The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh · Cradle Of Filth

125 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 17-19 and 73, and 5 more places -- 13.4% 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 PRINCIPLE OF EVIL MADE FLESH · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 12, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 29 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 17 sections: 52 keep time, 35 are fills, 11 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 74-83.

CHORUS
PART D
PART J
PART S8
PART S
CHORUS 3
PART AK
PART S13
PART D
OUTRO 2
10 groovesBJDSS8+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh?

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 Principle Of Evil Made Flesh 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 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 22 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 Principle Of Evil Made Flesh?

17 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 12, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 29 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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