Metallica · 1991 · drums by Lars Ulrich
Enter Sandman
From Metallica (The Black Album). Intermediate · Straight · metal
Tempo
123BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 93 and climbs to 123 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The build is the drum part: the hi-hat comes in alone, the kick and toms join, and the main riff lands with the snare on two and four. The kick doubles the riff's gallop under the verses. Larnell Lewis famously played it live after one listen.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Lars Ulrich
- Lars Ulrich's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1991 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Lars Ulrich songs
Songs at about 123 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- By the Way123
- Lithium123
- Moneytalks123
- Ticket to Ride123
- Get Back124
- Destination Unknown121