Laceration Penetration · Thy Art Is Murder

162 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
4:37
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36, 38 and 52, and 10 more places -- 11.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
LACERATION PENETRATION · BAR 52
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 21, 29, 39, 43, 49, 77 and 4 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 17 sections: 114 keep time, 10 are fills, 12 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-20.

PART B
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART AG
PART K
PART AV
OUTRO 2
10 groovesNKQBAG+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Laceration Penetration?

140 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 Laceration Penetration hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 4:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 23 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Laceration Penetration?

4 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 21, 29, 39, 43, 49, 77 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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