Unsainted drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Unsainted by Slipknot is 202 BPM and runs 4:19: 218 bars and 2,529 notes played on the kick, snare, crash, tom 2, hi-hat, ride, 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 7 fills, its longest section is the Breakdown (0:24).
Song map
- Intro
- Intro 1.1
- Intro 1.2
- Pre-Verse
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus 1
- Chorus 1
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Breakdown
- Verse Post-Breakdown
- Bridge
- Chorus 3
- Outro
How to play Unsainted on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Unsainted 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 2 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 202 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Unsainted drum cover.
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