Disasterpiece drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Disasterpiece by Slipknot is 215 BPM and runs 5:18: 278 bars and 3,463 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, hi-hat, tom 1, tom 2, ride and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Final Breakdown (0:21) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Intro 1.1
- Intro 1.2
- Main Riff
- Break 1
- Verse 1
- Verse 1.1
- [A] Chorus 1
- Break 2
- Verse 2
- Break 3
- Verse 3
- [A] Chorus 2
- Interlude
- Bridge
- Pre-Chorus
- [B] Chorus 1
- Bridge 2
- Melodic Breakdown
- Melodic Breakdown 1.1
- Verse Post-Breakdown
- [B] Chorus 2
- [B] Chorus 3
- Final Breakdown
How to play Disasterpiece on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Disasterpiece come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Verse 1 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 215 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Disasterpiece drum cover.
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