The Vampire From Nazareth · Septicflesh

107 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:00 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
107
LENGTH
4:00
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 75-90 -- 17.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
THE VAMPIRE FROM NAZARETH · BARS 75-76
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 20, 28, 29, 34, 37, 45 and 13 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

107 bars across 12 sections: 62 keep time, 19 are fills and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-106.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART M
PART B
PART M
PART Q
OUTRO
8 groovesEMQSB+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Vampire From Nazareth?

108 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 Vampire From Nazareth hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

107 bars, about 4:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 12 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Vampire From Nazareth?

8 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 20, 28, 29, 34, 37, 45 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 107 BARS ANALYSED
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