best drum heads for death metal?

Question

I'm needing to replace my drum heads. What are the best heads for death metal? I need to play fast, including the flying fingers technique. I play double pedal. I bought a snare head that was too thick and can't really apply the fiying finger technique. I'm also looking for toms that aren't too boomy.
- follow this analogy. Think of a six string guitar. You can play high notes on the high E and the low E string. But playing high notes on the low E doesn't sound as good. It sounds too boomy. In the same way, I want my rack toms to be like playing a high note on the high E string, not so boomy. Any advice on what to get? I curently have remo

Answer 1

I'm with cnewshadow on this one.



The snare head you put on was probably not tightened properly and tuned to the correct values, making it loose so your technique suffered.

(maybe you kept it loose to be "deeper" sounding for that "metal" power snare sound...Those are actually very large snare drums that are very deep in size.)



Also tuning is very important and you tune BOTH top and bottom heads.

( I believe..don't quote me.... that you can even use a guitar tuner to get a certain pitch form the drums and the drum will actually register as a note.) Drums are often tuned in 4ths. I suppose it depends on what you want. That is just an example.



http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/showthread.php?195170-Drum-Tuning-Notes-Pitches-Intervals

Google how to tune drums...there are buttloads of links and advice.



As for brands, like cnews said, they are all pretty similar. There are all kinds of heads. single play , dual ply, oil filled hydraulic heads...Gaahhhh!

http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2011/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-drumheads/#.Uwj9nmJdWSo



I used to just tune my drums to pleasing drops in intervals, so they sounded like they were in good relative pitch to each other.

I was thinking just now how I tuned mine (only snare, one ride tom one floor tom.)



I'm thinking those 3 drums were kind of tuned to "three blind mice"

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Answer 3

Are your drums actually TUNED? Or did you just stick drumheads on there and start playing? Drums need to be tuned too you know.



Drum heads are much like guitar strings. Various brands aren't going to sound a whole lot different from each other. Ernie Ball, D'Addario, and GHS strings are all going to sound more or less the same if you put them on the same guitar. Same goes for drum heads, Remo and Evans are going to sound more or less the same when you put them on the same kit.



Your best bet would be to go to the drum room of a music store and ask one of the guys in there "Hey, how do I tune my drums to sound how I want them to?"



Edit: Russell is right about drums registering a note when you hit them. It's not really necessary, but my drummer in my old metal band used to tune his kick drum to match the lowest note the guitars and bass could play (C in that case).

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best drum heads for death metal?

I'm needing to replace my drum heads. What are the best heads for death metal? I need to play fast, including the flying fingers technique. I play double pedal. I bought a snare head that was too thick and can't really apply the fiying finger technique. I'm also looking for toms that...

Answer 5

w/ drums, as you probably well know..tone os everything...



when changing heads ALWAYS check your tuning...on ALL of the other drums in the kit...and relative to your cymbals....some guys use a torque wrench....



now...if i understand you ..metal...means muted...i use mutes on my heads to kill the ring and eliminate my resonant heads...(1970's old school)



every drummer will give you info...



but YOU'RE the one playing so trust your ears...



try mutes (i learned that by duct taping socks to my drum heads to find my own tone back in the 70's)



you'll find it...GL