Pray for Plagues (2026) · Bring me the Horizon

157 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 5:33 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
157
LENGTH
5:33
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 90-92, 94-96 and 153-156 -- 6.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
PRAY FOR PLAGUES (2026) · BAR 90
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 24 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 9-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 16-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

157 bars across 20 sections: 84 keep time, 30 are fills, 20 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 111-124.

CHORUS 2
PART O
PART V
CHORUS 3
PART AG
PART AB
PART AZ
PART AW
PART BG
16 groovesLAWVBGAT+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pray for Plagues (2026)?

112 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 Pray for Plagues (2026) 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

157 bars, about 5:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 19 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Pray for Plagues (2026)?

15 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 157 BARS ANALYSED
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