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 ...

“I had kind of just run out of ideas doing things completely by myself.” This is what John Barrett, the founder of Bass Drum of Death, tells me when I ask why his fifth full-length album is the first ...

The shell of the Drum consists of three layers of maple wood pressed together in the same style as a traditional bass drum. The lugs are larger than a standard bass drum’s and are designed to be tuned ...

This was the first time I ever heard timbales used as a main part of a drum part and not just as fills. It’s a constant rolling of timbales all the way through. It’s relentless drumming. The way the ...

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Carpenter was named the replacement for longtime drummer Frank Ferrer in March. On Saturday, the band performed their second ...