Blast beat

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Hammer Blast beat drum pattern

A blast beat is a type of drum beat that originated in hardcore punk and grindcore, and is often associated with certain styles of extreme metal, namely black metal and death metal,^[2] and occasionally in metalcore. In Adam MacGregor's definition, "the blast-beat generally comprises a repeated, sixteenth-note figure played at a very fast tempo, and divided uniformly among the bass drum, snare, and ride, crash, or hi-hat cymbal."^[2] Blast beats have been described by PopMatters contributor Whitney Strub as, "maniacal percussive explosions, less about rhythm per se than sheer sonic violence".^[3]

"The 'original' or traditional blastbeat is a single-stroke roll played between your cymbal and snare, with your kick playing simultaneously with every cymbal hit."^[1]

Napalm Death is said to have coined the term,^[4] though this style of drumming had been used by others for its characteristically chaotic sound.

^ ^a ^b Schlueter, Brad (2016). "11 Blastbeats To Master: Improve Your Technique With This Extreme Chops Challenge", DrumMagazine.com.
^ ^a ^b Adam MacGregor, PCP Torpedo by Agoraphobic Nosebleed review, Dusted, 11 June 2006. [1] Archived 21 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Access date: 2 October 2008. "There is one uniformly present attribute in all examples of 'grindcore', that being the so-called 'blast-beat.'"
^ Strub, Whitney (11 May 2006). ""Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark 'Barney' Greenway of Napalm Death", PopMatters". Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Strub, Whitney. "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark 'Barney' Greenway of Napalm Death". PopMatters, 11 May 2006. Accessed on 17 September 2008.

[Schlueter-1] Schlueter, Brad (2016). "11 Blastbeats To Master: Improve Your Technique With This Extreme Chops Challenge", DrumMagazine.com.

[macgregor-2] Adam MacGregor, PCP Torpedo by Agoraphobic Nosebleed review, Dusted, 11 June 2006. [1] Archived 21 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Access date: 2 October 2008. "There is one uniformly present attribute in all examples of 'grindcore', that being the so-called 'blast-beat.'"

[3] Strub, Whitney (11 May 2006). ""Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark 'Barney' Greenway of Napalm Death", PopMatters". Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[greenway-4] Strub, Whitney. "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark 'Barney' Greenway of Napalm Death". PopMatters, 11 May 2006. Accessed on 17 September 2008.

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