i ve just sold my 3x14 tama artwood snare,with coated ambassadors on it,in order to buy a new snare,more suitable for modern black metal.any suggestions???

I would suggest getting triggers, they work good for black metal. Are you looking to get another Tama snare?

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i dont know...a starclassic maybe????5,5or6,5x14????the artwood was a good snare but it had no depth and sustain,it was good only for blasts.i really like triggers,but not on my snare...

Yeah, I would go with something like a 5 or 6 by 14. You should go to some music stores and test some out, see what type of wood sounds best to you, stuff like that. Derek Roddy has one of the best sounding snares I've ever heard, it's a Sonor but I don't know which type.

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i search something that sounds like carl micael eide or frost.maple.i ve tried a lot about a month ago,i liked a lot the dennis chambers signature,but i dont know if its suitable...i also liked a masters custom5,5.but its a bit overpriced in my opinion.

I am getting a Piccolo (it STILL hasn't arrived yet) and that is for Power metal, but also for Gravity work, etc. but I think derek has an equip list somehwere on his website and that will tell you what he uses.

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It just says 14 by 5 or whatever, not the specific drum name.

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any 5 by 14 snare should work well for black metal at a tight tuning with medium-loose snares. A 5 by 14 Black Panther hammered phosphor bronze snare would be my recommendation if you want to go crazy and cost is not an option. I think derek roddy uses a 13" sonor wood snare but I am not sure.

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yo. my firist post.

I play grind/DM, I'm currently using a Pork Pie Lil Squealer as my main snare. it's 12x5, 8 ply maple. I have it tuned pretty tight, lots of pop, and it works great. I love it....and it's relatively cheap compared to other Pork Pie products.

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How is the Pork Pie stuff, heard of them, but we don't get them over here in NZ, what are they like?

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I like Pork Pie's stuff alot. High quality, unique look, and stylish. Unforntunetly, they're stuff isn't cheap. Eventually, I'd like to get a full Pork Pie set, I just need to save a few thousand first.

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I use a Mapex snare 6-1/2" x 14" which is 6.1mm 7-ply North American 100% maple. Well I am now trying to figure out how to tune this bastard up right. I don't like playing with my heads tight, in fact I'm pretty sure it's bad for your wrists. Also Carl-Michael "Aggressor" Eide, is fucking amazing.

The sound Frost get's would be hard to define. He uses high end equipment in the studio, at least on the newer albums.

Frost is Mapex endorsed so what ever high end Mapex snare drums are availibe, there is a good chance frost uses one!!!

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I didn't know that. I use a Pro M kit, definitely sweet. There was a review I read from their website I think explaining the recording process and he was talking about having a bunch of cymbal's and shit brought in to get just the right sound. Frost is one of my favorite drummer's btw.....