The studio currently doesn't feature the same mic locker as the one the original production had at their disposal, so we had to rent quite a bit of material. The net is awash with myths regarding those sounds. The original recording featured a quite amazing recording setup and mics. To the original kit setup we added a vintage 1970 Ludwig Black Beauty 6.5 inch snare and a ride cymbal to augment the expressive power allowed by the library. The drums are in perfect shape (just a little bit of rust on the Bell Brass) and were equipped with matching drum heads, After the initial setup we spent quite a bit of time matching the tuning of the drums to the one on the record before we set off to sample the drums.
Featuring Lars' Zildjian cymbal set of that time and the famous Tama Bell Brass 6.5 inch snare drum. The "Black Album" was tracked using a 1980 Gretsch drum kit Ross Garfield rented to Metallica during the long months they were resident at One On One starting autumn 1990. Please Enjoy these videos and audio demos describing the features of the library and further info on the recording sessions and see you in a bit, below here. To this extent, we were lucky to track down a large number of information and material regarding the sessions we were inspired by. We approached the production of this library with an enormous amount of respect and love for the sound we wanted to capture: one of the signature sounds of the history of Rock and Metal music. It features the kit played on that record, not just the same model, that exact kit (a 1980 Gretsch with Zildjian cymbals and a Tama Bell Brass snare)ΔΆ snares (we added an extra Ludwig 1970s vintage Black Beauty), dual kicks (L&R), 5 toms, 4 crashes, 1 china and an additional ride cymbal. The Black Album Drums is a drum library for Kontakt 5.5 (full version) inspired by the drum sound featured on the "Black Album" by Metallica from 1991: The vibe and sound of an historical recording at your fingertips