Wage Slaves · All Shall Perish

96 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 80-82, 84-86 and 88-90, and 1 more place -- 13% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 92 BPM
WAGE SLAVES · BARS 80-81
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 37 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 12 sections: 38 keep time, 43 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-92.

PART D
PART K
CHORUS
PART AG
PART AB
OUTRO
12 groovesOABAXKAG+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Wage Slaves?

92 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 Wage Slaves hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 16 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 Wage Slaves?

15 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 37 more.

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