Slipknot · 2004 · drums by Joey Jordison
Before I Forget
From Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). Advanced · Straight · metal
Tempo
134BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 104 and climbs to 134 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Won the Grammy, and the groove is why: a driving beat with the kick locked to the riff, sixteenth-note double-kick fills, and a chorus on the china. Slipknot at its most playable, which still means fast feet.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Joey Jordison
- Read the Joey Jordison feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Joey Jordison songs
Songs at about 134 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Thunderstruck134
- Learn to Fly136
- Limelight131
- Best of You130
- Fool in the Rain130
- Jump130