Toontrack has been having an eventful week. First up was the Metal Mania EZX, and now they’re back with the Underground EZX. So if you’ve been yearning for some new drum sounds, here they are!
The Underground EZX was recorded by Refused drummer David Sandström alongside engineer, producer, and mixer Martin “Konie” Ehrencrona (Tribulation, Refused) at the famed Studio Cobra in Stockholm, Sweden. This EZX had four distinctly unique kits, a selection of mix-ready presets for each, and a basic collection of grooves and fills performed by David himself.
“This is an EZX in which you can almost hear the vintage tube gear radiate, the hiss breathe and every wayward and unrelenting drum hit propel in a way that makes the kits want to climb out of the monitors,” wrote Toontrack of the EZX. “Whether you’re looking to write a post-punk track teeming with lo-fi DYI feels or any stripe of savage, distorted and organic-sounding kraut, metal, hardcore or garage rock, this is your new go-to EZX. With a collection of David’s own drums, the studio and those of bands and friends on the Stockholm scene, they made sure this EZX had four distinctly unique kits, each bringing its niched sound and vibe to the project. Expect a broad palette of scarred, road-worn and tried-and-true kits all put through the paces on anything from big festival stages and underground club stages to a wealth of albums of all styles.
In addition to the kits, a selection of mix-ready presets for each of the four kits is provided. Engineered by Konie, it covers anything from the bare and raw to the distorted, all-out menacing and wild. To add, a basic collection of grooves and fills performed by David is included, giving you a foundation of his unapologetic and hard-hitting style of drumming to build from.
This is an EZX in which you can almost hear the vintage tube gear radiate, the hiss breathe and every wayward and unrelenting drum hit propel in a way that makes the kits want to climb out of the monitors. Whether you’re looking to write a post-punk track teeming with lo-fi DYI feels or any stripe of savage, distorted and organic-sounding kraut, metal, hardcore or garage rock, this is your new go-to EZX.