In Dying Days (Drop D) · As Blood Runs Black

169 bars of 4/4 at 151 BPM, about 4:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore150 BPM and up
TEMPO
151 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
4:26
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-25, 27-28 and 31-33, and 9 more places -- 16.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 151 BPM
IN DYING DAYS (DROP D) · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 4, 5, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 27 more.

LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 151 BPM
BARS 19-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 18 sections: 106 keep time, 34 are fills, 7 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 102-110.

PART F
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AE
PART AQ
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
15 groovesNAQFBFAE+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In Dying Days (Drop D)?

151 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 In Dying Days (Drop D) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 4:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 66 exercises over 22 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 In Dying Days (Drop D)?

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 4, 5, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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