Slipknot · 2014 · drums by Jay Weinberg
The Devil in I
From .5: The Gray Chapter. Advanced · Half-time · metal
Tempo
92BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Half-time
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Advanced
The half-time count. Some databases list 184, the double-time pulse.
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 62 and climbs to 92 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Weinberg's first single with the band: a slow, heavy verse groove that doubles into a driving chorus with sixteenth-note kicks. The transitions between the two feels are the part — the tempo stays put while the subdivision doubles.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Jay Weinberg
- Read the Jay Weinberg feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Jay Weinberg's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 2014 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
Songs at about 92 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.