The Cryptic Stench · Cannibal Corpse

130 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
3:51
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-35, 48 and 53-55, and 4 more places -- 14% 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
THE CRYPTIC STENCH · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 8, 16, 26, 27, 28, 52 and 12 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 26-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 18 sections: 81 keep time, 18 are fills, 8 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-46.

PART D
PART J
CHORUS
PART J
PART M
PART Q
PART U
PART T
CHORUS 2
PART Q
12 groovesLJDMQ+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Cryptic Stench?

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 The Cryptic Stench hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 92 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 3:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 21 sittings, about 23 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 The Cryptic Stench?

11 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 8, 16, 26, 27, 28, 52 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
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