Metallica · 1991 · drums by Lars Ulrich
Sad But True
From Metallica (The Black Album). Intermediate · Straight · metal
Tempo
86BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- Under 90
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 56 and climbs to 86 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Metallica at their slowest and heaviest: a huge, spacious beat with the kick under the riff and the snare hit like a door. The difficulty is not speed but weight and patience — nothing can rush.
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 86 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.