Modern DEATH METAL - Riffs, Chugs and Blastbeats · Alex Chichikailo

206 bars at 220 BPM -- fast, and 3:45 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
220 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
206
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-26, 28-29 and 31-37, and 6 more places -- 19% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 220 BPM
MODERN DEATH METAL - RIFFS, CHUGS AND BLASTBEATS · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

24 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 2, 22, 30, 38, 46, 50 and 35 more.

LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51

20 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

206 bars across 16 sections: 123 keep time, 41 are fills, 27 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-21.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART Q
CHORUS 3
PART AD
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesFQAAAD+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Modern DEATH METAL - Riffs, Chugs and Blastbeats?

220 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Modern DEATH METAL - Riffs, Chugs and Blastbeats hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 87 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

206 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Modern DEATH METAL - Riffs, Chugs and Blastbeats?

24 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 2, 22, 30, 38, 46, 50 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 206 BARS ANALYSED
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