My Apocalypse · Arch Enemy

158 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 5:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
5:21
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-16, 35-40 and 59-64, and 4 more places -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 118 BPM
MY APOCALYPSE · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 29, 41, 53, 65, 73, 93 and 9 more.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 73 · LANDS ON BAR 74

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 23 sections: 97 keep time, 15 are fills, 7 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-7.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART S13
PART V
PART AA
PART AC
PART AG
CHORUS 5
14 groovesFKVHAC+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is My Apocalypse?

118 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 My Apocalypse hard to play on drums?

63 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 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

158 bars, about 5:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 20 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 My Apocalypse?

12 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 29, 41, 53, 65, 73, 93 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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