BIG Giveaway Part 2 of 4: Diril Cymbals Aggressive 10″ Splash

And we’re back with Part 2 of our Holiday Spectacular Diril Splash giveaway sponsored by Arsenal Musical! To enter this week’s drawing, send a quick email to dgrblog@gmail.com with the subject line “Diril Aggressive Splash”, and you’ll be eligible to win! Diril Aggressive Splash Round two of our giveaway and review series focuses on something […]

BIG Giveaway Part 1 of 4: Diril Cymbals HammerXL 10″ Splash

ATTENTION: THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. PLEASE VISIT THE DRUM GEAR REVIEW HOMEPAGE TO SEE AND ENTER THE CURRENT GIVEAWAY! We’re only a few days away from Thanksgiving here at Drum Gear Review HQ, and this year, we’ve got a lot to be thankful for. Aided by a series of very, very successful giveaways, the site […]

Diril Cymbals Raw Bell Series Review and Giveaway!

IT’S FINALLY HERE!!! Our Arsenal Musical and Diril Cymbals giveaway has arrived at last, and I couldn’t be more excited. With this review, the excellent folks at Arsenal were nice enough to offer up this very set of cymbals to one lucky reader of Drum Gear Review! If you’d like to be entered for a […]

Your Chance to Win a FREE Set of Cymbals!

No reviews today, but a huuuge announcement that I couldn’t be happier to share. In the coming months, I’ll be reviewing a beautiful set of cymbals, and when I’m done, I’ll be giving them to one lucky DGR reader! That’s right, one of you will win a FREE SET OF CYMBALS. Before I’m ready to […]

TRX Dark Icon Series Cymbals

Having never lived particularly close to a large, well-stocked drum shop, I was, up until recently, mostly unfamiliar with TRX cymbals. I’d seen a few reviews, and I’d certainly noticed their appearance on the drum kits of just about every up and coming monster player on Youtube, but I’d yet to see any in […]

Imperial Cymbals Faith 3 Pre-Pack Review

Note: Contest ended on Tuesday 2/28/12 Hello everyone! I could not be more thrilled to announce our very first contest over here at Drum Gear Review! To help send a little extra attention to two very exciting young companies, we’ll be giving one reader a prize package that includes: 1 17” Faith series crash from […]

Paiste Twenty Masters Collection

I wanted to share a link to a recent review I did for DRUM! Magazine. Earlier this week, they posted the full copy from my review of the Paiste Twenty Masters Collection cymbals. This was my first article for the magazine, and it was a lot of fun. If you have a few minutes, please […]

First Review with Video – Istanbul Agop 20″ OM crash

Some time ago, on a trip to New York, I convinced my girlfriend to let me peek into Steve Maxwell’s Drum Shop. I did my best to keep my visit brief, but still managed to kill the better part of an hour drooling over the shop’s stock. Among the most exciting items on the […]

Zildjian 22″ Constantinople Flat Ride

Note: In researching the model for this review, I found out it has been discontinued. However, there are still plenty available around the web. Zildjian’s Constantinople series was created to replicate and expand upon the coveted Old K sound heard on so many seminal bop recordings of the 1950s and 60s. Designed with the input […]