Metal Producers: Load a $30,000 Bronze Drum Kit Into Your DAW
A solid cast bronze drum kit captured in obsessive detail.
Designed to slam through dense metal mixes.
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Why most drum libraries vanish the second guitars get heavy
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What 5mm solid bronze does to drum attack
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Why Paiste Rude cymbals stay present in aggressive mixes
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Regular Price: €99
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Today: €79
Most drum libraries are designed to “fit everywhere.”
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Neutral.
Safe.
Polite.
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But when guitars get heavy…
they disappear.
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Thin transients.
Flat dynamics.
And barely any real sampling depth.
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Many libraries give you one convincing hit.
The rest is shortcuts.
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The result?
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Drums that feel programmed instead of played.
You keep tweaking… but the drums still disappear when the guitars come in.
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The VK Bronze Kit was never meant to be polite.
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It was recorded in obsessive detail:
• Up to 10 velocity layers
• Multiple round-robin samples per hit
• A massive 15GB instrument
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All captured from a $30,000 solid bell bronze drum kit.
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Cast from 5mm bell bronze
Incredibly heavy
Incredibly aggressive
Incredibly alive
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Why Bronze Works
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Bronze shells naturally project sound better than wood shells and the extra mass of solid bronze changes the way the kit reacts.
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That extra mass creates:
• harder attack
• longer sustain
• more harmonic density
The result
A kit that stays present when the mix gets dense.
This kit is NOT for you if:
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• you want neutral radio drums
• you prefer safe studio sounds
• you want a generic all-purpose kit
This kit IS for you if:
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• you produce heavy guitar music
• you want drums that dominate a mix
• you like character over convenience
If you want your drums to sit politely in the background —this is not your kit.
If you want them to hit like a truck —keep reading.
Why Cast Bronze Drums Change Everything
When a drum kit is built without compromise, you hear it in every transient
The attack
The sustain
The weight
The tone
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This library wasn’t sampled from a generic warehouse kit.
It was sampled from a handcrafted £25,000 instrument built for impact
And now it lives inside your DAW​
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What that means for your productions
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• Multi-velocity sampling for natural dynamics and realistic performance
• Detailed round robins that eliminate the machine-gun effect
• Mix-ready presets so your drums already punch through guitars
• Kontakt Player compatibility — works in any DAW, no extra license required
Cymbals That Cut Through
The VK Bronze Kit includes a full Paiste Rude configuration —
aggressive cymbals designed to cut through dense guitars without sounding thin.
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No buried splashes. No disappearing rides.
Just cymbals that stay present when the mix gets heavy.
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Cinematic Texture
You also get a set of handcrafted VK Enochian Chimes.
Dark. Resonant. Almost ritualistic.
Perfect for:
• breakdown transitions
• atmospheric intros
• cinematic heavy moments
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Custom Stack Cymbals
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Four custom stack combinations built specifically for this release.
Short. Explosive. Controlled chaos.
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Perfect for sharp accents and modern metal textures. No generic add-ons. Just extra character.
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Imagine loading drums that already cut through your mix before you even touch EQ.
No hours of drum replacement.
No fighting weak transients.
Just load the kit and start building the track.​
Hear And See What The Bronze Kit Can Do
How It Sits In A Mix
Raw drums are one thing
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Production-ready drums are another
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The VK Bronze Kit was captured to cut through guitars, sit powerful under vocals,
and remain punchy without overprocessing
Use the exact Cubase template from this demo
The Bronze Kit completely blew me away.
Hearing this instrument captured with this level of detail is incredible.
After more than 30 years of building drums, I never expected a virtual instrument to capture this much of the character of the real kit.
This library truly brings the VK sound into the digital world.
Alan van Kleef, Founder VK Drums
Recorded and developed by musician and recording engineer Jonathan Merrelaar, creator of the Red Pack Drums libraries used by 3,000+ producers worldwide.
Trusted By Producers Worldwide
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3.000+ producers use Red Pack Drums
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used in productions across 40+ countries
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Trusted by boutique drum builders and heavy music producers
30 Day Money-Back Guarantee
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Try it in your own productions with zero risk.
If the Bronze Kit doesn’t earn its place in your productions, request a refund within 30 days.
No questions asked.
