Drum Transcription for Lights Out by Royal Blood

Learn this Royal Blood classic

Here is the full drum transcription for Lights Out by Royal Blood. This was the lead single from their 20017 album ‘How did we get so dark?’ Lights out got to number one in the UK charts

Lights Out has that classic Royal Blood sound and is very typical of Ben Thatcher’s drumming by knowing exactly when to play solid and simple to serve the song but then knowing when to throw in some tasty drum moments to lift the music.

After the second Chorus Thatcher plays a great two bar fill which repeats a very simple three note pattern (snare, toms, rest) for, whats seems like, forever making the listener wonder if it will ever end. It’s both brilliant and comical at the same time and exists as a memorable part of the track. And in true style Thatcher adds some very tasty 32 second note drum fills towards the end of the song.

For the verses the track benefits from a solid rock beat but the chorus’ become interesting by starting on a snare flam and then syncopated crash accents creating a very John Bonham- esque sound.

Overall this is a fun track to play and a very well constructed drum part that is worth studying with a view to creating your own interesting yet appropriate drum parts.

Below we have the full notation which allows you to download this drum chart and learn the song note for note.

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