Spellbound (By The Devil) · Dimmu Borgir

138 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:41 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
138
LENGTH
3:41
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 123-138 -- 12.3% 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
SPELLBOUND (BY THE DEVIL) · BAR 124
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 11, 12, 30, 38, 58, 66 and 4 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

138 bars across 19 sections: 89 keep time, 10 are fills, 13 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 124-138.

PART C
PART F
PART G
PART J
PART P
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AA
PART AB
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesTAEJAAG+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spellbound (By The Devil)?

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 Spellbound (By The Devil) hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 97 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

138 bars, about 3:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 24 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 Spellbound (By The Devil)?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 11, 12, 30, 38, 58, 66 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 138 BARS ANALYSED
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