Mandatory Suicide (Slayer) · Swampjaw

147 bars of 4/4 at 129 BPM, about 4:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
129 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
147
LENGTH
4:35
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-39, 48-54 and 90-96 -- 14.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 129 BPM
MANDATORY SUICIDE (SLAYER) · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 9, 16, 17, 25, 40, 41 and 20 more.

LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 129 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 14 sections: 91 keep time, 26 are fills and 9 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 125-144.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART R
CHORUS 3
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesOAPDAIK+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mandatory Suicide (Slayer)?

129 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Mandatory Suicide (Slayer) hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

147 bars, about 4:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 13 sittings, about 29 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 Mandatory Suicide (Slayer)?

15 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 9, 16, 17, 25, 40, 41 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 147 BARS ANALYSED
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