What rhythm is this on?

[ahjteam]

I was listening to this one song called "KingMegaMaster #1" from few years ago by this band called Prode (rest of the band split up with the guitarist in 2004 and formed a band called Happiness, www.happiness.fi). I noticed that I screwed constantly when nogging my head to the verse, and I noticed that the song isn't to the traditional 4/4 beat. Anyone can identify it? You can download the song from their website:

http://koti.welho.com/jkorho26/uudet_sivut/media_cd.html

 

[STINNETT]

That riff is in 15/8 or alternating 4/4 - 7/8 depending on how you want to look at it.

 

[Zack Uidl]

+1, he nailed it

 

[ahjteam]

Thanks mate

 

[MrLee]

Really? how come you can count 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 the whole song? (Im not a theoretical genuios so please enlighten me?) thanks

 

[STINNETT]

Really? how come you can count 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 the whole song? (Im not a theoretical genuios so please enlighten me?) thanks

If you pay close attention, you'll notice that one of those beats you're counting is only half a beat.
Count eighth notes instead of quarter notes, and count to eight and then count to seven for each bar and I bet you lock on to the beat better.

 

[ahjteam]

I opened it up in Cubase, aligned it to the grid, I tapped the tempo to about 153 and after the first fill I could count 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-?? 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4, so I guess the 15/16 is correct