DRUMY
Harvester of Sorrow drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Harvester of Sorrow by Metallica is 92 BPM and runs 5:49: 134 bars and 2,010 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, crash, tom 2 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 (0:34) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Clean Riff
- Crunch Riff
- Crunch Riff II
- Main Riff
- Verse I
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Verse II
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Guitar Solo
- Interlude
- Verse III
- Chorus
- Outro/Clean Riff
How to play Harvester of Sorrow on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Harvester of Sorrow come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 43 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 92 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Harvester of Sorrow drum cover.
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