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- MT Power Drum Kit 2. Sporting an extensive drum library of well-programmed grooves and splendid snare drum sounds, MT Power Drumkit 2 offers an organic drum feel that cuts right through a dense mix with heavy guitar amps, bass guitar and other instruments.
- Sean Pandy Drums. Sean Pandy Drums is a force to reckon with especially if you produce metal drums and are looking for a powerful free drum plugin that can handle the nitty-gritties of metalcore, deathcore, djent and heavy metal drum sounds.
- Steven Slate SSD 5.5 Free. Sporting realistic drum kit presets, and an impressive MIDI learning mode, Steven Slate SSD 5.5 Free is a behemoth when it comes to crafting a metal drum sound.
- Metal Kick Drums. Looking for a gigantic library of drum kits? Lo and behold, Metal Kick Drums are here to your rescue. These powerful metal drum samples can lend their own unique character to your drum tracks with punch and attack that can cut through distorted guitar tracks and powerful bass in the mix.
- Superior Drummer 3
- Ezdrummer 3
- Drumforge Bergstrand
- Getgood Drums: Invasion
- Mixwave: Luke Holland
- Addictive Drums 2: Metal
- Urgitone: Dieswitch Drums
- Steven Slate Drums 5
- Mt Power Drum Kit 2
- Megametal Drums
Probably the most known (and most expensive) drum sampler on the market is Superior Drummer 3. I got my copy of SD3 a few years ago and use it with my electronic drum set when practicing (full review of Superior Drummer 3 here). SD3 is “the complete drum production studio,” though it’s not as complicated as it seems. You can load up presets with a ...
EZDrummer 3 is by far the most ubiquitous drum sample library. Searches on Google for “best metal drum VST Reddit” all return threads with users talking about their experience using the software. It’s affordable and sounds pretty good. If you’re making guitar videos and need drums to fit the production, you can get away with spending the $179 on EZ...
Drumforge hits home for me. In 2015, I helped with sampling the shells in their first library. Headed by Joel Wanasek, Joe Wohlitz, and Joey Sturgis, Drumforge aims to create the world’s best professional drum sounds. For metal drum production, look no further than Drumforge Bergstrand. As the name implies, the collection contains samples from lege...
Drum libraries from GetGood Drumshave always been a go-to when I’ve been working on demos. I’ve written about them in the past, and for a good reason. They’ve got you covered with GetGood Drums: Invasion for metal productions. You will need the Native Instruments Kontakt Free Player to use Invasion. Have a listen to the tones below. In my opinion, ...
Anyone worth their weight in salt knows of legendary drummer Luke Holland. MixWave is a company co-founded by Holland, and his first signature drum library, MixWave: Luke Holland, came out earlier this year. During the recording session of Jason Richardson’s “II,” Luke captured what would become his first signature drum VST instrument. With this pl...
Addictive Drums 2 is a love-hate relationship for me these days. Initially, I was all about the plugin until I bought Superior Drummer 3. And even now, I find myself going back to Drumforge and GetGood Drums Modern & Massive. It just depends on the recording. However, I still think it deserves a spot on this list because I know it’s fantastic softw...
Urigtrone is a company that seems to focus on more vintage heavy metal drum tones. For example, their Riot Drums pack covers all areas of 90s hardcore and metal music. On the other hand, the Speed Metal Drums pack is all about 80s underground metal featuring power toms, deep kicks, and authentic 80s cymbals—old School heavy drum tones right in your...
If memory serves me correctly, I think SSD is the oldest drum library. Steven Slate Drums 5 is the newest iteration from the company, and there’s a lot to love about the drum plugin for making metal music. With SSD5, you get tons of kit presets (including metal), 1,000 MIDI grooves, fast MIDI mapping, one-shot snare samples, etc. Since SSD5 comes w...
I’ve mentioned MT Power Drum Kit 2in other articles, and there’s a reason why—it’s fantastic for being free! So if you’re on a budget, start here. You can’t go wrong with this free drum VST for metal productions.
MegeMetal Drumsis a free drum VST you can use in your metal songs that I found on KVR Audio. I haven’t tried it myself, but I’ll leave that to you if you decide. It’s free—give it a shot!
Get the best-sounding metal drum instrument completely free! Now you can get album-ready drums for your metal productions — for free. Krimh Drums Free is a software instrument that delivers fresh and modern sounding metal drums in any DAW. It's sound-designed by renowned metal producer Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, Opeth, Kreator, and many others) in close collaboration with outstanding drummer ...
DrumThrash - Drum Machine Software. DrumThrash is a drum machine software that lets you create realistic sounding drum tracks. Easily create, edit, and arrange drum patterns. Make drum beats for any style of music from metal to rock to jazz and more. Mixdown your tracks and import them into your favorite multitrack program.
- AudioSpillage MiniSpillage. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to help you choose the best music-making gear for you.
- Native Instruments Beats. PC/Mac | VST/AU/AAX. Beats is an updated version of Urban Beats, one of NI’s older Kontakt instruments, now offered free as part of the company’s Komplete Start bundle.
- Spitfire Audio Labs Drums. PC/Mac | VST/AU/AAX. Spitfire Audio launched its Labs project a few years ago, offering a variety of high-quality - and often fairly esoteric - free sampled instruments, all of which run in the company’s bespoke host plugin.
- Synsonic BD-909 / BD-808 Free. PC/Mac | VST/AU. This pair of free percussion synths from German developer Synsonic focus entirely on just one drum sound: the kick.
A very easy to use online drum machine. You can choose from various drum kits, create, save and edit your drum patterns and record it as audio files.
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The simply named Drum Machine by 99Sounds is a nifty little thing used, in the developer’s video tutorial, to make bright, energetic EDM beats. But, of course, it can be used to build drum patterns for any genre and style, so long as you spend the time getting to know it. It boasts 12 kits with the ability to include eight drum sounds per kit ...
