The Different Types Of Blast Beats
Here's a quick rundown of the major different sorts of blast beats,
their
names, quick tab notation on how they are played, and examples in
songs. I've seen a lot of contradictory info on this, but hopefully
these definitions jive with the majority. And note, what the cymbals
are doing can vary as the drummer adds accents or just doubles up to
add more sound.
Blast Beat Origin
Skank Beat, Polka Beat:
umpa, umpa, snare and bass drum alternate, One foot
Slayer's
Raining Blood (0:53-1:22)
C- x---x---x---x---|
S- --o---o---o---o-|
B- o---o---o---o---|
Inverse Skank Beat:
Hands locked, backwards Skank Beat, One foot
Cannibal
Corpse's Gutted (1:31-1:54)
C- x---x---x---x---|
S- o---o---o---o---|
B- --o---o---o---o-|
Standard
Traditional Blast, Grind Beat:
Fast skank beat, One foot and 2 foot variants
Napalm
Death's Scum (1:19-1:35)
Vader's
Silent Empire (0:04-0:20)
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o|
B- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
Inverse Traditional Blast:
Hands locked, backwards Traditional Blast, One foot
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
B- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o|
Unison
Blast, Suffo Blast, Hammer
Blast, Down Blast, Hyper Blast:
Snare, cymbal and bass drum all together, One foot and 2 foot variants
Suffocation's
Liege Of
Inveracity (0:01-0:20)
Cryptopsy's Cold Hate,
Warm Blood (0:54-0:59)
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
B- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
Gravity Blast, Rim Blast:
Traditional blast but with 16ths on snare, One foot and 2 foot variants
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- oooooooooooooooo|
B- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
Bomb
Bomb Blast:
Traditional blast
but with double bass underneath
Malevolent
Creation's Tasteful Agony (0:09-0:19)
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o|
B- oooooooooooooooo|
Inverse Bomb Blast:
hands inverted
C- -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x|
S- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
B- oooooooooooooooo|
Unison Bomb Blast:
Unison blast but with double bass
underneath
Cannibal
Corpse's I Cum Blood (0:05-0:19)
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
B- oooooooooooooooo|
Gravity Bomb Blast:
Gravity
Blast with double bass underneath
Origin's
Perversion Of Hate (1:11-1:36)
Cryptopsy's
Carrionshine (0:47-0:54)
C- x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S- oooooooooooooooo|
B- oooooooooooooooo|
Specialty
Sandoval Blast:
Inverse Traditional
blast, but with 2 hits of the bass drum
instead of the single, alternating with snare
Morbid
Angel's Pain Divine (0:14-0:27)
Devin
Townsend's Deconstruction (6:51-7:16)
C- x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---|
S- o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---|
B- --oo--oo--oo--oo--oo--oo--oo--oo|