r/MetalDrums

I’m in a small/local band (just starting out) and my kit has 2 bass drums. I’ve played many shows in another band (as a guitarist), so I have experience seeing what other bands do. But my question is this - is having 2 bass drums too much for smaller venues? Has anyone else in here done it? All of the rock/metal bands I’ve played with on the same billing used single kick with a double kick pedal, but surely other people have used 2 bass drum setups in smaller venues? Is it a matter of logistics/saving stage space mostly?

I just started to teach myself heel-toe for fast double pedal use (ideally for extreme metal)

And I found I could approach it in two ways:

- R-Heel R-Toe L-Heel L-Toe

- R-Heel L-Heel R-Toe L-Toe

I am not which is ideal.

I plan to use it on an Iron Cobra 900 (which hasn't arrived yet)

been having nithing marduk last days and origin on repeat and have been wanting to keep my fast blasts longer got 250 for 40 secs straight any tips for keeping them longer?

So I’m between tama starclassic bubinga vs their walnut/birch, the demos I’m hearing have me leaning one way but wanted all of your suggestions

I'm not talking about the same old trope that "triggers are cheating" or anything. They're not. I'm just looking for a more natural sound and triggers aren't doing it for me anymore.

Who here has stopped using, or doesn't use kick triggers and can still pull off speeds 200+ bpm?

I've been messing around with a fully acoustic kick and I think I can do it reasonably well up to about 225. I don't play extreme metal, but my band does have some fast parts up to about that speed. There is one part where I did short bursts of 240 but that won't work without a trigger so I'll have to do something else there instead. That's not necessarily a bad thing either because it forces me to be more creative. What are people's thoughts about ditching triggers to have a more natural sound?

I am currently in a deathcore project with songs of Chelsie grin, suicide silence, bring me the horizon, etc. And we where discussing pther songs to put on the setlist and I didn't participate at all because I know I'm a poser and the only close thing to deathcore I know might be Dawn of Demise. But i say I'm a poser because I don't know any more bands, i just keep with megadeth, slipknot, some kinda under like soilwork amd Dawn of Demise, and I stick to those because that's what I know and what I enjoy but I do wanna explore more artists/bands and genres but I don't know how because i don't know playlists or names of other bands and that stuff.

Recommendations?

I’ve never used a kick trigger live before, but do most people actually use them on stage?

If you’re doing fast heel-toe techniques, I feel like you need really precise settings. But at live houses, especially in Japan, changeover time is super short, so there’s barely any time to dial things in.

Maybe this is kind of a Japan-specific issue, but there’s also not enough time to bring in your own full setup. And if you start changing the bass drum tuning, other drummers might not like it.

How do you all handle this situation?

Other than needing another audio interface and more mics, tell me why I should not go through the hassle of a second bass drum.