In the Shadow of the Horns · Darkthrone

223 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 8:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
223
LENGTH
8:05
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 138-144, 146-152 and 154-160, and 4 more places -- 20.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
IN THE SHADOW OF THE HORNS · BAR 139
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 3, 5, 16, 29, 33, 45 and 16 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

223 bars across 18 sections: 172 keep time, 22 are fills, 10 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-73.

CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART M
CHORUS 3
PART AB
PART AB
9 groovesEABMOZ+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In the Shadow of the Horns?

108 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 the Shadow of the Horns hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 82 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

223 bars, about 8:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 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, 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 In the Shadow of the Horns?

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 3, 5, 16, 29, 33, 45 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 223 BARS ANALYSED
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