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Seasons In The Abyss drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Seasons In The Abyss by Slayer is 64 BPM and runs 6:14: 186 bars and 2,594 notes played on the ride, snare, kick, crash, tom 2, hi-hat, tom 1 and floor tom.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 10 fills, its longest section is the Clean Section (0:59) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Clean Section
- Main Riff
- Pre-Verse
- Verse I
- Chorus
- Post-Chorus
- Verse II
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Guitar Solo I (Kerry King
- Guitar Solo II (Jeff Hanneman)
- Re-Intro
- Verse III
- Final Chorus
- Outro
How to play Seasons In The Abyss on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Seasons In The Abyss 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 24 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 64 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Seasons In The Abyss drum cover.
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