Slipknot · 1999 · drums by Joey Jordison
Wait and Bleed
From Slipknot. Advanced · Half-time · metal
Tempo
93BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Half-time
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Advanced
The half-time count the backbeat sits on. Databases listing 182–186 are counting the eighth-note pulse.
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 63 and climbs to 93 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The verses sit in a heavy half-time feel with a double-kick pattern under them; the choruses double up. Jordison's snare work between the kicks is what makes it sound busy. Count it slow and let the feet fill it.
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
All 4 Joey Jordison songs at tempo →
- Duality144
- Before I Forget134
- Psychosocial135
Songs at about 93 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.