When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The snare drum is huge! Not that it’s ever been unimportant in the grand drumming scheme of ...

Why beat a dead horse when you can beat a keg with a baseball bat while playing along to a handful of Metallica songs, pretending it's actually the snare drum sound from the band's infamous St. Anger ...

During the recording of the album and as documented in the band's Some Kind of Monster film, Metallica frontman James Hetfield entered rehab for anger and alcohol issues, shutting down the band's ...

Whether you’re a beginner drummer, a marching band student on a budget or a home studio owner, chances are you’ll want your drums to be durable and affordable but also sound great. The snare drum in ...

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 ...

Metallica’s career is littered with questionable production choices. The lack of bass on …And Justice For All, the polished gloss of The Black Album, the brickwalled master on Death Magnetic… the list ...

Every instrument has its ‘holy grails’, and as far as snare drums are concerned, there are many. But while so much of our industry looks towards the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s for its definitive sounds, ...

It's been 17 years since Metallica released St. Anger, but the album continues to haunt the band. In addition to the absurdities on display in Some Kind of Monster, people continue to take umbrage ...