One of the greatest things about getting your first drum beats and fills down is being able to play with other musicians, or even simply jamming with recordings of your favourite songs. Listening to ...

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In four-to-the-floor electronic genres, the bass drum is king. Every producer is searching for that single perfect kick sound that will magically transform an average track into a club-clobbering ...

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has defended the much-maligned sound of his snare drum on the band’s 2003 album ‘St Anger’. Fans and drummers have consistently criticised the thin, snapping sound of the drum ...

A very loud drum that is surprisingly versatile but certainly suited for heavy styles due to its ability to slice through the mix. Heavy in more ways than one. Best electric guitars 2025: Our pick of ...