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The Day That Never Comes drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Day That Never Comes by Metallica is 120 BPM and runs 8:03: 253 bars and 3,172 notes played on the kick, hi-hat, snare, crash, floor tom, 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 9 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 2 (3:11) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Solo
How to play The Day That Never Comes on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Day That Never Comes 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 151 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 120 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Day That Never Comes drum cover.
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