question: Why do death metal drummers need so many pieces of the exact same drum or cymbal? Why not just use one or two and hit those instead of switching between 6-10?
comment: Because the cymbal takes time to fully make the sound they want it to make. When you hit the cymbal there is the initial crash and then a drawn out noise as it continues to vibrate. If you hit the same cymbal over and over, all you would get is the crash and nothing else.
passages: BULLET::::- 1 Straight arm for a drum pad
  
  BULLET::::- 2 Pearl snare stands
  
  BULLET::::- 1 Drum stool with back support
  
  BULLET::::- 1 Hi-hit stand
  
  BULLET::::- 1 Bass drum pedal
  
  BULLET::::- 1 14" timbale (with 14" Remo Ambassador batter head)
  
  BULLET::::- 1 14x6" Snare drum (metal based only, not wooden) (with 14" Remo falam coated head)
  
  BULLET::::- 1 13" Rack tom (with 13" Remo pinstripe head)
  
  BULLET::::- 1 16" Floor tom (with 16" Remo pinstripe head)
  
  BULLET::::- 1 18" Floor tom (with 18" Remo pinstripe head)
  
  BULLET::::- 1 24" Bass drum (with 24" Remo pinstripe head)
  
  BULLET::::- 1 Large drum carpet
   BULLET::::- Drums - Sonor SQ2 Series
  
  BULLET::::- 14x14" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16x15" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 18x18" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 22x18" Bass Drum (2x)
  
  BULLET::::- 14x6" Sonor Artists Bronze Series Snare with Tama Power Hoops
  
  BULLET::::- Cymbals – Sabian
  
  BULLET::::- 14" HHX Compression Hi-Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 19" AAXtreme Chinese
  
  BULLET::::- 19" HHX Stage Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 21" HHX Stage Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 20" HHX Stage Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 19" Paragon Chinese/15" HH thin Crash (stacked)
  
  BULLET::::- 15" HHX Stage Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 22" Legacy Ride (as crash)
  
  BULLET::::- 21" AAXtreme Chinese
  
  BULLET::::- Drum Heads - Remo
   Section::::Drum and cymbal setup.
  
  BULLET::::- Mapex Drums and Sabian Cymbals:
  
  BULLET::::- Mapex Drums - Any Finish
  
  BULLET::::- 10x9" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 12x10" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 14x14" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16x16" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 22x18" Bass Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 14x5.5" Mapex Snare Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 13" HHX Hi-Hats (mounted under ride & china)
  
  BULLET::::- 14" HHX Hi-Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 21" HHX Ride
  
  BULLET::::- 17" HHX Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 18" HHX Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 18" HHX China
  
  BULLET::::- 20" HHX China
  
  BULLET::::- 12" HHX Splash
  
  BULLET::::- 10" HHX Splash
  
  Section::::External links.
  
  BULLET::::- Dom's Website
  
  BULLET::::- Interview with Dom Famularo - NAMM Oral History Library (2012)
   DW Drums
  
  BULLET::::- 26"x20" Bass Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 13"x10" Rack Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16"x14" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 14"x6.5" Cast Bronze Snare with wood top hoop
  
  DW Hardware
  
  BULLET::::- 5000TD Delta3 Turbo Single Bass Drum Pedal
  
  BULLET::::- 5500TD Delta Turbo Hi-Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- 9300 Snare Drum Stand (x2)
  
  BULLET::::- 6710 Straight Cymbal Stand (x3)
  
  BULLET::::- 9101 Low Drum Throne
  
  Vic Firth Sticks
  
  BULLET::::- Vic Firth American Classic Series X5B
  
  Paiste Cymbals
  
  BULLET::::- 14" 2002 Medium Hi-Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 19" Black Rude Thin Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 20" Black Rude Thin Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 24" 2002 Ride
  
  Remo Heads
   Section::::Setup.
  
  Rarebell has been a long-time user of Ludwig drums and Paiste cymbals, which he used for his entire duration with Scorpions, though he would occasionally alter the amount of drums and cymbals he would have on his setup. 
  
  Paiste cymbals: 
  
  15" 2002 sound edge hi-hats 
  
  10" 2002 splash 
  
  18" 2002 crash 
  
  20" 2002 crash 
  
  22" 2002 heavy ride 
  
  18" 2002 china 
  
  Original 1981 setup: 
  
  15" 2002 sound edge hi-hats or 15" RUDE sound edge hi-hats 
  
  18" 2002 crash 
  
  18" 2002 medium 
   BULLET::::- DR-503C, DR-501C and RJ-50 complete Rack System.
  
  BULLET::::- DP-2002 Powershift Eliminator Double Pedal
  
  BULLET::::- H-2000 Eliminator Hi Hat Stand.
  
  BULLET::::- RH-2000 Eliminator Remote Hi Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- CLH-1000 Hi Hat Arms
  
  BULLET::::- S-2000 Snare Stand
  
  BULLET::::- B-1000 Boom Stands
  
  BULLET::::- CH-1000 Boom Arms
  
  BULLET::::- PCX-100 and PCX-200 Pipe Clamps
  
  BULLET::::- D-1000 Roadster Throne
  
  BULLET::::- TH-2000I and TH-2000S Tom Holders
  
  BULLET::::- OptiMount Suspension System for all toms
  
  BULLET::::- AX-20, AX-25 and AX-28 Adapters
  
  BULLET::::- UX-80 Universal Clamp
  
  BULLET::::- Extreme Isolation Headphones
  
  BULLET::::- Sabian Cymbals
  
  BULLET::::- AAX Stage Hats 14"
  
  BULLET::::- HH Raw Bell Ride 20"
  
  BULLET::::- HHX Evolution Mini-Chinese 14"
   Section::::Equipment.
  
  Acoustic drums: 
  
  PEARL MASTERS MAHOGANNY CLASSIC LIMITED EDITION
  
  BULLET::::- 16"x20" Bass Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 12"x14" Tom Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 8"x8" Tom Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 10"x10" Tom Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 10"x12" Tom Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 11"x13" Tom Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 5"x14" Wood Snare or Brass Snare
  
  Cymbals:
  
  SABIAN 
  
  BULLET::::- Chinese: 16" HH China, 8" Pro China Splash, under 8" HH China Kang Brilliant, 12" AAX Mini China Brilliant
  
  BULLET::::- Hihat: 13" AAX Studio Hihats Brilliant, 8" HH Splash, 13" AAX Stage Hihats
  
  BULLET::::- Crash: 14" AAX Studio Crash Brilliant, 14" AAX Dark Crash, 15" AAX Studio Crash Brilliant
   BULLET::::- Mb20 heavy bell ride 22"
  
  BULLET::::- Classics Custom Extreme Metal china 18"
  
  Drumheads: Remo: 
  
  BULLET::::- Bass: Powerstroke P3 Clear
  
  BULLET::::- Toms: Emperor Clear
  
  BULLET::::- Snare: Powerstroke 77 Coated
  
  Drumsticks: Vic Firth: 
  
  BULLET::::- Vic Firth X55B drumsticks
  
  Drum setup circa 2018: Tama drums, Evans drumheads and Sabian cymbals:
  
  Drums: Tama Starclassic Bubinga in red faded burst: 
  
  BULLET::::- 22"x18" bass drums (will use 2 on occasion)
  
  BULLET::::- 10"x7" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 12"x8" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16"x14" floor tom
  
  BULLET::::- 14"x5.5" Ludwig black beauty snare
  
  Cymbals: Sabian: 
  
  BULLET::::- AA holy china 17"/AAX aero splash 10" (stacked)
   BULLET::::- Mb10 ("Cutting Aggression") – One of the few manufacturers to use a 90% copper, 10% tin alloy for cymbals. They are said to have a cutting, yet warm sound. Discontinued in 2017.
  
  BULLET::::- Mb8 ("Focused Aggression") – Professional cymbals made from B8 bronze alloy (92% copper, 8% tin, with traces of silver). They are made with high-tech computerized hammering, and they had a bright cutting sound. Discontinued in 2017.
  
  Section::::Products.:Percussion instruments.
   BULLET::::- PDDT700 Throne (20" Min / 25" Max Height)
  
  BULLET::::- 800 Series - PDCB800 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stand
  
  BULLET::::- PDCS800 Straight Cymbal Stand
  
  BULLET::::- PDDT820-X Tractor Throne (21" Min / 28" Max Height)
  
  BULLET::::- PDHH800-01 3-Legged Hi Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- PDSS800 Snare Stand (17" Min / 21" Max Height)
  
  BULLET::::- PDHH820 2-Legged Hi Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- PDDT800-04 Standard Throne (21" Min/ 28" Max Height)
  
  BULLET::::- Concept Series - PDHHC20 2-Legged Hi Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- PDHHC00 3-Legged Hi Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- PDSSC00 Snare Stand (16" Min / 24" Max Height)
  
  BULLET::::- PDDTC00 Throne (22" Min / 28" MAX Height)
   BULLET::::- 10" x 8" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 12" x 9" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16" x 16" floor tom
  
  BULLET::::- 13" x 6" snare drum
  
  Sabian Cymbals:
  
  BULLET::::- 9" Radia Cup Chime
  
  BULLET::::- Sabian Low Max Stax
  
  BULLET::::- 10" HH Duo Splash
  
  BULLET::::- 18" HHX Evolution Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 19" AAX Holy China
  
  BULLET::::- 17" AAX X-treme China (on left)
  
  BULLET::::- 21" AA Holy China (on right)
  
  BULLET::::- 21" HH Raw Bell Dry Ride
  
  BULLET::::- 14" HHX Evolution Hi-Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 12" Chopper Cymbal
  
  BULLET::::- 15" Birdbath (cracked)
  
  Tama Iron Cobra Flexi Glide Kick Pedals, Tama Hardware
  
  3A Vic Firth Drumsticks
   Tama Starclassic Performer B/B
  
  BULLET::::- 22" x 18" Kick Drum (x2)
  
  BULLET::::- 14" x 5.5" Brass Snare
  
  BULLET::::- 8" x 8" Rack Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 10" x 8" Rack Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 12" x 10" Rack Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16" x 16" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 18" x 16" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 13" x 11" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 6" Octabans (low pitch set)
  
  Section::::Equipment.:Cymbals.
  
  All Meinl (formerly Paiste) 
  
  BULLET::::- 18" Mb10 Medium Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 19" Soundcaster Powerful Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 18" Byzance Brilliant China
  
  BULLET::::- 14" Soundcaster Fusion Medium Hihat
  
  BULLET::::- 17" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 10" Soundcaster Fusion Splash
  
  BULLET::::- 10" Mb10 Splash
   Most five-piece kits, at more than entry level, also have one or more effects cymbals. Adding cymbals beyond the basic ride, hi-hats and one crash configuration requires more stands in addition to the standard drum hardware packs. Because of this, many higher-cost kits for professionals are sold with little or even no hardware, to allow the drummer to choose the stands and also the bass drum pedal he/she prefers. At the other extreme, many inexpensive, entry-level kits are sold as a five-piece kit complete with two cymbal stands, most often one straight and one boom, and some even with a standard cymbal pack, a stool, and a pair of 5A drum sticks. In the 2010s, digital kits are often offered in a five-piece kit, usually with one plastic crash cymbal triggers and one ride cymbal trigger. Fully electronic drums do not produce any acoustic sound beyond the quiet tapping of sticks on the plastic or rubber heads. The trigger-pads are wired up to a synth module or sampler.
   Many metal drummers extend their kits from the basic "snare drum, bass drum, toms and cymbals" pattern, adding more drums, more cymbals, and many other instruments. In some styles of music particular extensions are normal, for example double bass drums in heavy metal music.
  
  Common extensions beyond these standard configurations include:
  
  BULLET::::- Effects cymbals, particularly splash cymbals and china cymbals
  
  BULLET::::- Double bass drums. Double bass drums or a double bass pedal are standard for some genres, particularly in heavy metal music
  
  BULLET::::- Extra hanging or rack toms
  
  BULLET::::- Extra crash cymbals
   Cymbals hammered by automated machines tend to be brighter, higher in pitch, and more cutting. Most significantly, the variation between supposedly identical cymbals is noticeably reduced, assuming adequate quality control.
   Section::::Equipment.
  
  BULLET::::- 2004–2006, kit
  
  BULLET::::- SONOR Delight Series Drums (Piano Black), Ufip Cymbals and LP Percussion: Sonor Drums – Birdseye Azure or Brillant Black
  
  BULLET::::- 14x5" Snare
  
  BULLET::::- 12x5" Sonor Designer Snare
  
  BULLET::::- 12x5" Sonor 3001 Snare (kicks with pedal)
  
  BULLET::::- 10x4" Jungle Snare
  
  BULLET::::- 8x8" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 10x10" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 12x14" Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 17x22" Bass Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 14" Sonor Jungle Bass Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 14" Bionic Series Hi-hats
  
  BULLET::::- 10" Bionic Series Hi-hats
  
  BULLET::::- 10" Experience Splash (x2)
  
  BULLET::::- 5" Ufip Cup Chime (x3)
  
  BULLET::::- 8" Bionic Series Hi-hats
  
  BULLET::::- 20" Bionic Series Ride
  
  BULLET::::- 18" Bionic Series China
   BULLET::::- 9300 Snare Drum Stand (x2)
  
  BULLET::::- 9710 Straight Cymbal Stand (x2)
  
  BULLET::::- 9700 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stand
  
  BULLET::::- 9101 Low Drum Throne
  
  Vater Sticks
  
  BULLET::::- Vater Rock and Power 5A
  
  Paiste Cymbals
  
  BULLET::::- 15" 2002 Sound Edge Hi-Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 18" 2002 Medium Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 20" 2002 Medium Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 24" 2002 Ride
  
  (All White by Lollapalooza 2003)
  
  Remo Heads
  
  BULLET::::- Snare: CS Coated Power Dot on top, Remo Ambassador Snare Side on bottom
  
  BULLET::::- Toms: Coated Emperor tops, Clear Ambassador bottoms
  
  BULLET::::- Bass: Clear Powerstroke 3 on batter, DW Ambassador resonant side
  
  Latin Percussion
  
  BULLET::::- LP160 Cyclops Tambourine Brass
   Section::::Equipment.:Post QOTSA Gear.
  
  Q Drum Co drums (Clear seamless Acrylic or Black Stain Mahogany)
  
  BULLET::::- 26"x14" Bass Drum
  
  BULLET::::- 14"x10" Rack Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 18"x16" Floor Tom
  
  BULLET::::- 14"x8" Aluminum Plate Snare
  
  DW Hardware
  
  BULLET::::- DW 6710 straight cymbal stands (3x)
  
  BULLET::::- DW 5000 Hi-Hat Stand
  
  BULLET::::- DW 9000 bass pedal
  
  Zildjian Cymbals
  
  BULLET::::- Zildjian 24-inch K Light ride
  
  BULLET::::- Zildjian 21-inch K Crash Ride
  
  BULLET::::- Zildjian 20-inch K Crash
  
  BULLET::::- Zildjian 16-inch K Light Hi Hats
  
  Vater Sticks
  
  BULLET::::- Vater Rock, Power 5B and Power 3A
  
  Remo Heads
  
  BULLET::::- Snare: Remo Emperor X
  
  BULLET::::- Toms: Remo Clear Emperor's
   Many top lines are available only as individual drums, and all hardware and in some cases even the tom-tom mounts are ordered individually, so there is no bundled hardware pack at all.
  
  Section::::Unbundled hardware packs.
  
  Many mid and upper level kits have a recommended hardware pack sold separately by the drum kit manufacturer but matched to the kit.
  
  Such a pack for a five-piece kit would typically contain:
  
  BULLET::::- A bass drum pedal.
  
  BULLET::::- A hi-hat stand.
  
  BULLET::::- A snare drum stand.
  
  BULLET::::- One straight cymbal stand.
  
  BULLET::::- One boom cymbal stand
   BULLET::::- Cocktail Kit – This drum kit combines the use of DogBone clamps, smaller drum sizes, and the Sidekick offset pedal in order to greatly reduce the size of the kit. With shallow toms and the bass drum pedal operating on the floor tom lower head, this 4-piece kit plays like a 5-piece and takes up the space of a 2-piece.
   BULLET::::- Four Crash cymbals
  
  BULLET::::- Four Hi-hats
  
  BULLET::::- 171 drums, cymbals, etc. in total.
  
  BULLET::::- There are three robotic drummer players in this animation. The first one is inside a spherical cage of percussion instruments with limited movement along a straight pole. The other two "satellite" players move around the outside of the drum kit along two large circular tracks.
  
  BULLET::::8. Heavy Light
  
  BULLET::::- BPM=100-135
  
  BULLET::::- Instruments in the order they're presented:
  
  BULLET::::- Blue Chorus synth Lasers
  
  BULLET::::- Violet Synth Bass Beams
  
  BULLET::::- Yellow Lead Synth Lasers
   Drums: Tama Starclassic Performer B/B in blue nebula blaze finish w/ chrome hardware:
  
  BULLET::::- 22"x18" bass drum
  
  BULLET::::- 10"x6.5" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 8"x6" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 12"x7" rack tom
  
  BULLET::::- 14"x12" floor tom
  
  BULLET::::- 16"x14" floor tom
  
  BULLET::::- 13"x17" starphonic steel snare
  
  Heads: Evans:
  
  BULLET::::- Snare: Hybrid Coated/300 snare side
  
  BULLET::::- Toms: Black Chrome or Onyx
  
  BULLET::::- Bass: EMAD Clear
  
  Sticks: Vic Firth:
  
  BULLET::::- Vic Firth 5A barrel tip drumsticks
  
  BULLET::::- Vic Firth Rock drumsticks
  
  BULLET::::- Vic Firth RUTE505 wands
  
  BULLET::::- Vic Firth Heritage brushes
  
  Cymbals: Zildjian:
  
  BULLET::::- 21" A ultra hammered china
  
  BULLET::::- 13" A pocket hi-hats
   BULLET::::- 18"x22" Bass Drum (SLB22E)
  
  BULLET::::- 18"x22" Bass Drum (SLB22E)
  
  BULLET::::- 5.5"x14" Snare Drum (SLS55)
  
  BULLET::::- 10"x13" Tom Tom (SLT13A)
  
  BULLET::::- 11"x14" Tom Tom (SLT14A)
  
  BULLET::::- 16"x16" Floor Tom (SLT16A)
  
  BULLET::::- 5.5"x14" Snare Drum (SLS55)
  
  BULLET::::- 5.5"x14" Snare Drum (SLS55)
  
  BULLET::::- Cymbals – Zildjian
  
  BULLET::::- 13" A Custom Hi-Hats
  
  BULLET::::- 21" Z Custom Mega Bell Ride
  
  BULLET::::- 18" A Custom Projection Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 19" A Custom Projection Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 20" A Custom Projection Crash
  
  BULLET::::- 10" A Custom Splash
  
  BULLET::::- 20" A Custom China (x2)
  
  BULLET::::- Other
  
  BULLET::::- Tama Mario Duplantier Signature Sticks
  
  BULLET::::- DW 5000 Pedals
  
  BULLET::::- Ddrum Triggers
  
  Section::::Discography.
   In polymeters typically used by Meshuggah, the guitars might play in odd meters such as 5/16 or 17/16, while drums play in 4/4. One particular example of Haake's use of polymeter is 4/4 against 23/16 bimeter, in which he keeps the hi-hat and ride cymbal in 4/4 time but uses the snare and double bass drums in 23/16 time. On "Rational Gaze" (from "Nothing"), Haake plays simple 4/4 time, hitting the snare on each third beat, for 16 bars. At the same time, the guitars and bass are playing same quarter notes, albeit in a different time signature; eventually both sides meet up again at the 64th beat. Hagström notes about the polymeters, "We've never really been into the odd time signatures we get accused of using. Everything we do is based around a 4/4 core. It's just that we arrange parts differently around that center to make it seem like something else is going on."
   BULLET::::- 1: Tom 12″ x 8 ", VLT System
  
  BULLET::::- 1: Tom 16″ x 14″, VLT System
  
  BULLET::::- 1: Tom 18″ x 16 ", VLT System
  
  ZILDJIAN Cymbals
  
  BULLET::::1. K custom Session HIHATS 14″
  
  BULLET::::2. FX Alfred Berengena FLAT BELL 9,5″ (prototipe)
  
  BULLET::::3. Oriental CHINESE 18″
  
  BULLET::::4. 2x K SPLASH 10″
  
  BULLET::::5. To Custom Projection CRASH 19″
  
  BULLET::::6. To Custom SPLASH 8″
  
  BULLET::::7. To Custom Projection CRASH 18″
  
  BULLET::::8. Oriental CHINESE 16″
  
  BULLET::::9. K Custom Ride 22″
  
  BULLET::::10. To Custom CRASH 20 "
  
  EVANS Drumheads
  
  Bass drum: EQ3 & Emad resonant
  
  Snare: Genera HD Dry or Hybrid & Hazy 300
  
presuppositions: The sound a drummer wants can always be produced by a single cymbal. Having one or two drums or cymbals could create the sound effects that a death metal drummer wants.
corrections: Cymbals make sound as they settle down which is used by the drummer.  Having one or two drums or cymbals could not create the sound effects that a death metal drummer wants at the time the drummer wants them.
raw_presuppositions: The sound a drummer wants can always be produced by a single cymbal. Having one or two drums or cymbals could create the sound effects that a death metal drummer wants.
raw_corrections: Cymbals make sound as they settle down which is used by the drummer.  Having one or two drums or cymbals could not create the sound effects that a death metal drummer wants at the time the drummer wants them.