The Day That Never Comes · Metallica

251 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 8:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
251
LENGTH
8:20
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 152-165, 191-201 and 203-211, and 4 more places -- 20.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES · BAR 153
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 8, 23, 24, 60, 61, 62 and 26 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 60-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

251 bars across 30 sections: 164 keep time, 32 are fills, 13 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 203-220.

PART F
PART F
PART AF
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
18 groovesAOFAFARM+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Day That Never Comes?

120 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 Day That Never Comes hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

251 bars, about 8:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 23 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in The Day That Never Comes?

13 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 8, 23, 24, 60, 61, 62 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 251 BARS ANALYSED
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