Now, Diabolical · Satyricon

176 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalPop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
176
LENGTH
5:25
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-23, 25-30 and 61-63, and 3 more places -- 13.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
NOW, DIABOLICAL · BAR 61
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 36, 40 and 11 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 9-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

176 bars across 16 sections: 83 keep time, 17 are fills and 57 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-30.

PART A
PART G
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART R
OUTRO
6 groovesKRGEI+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Now, Diabolical?

130 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 Now, Diabolical hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

176 bars, about 5:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 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 Now, Diabolical?

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 36, 40 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 176 BARS ANALYSED
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