Toxicity
System of a Down · 2001
Groove-metal pocket with dynamic shifts between sections.
- Artist
- System of a Down
- Year
- 2001
- Genre
- metal
- Drummer
- John Dolmayan
- Tempo
- 87 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- half-time metal groove
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
52bpm
Building
70bpm
Target
87bpm
The feel
A half-time metal groove in 4/4 around 87 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
Form
Intro · Verse · Pre-Chorus · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Bridge · Outro
What to watch
- •Feel the backbeat on beat 3. Resist collapsing it into a straight-time groove.
- •Sit just behind the beat and let it breathe; don't chase the click forward.
How to learn it
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