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"'''The Sound of Drums'''" is the fifth track from {{PN|Weezer}} [[2022]] EP, ''[[SZNZ: Spring]]''.
"'''The Sound of Drums'''" is the fifth track from {{PN|Weezer}} [[2022]] EP, ''[[SZNZ: Spring]]''.
 
===Appearances===
*''[[SZNZ: Spring]]'' (2022)
==Overview==
==Overview==
The song contains Wiccan chants<ref>"Pagan and Wiccan Songs and Chants." https://spells8.com/pagan-wiccan-songs-and-chants/</ref> during the guitar solo and the outro, which were removed and then later reinstated to the album for the release.<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 20 March 2022. Screenshot: [[:File:RC_Sound_of_Drums.jpg]]</ref>
"The Sound of Drums" features "Wiccan chants" sourced from poems. The chant "Air I Am" by Andras Corben Arthen<ref>https://frederickcuups.com/chant-library/</ref> is spoken over the song's guitar solo. The song's outro features an excerpt from the poem "Back to the River" by Abigail Spinner McBride.<ref>https://www.vegasvortex.com/chants/</ref><ref>"Pagan and Wiccan Songs and Chants." https://spells8.com/pagan-wiccan-songs-and-chants/</ref> The chants were removed during production and reinstated shortly before the album's release.<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 20 March 2022. Screenshot: [[:File:RC_Sound_of_Drums.jpg]]</ref>


The album's liner notes, as well as the song's official YouTube upload, mistakenly transcribe the lyric "On the mists of Avalon" as "On the myths of Babylon."
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — lead vocals, guitar
*[[Brian Bell]] — rhythm guitar
*[[Scott Shriner]] — bass
*[[Patrick Wilson]] — drums
*[[Ethan Gruska]] — producer
*[[Jake Sinclair]] — producer
*[[Suzy Shinn]] — producer
*[[John Sinclair]] — mixing
*[[Bernie Grundman]] — mastering
==Audio==
==Audio==
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<youtube>1wLBJHKFLVw</youtube>
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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