The Phantom Agony · Epica

161 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 5:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
5:51
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-55, 57-63 and 99-105, and 1 more place -- 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 · 110 BPM
THE PHANTOM AGONY · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 14, 18, 26, 29, 35, 39 and 13 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 14 sections: 111 keep time, 19 are fills, 13 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 124-139.

PART B
PART D
PART B
PART H
CHORUS
PART D
PART B
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesJBDHR+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Phantom Agony?

110 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Phantom Agony 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 5:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 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 Phantom Agony?

11 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 14, 18, 26, 29, 35, 39 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 161 BARS ANALYSED
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