The kick drum, or bass drum, is the powerhouse behind the music. In a club, it’s the kick that’s nailing the four to the floor, and at a rock gig it’s the kick that’s making your chest compress. This ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Perhaps the most important element of the drum kit in today's music, the kick drum is the driving ...

Yesterday (Nov. 28), Metallica surprised everyone by announcing the new album 72 Seasons and world tour, as well as debuting the new single "Lux Aeterna." Now that fans have had time to digest the ...

As you may have heard, Dave Grohl made a feature-film documentary about the very magical, mystical, excellent-space-in-which-to-record-a-kick-drum Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California. You’re ...

Superproducer Jeff Bhasker has been talking drums and how on Mark Ronson’s 2015 megahit, Uptown Funk, he managed to get an old skool sound on a track which still worked perfectly as modern pop. He was ...