Fuel drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Fuel by Metallica is 214 BPM and runs 4:27: 239 bars and 2,098 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, tom 2, crash and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Interlude (0:38) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse I
- Verse II
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus I
- Pre-verse
- Verse III
- Verse IV
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus II
- Interlude
- Pre-Solo
- Solo
- Bridge
- Chorus
- Outro
How to play Fuel on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Fuel come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 214 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Fuel drum cover.
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