGTH
5:58
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 83-89, 91-97 and 99-105, and 2 more places -- 16.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 148 BPM
IMPALER · BAR 83
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 61 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 20 and 55 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BARS 5-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

221 bars across 16 sections: 138 keep time, 61 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 115-122.

PART H
PART H
PART AC
PART AL
CHORUS
PART AL
CHORUS 2
12 groovesAQACHALE+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Impaler?

148 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 Impaler hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

221 bars, about 5:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 24 sittings, about 24 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 Impaler?

26 fills to learn, played 61 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 20 and 55 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 221 BARS ANALYSED
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