Slow Death · Carnifex

152 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 41-43, 45-51 and 53-55, and 3 more places -- 17.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
SLOW DEATH · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 1, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 20-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 15 sections: 89 keep time, 33 are fills, 13 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 82-96.

PART G
PART R
CHORUS
PART W
PART G
PART AF
PART AJ
CHORUS 2
PART M
12 groovesTGAFMR+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Slow Death?

150 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 Slow Death hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 23 sittings, about 24 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 Slow Death?

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 1, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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