Sam Bertness with a D.C. flag snare drum at Chuck Levin’s, a music store in Wheaton, Md., on July 11, 2019. Bertness works in the drum department and ordered the custom design from a company ...

Ask 100 drummers what their favourite snare drum sound is, and you’ll likely get at least 200 different answers. To many drummers, one album, and in particular one song from the post-millenium era ...

Ulrich himself has been a good sport about St. Anger throughout the past 15 years, even showing fans how turning off his snare drum led to the “abortion” of sound. It’s a mistake Ulrich didn ...

And with a new Metallica album, 72 Seasons, gracing 2023 alongside the 20th anniversary of St. Anger coming in June, this ever-ridiculed drum sound has made for some popular fodder among the metal ...

Noble & Cooley is the oldest drum-making company in America. During its 155-year history, the company has evolved from making toy drums for children, to drums for the American Civil War and ...

DW Drums has produced a new snare drum that is adorned with a silhouette of Dave Grohl. The design, made for the drum manufacturer’s ICON series, pays homage to the legendary Nirvana sticksman ...