Nihility · Decapitated

158 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
90/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10, 37-41 and 52-54, and 5 more places -- 12.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
NIHILITY · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 1, 9, 22, 43, 44, 45 and 27 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 43-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 17 sections: 100 keep time, 33 are fills, 3 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 118-128.

PART B
PART G
PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AC
PART AI
PART AS
PART AX
PART BA
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
13 groovesDGACBAX+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Nihility?

135 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 Nihility hard to play on drums?

90 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

158 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 77 exercises over 28 sittings, about 26 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 Nihility?

18 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 1, 9, 22, 43, 44, 45 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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