Interloper · Slipknot

84 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 2:17 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
2:17
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 5-8, 10 and 12 -- 7.4% 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
INTERLOPER · BARS 5-6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 24 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BARS 4-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 12 sections: 36 keep time, 30 are fills, 2 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-48.

PART D
PART K
CHORUS
PART R
PART AB
PART AI
OUTRO 2
12 groovesPAPKRD+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Interloper?

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 Interloper hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 2:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Interloper?

17 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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