Enter Sandman
Metallica · 1991
Gateway metal groove with a memorable intro fill and heavy backbeat.
- Artist
- Metallica
- Year
- 1991
- Genre
- metal
- Drummer
- Lars Ulrich
- Tempo
- 123 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- heavy straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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The feel
A heavy straight 8ths in 4/4 around 123 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
Form
Intro · Verse · Pre-Chorus · Chorus · Verse · Pre-Chorus · Chorus · Guitar Solo · Breakdown · Verse · Chorus · Outro
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
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