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Roland announces a refresh to its best-selling TD-07 V-Drums lineup of entry-level electronic drums. Offering the best balance of playability and value in its class, the TD-07DMK2 and TD-07KV2 kits deliver an exceptional drumming experience for beginners, dedicated students, and returning players....

Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) announces the Design Series® Limited Mapa Burl over European Birch, a striking new shell-pack that brings DW’s signature exotic aesthetics to the accessible, custom-inspired Design Series lineup. Available for the first time with legendary DW exotic woods, this limited...

Conn Selmer Europe is delighted to announce drummer Nico Busch as the recipient of the 2026 Conn Selmer Europe Scholarship. Launched in 2022, and now at its third scholar, the scholarship programme is a bi-annual award designed to provide financial support and professional development opportunities...

Modern Drummer magazine, alongside Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), Carrie Peart (Trustee of The Estate of Neil Peart), and Olivia Peart, is proud to announce Celeste Fox as the recipient of the 2026 Neil Peart Spirit of Drumming Scholarship. Established to honor the legendary Neil Peart by...

The Millenium MPS-1500 Hybrid-X combines the look and feel of an acoustic drum kit with the boundless versatility of cutting-edge e-drum technology. Featuring real wood shells in full-drum-size, the revolutionary Nexus Multi-Percussion Pad, and a massive sound library - this set raises the bar for...

SABIAN is proud to announce the release of the 21″ AA MantaRay Chinese, a distinctive new signature accent cymbal developed in collaboration with Ray Luzier of Korn. Created through an extensive year-long collaboration, the MantaRay began with Luzier’s idea for an accent cymbal that could deliver...

Avedis Zildjian Co.® (Zildjian®) and Alesis® Drums today announced a strategic partnership uniting the most iconic name in cymbal sound with a modern pioneer of percussion technology. Together, the partnership brings Zildjian‘s expertise in cymbal sound and musical expression into Alesis’ advanced...

Legendary Cymbal Maker Partners with Electronic Drum Innovator to Shape the Future of Percussion Avedis Zildjian Co.® (Zildjian®) and Alesis® Drums today announced a strategic partnership uniting the most iconic name in cymbal sound with a modern pioneer of percussion technology. Together, the...

Rush handed Neil Peart's parts to Anika Nilles in 2026. The road that made it possible runs back through eighty-four years and a short list of people who said yes to women playing the drums. Source

The first pack is out now: four cymbals pulled from the room Zildjian normally reserves for its endorsed artists. Source

Before Dave Grohl locked in behind the kit, Nirvana cycled through six drummers. Each one shaped the band's sound in ways most fans never heard. Source

Neil Peart wrote a gear column for almost every Rush tour book. In most of them he noted exactly what he had changed and why. Here is every kit, what was in it, and what he said about it at the time. Source

Twelve drummers who built the sound of the 1970s, and what they were actually playing: the room that made Bonham enormous, the hi-hat Charlie Watts kept lifting off, and the kit Neil Peart took to the end of the decade. Source

Every list of the best 1950s drummers tells you about Gene Krupa in 1937. This one sticks to what these twelve were actually doing in the fifties. Source

The night he lost his arm should have ended Rick Allen's career. Instead, the Def Leppard drummer rebuilt his kit around his feet and taught himself to play again. Source

Rush brought their 50th-anniversary tour to Chicago's United Center this July with Anika Nilles in Neil Peart's chair, and they did not disappoint. Source

In the late 1990s, Neil Peart, the legendary drummer and lyricist of Rush, simply vanished from public life. Behind that silence was almost unimaginable tragedy. In August 1997, his 19-year-old daughter Selena died in a car accident. Devastated, he told his bandmates, “Consider me retired.” Less...

The 1960s produced more seismic shifts in drumming than any decade before it. The British Invasion rewired what a rock drummer’s job was. Motown’s session players laid down hit after hit in a converted house on West Grand Boulevard. Psychedelic rock demanded improvisation and jazz instincts from...

Best known as the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chad Smith is one of the most iconic drummers of all time. He’s had a lot of signature gear over the years including everything from sticks, to entire drum kits. Unfortunately, a lot of his signature gear, outside of his Funk Blaster sticks,...

Danny Carey is one of the greatest metal and progressive drummers of all time. With the band Tool, he has played tons of stages. In fact, according to concertarchives.org, Tool has played a staggering 1,734 shows between 1992 and 2019. Danny Carey’s Gear at a Glance Danny endorses a wide range of...