[Andy B]

Cast from rocks from mother Earth itself
Hand forged by Neanderthal men in the Dark corners of the world
Beaten to death by Ogres with big metal Hammers
Hammerax cymbals for Rock...........

They look like something off the side of a Viking ship. It has just arrived and a drummer has taken the wooden and metal sheilds off the side of the boat and hung them on cymbal stands....

I can see metal drummers beating these things ****-less with tree stumps made of oak....
or Thore Hammers

Some look like vomit on a cymbal left to dry and then varnished .... Yes, cymBals that look like a pavement pizza....

What do they sound like imagine a Ford Compact roof skin taken off with a blow torch beaten over someone's head and a big circle cut out and hit with a piece of wood......................Get a Zildjian or a Paiste get a life or maybe try one and see if you get the Hammerax bug.....check these out

YouTube - Hammerax 21 Whipcrash Cymbal...

YouTube - Hammerax 22" Liquicy...

YouTube - Hammerax Liquicy® 16"...

YouTube - Hammerax Indigo® LTD Edition...

YouTube - Hammerax Atom Cymbal...

YouTube - Hammerax 24" Hellbell...

[Gus]

Dang! Thats Poetic.

Can you do a comparison to the top four's cymbal series?

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by Andy B

Cast from rocks from mother Earth itself
Hand forged by Neanderthal men in the Dark corners of the world
Beaten to death by Ogres with big metal Hammers
Hammerax cymbals for Rock...........

They look like something of the side of a Viking ship. It has just arrived and a drummer has taken the wooden sheilds off the side of the boat and hung them on cymbal stands....

I can see metal drummers beating these things ****-less with tree stumps made of oak....
or Thore Hammers

Some look like vomit on a cymbal left to dry and then varnished a Yes cymBals that look like a pavement pizza....

What do they sound like imagine a Ford Compact roof skin taken off with a blow torch beaten over someone's head and a big circle cut out and hit with a piece of wood......................Get a Zildjian or a Paiste get a life

if anyone likes these cymbals check out this guy as they say opinions count for nothing and there is always two sides of a coin.....


Aaron Edgar

Aaron Edgar is one of the hardest working and most in-demand drummers in Winnipeg, with good reason. He's played, toured and recorded with many artists all over the country, such as : The Waking Eyes, Imaginary Cities, Ridley Bent, Willie Mack, Grand Analog , The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Jack Semple to name a few. He is also a teacher of all styles of drumming from beginner to professional. With his advanced program, "Aaron Edgar's Brain Exchange at the Grain Exchange" focussing on more out there topics : technique to breakbeat, drum n' bass, extreme metal, double bass, time signatures, metric modulation, displacement, advanced poly-rhythmic and multi-poly-rhythmic theory and so on.

Aaron is the owner of Audio Addiction Studio, which was built specifically for recording drums. The focus of this studio is on long distance remote sessions. He utilizes such equipment as API, Great River and Shadow Hills mic pre's. A wide variety of microphones including Royer Labs, Sennheiser and more. SSL Alphalink converters, the list goes on. On top of it all, an unbelievably massive selection of extremely high end drums and cymbals. A full list of gear and session details can be found on his website, AaronEdgar.com under studio and session.

Aaron is extremely driven and continues an over the top schedule at all times. Somehow he finds time for touring, gigging, teaching, recording and writing. Aaron plays over 40 Hammerax instruments.

AaronEdgar.com

Hammerax Gear List:

48" BoomyWang
36" BoomyWang
37"x25" Atom cymbal
30" Culebra
28" Meanie
24.5" Whipcrash cymbal
24" HellBell Crash cymbal
24" Indigo Flat Ride cymbal
23.5" Indigo Crash Ride cymbal
23"x19" Atom cymbal
22" Boomywang Nano
22" Liquicy cymbal
21" Slap Ride cymbal
21" HellBell Crash cymbal
21" Indigo Flat Ride cymbal
21" Whipcrash cymbal
20" Indigo UltraDark Crash cymbal
20" Indigo 7 Button Crash cymbal
18" Indigo Ultra Dark Crash cymbal
18" Whipcrash cymbal
18" Boomwang Classic cymbal
18" HellHats
16" HellHats
16" Indigo FlyHats
14" Bash
12" Boomywang
12" Indigo FlyHats
12", 8", 6", 4" Crash Course
12" DustBowl
9" Ultra Violet Splash cymbal
9" Photon Splash cymbal
9" Indigo FlyHats
9.5" Nice Bell
8" Nice Bell
7" Nice Bell
6" Nice Bell
5" NuBell
6" NuBell
7" NuBell
8" NuBell
3", 4", 5", 6", 7", 8" BellVine
4", 6", 8" SplashVine cymbals

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[Andy B]

Originally Posted by Gus

Dang! Thats Poetic.

Can you do a comparison to the top four's cymbal series?

hi Gus that sounds a good idea have already made some comparisons ....Zildjian the dark series.custom series....Paists similiar with there dark series some Alpha/swiss crash formula sound edge 602 and the Twenty masters collection...Sabien we got Paragon and Vault...Meinl there is MB20 Mb8 Geration x and symphonic...classic custom...and to throw in some rivals the Istanbul agop and Bosphorus that look like something out the Crusades fighting the moors....big shield like cymbals.....Its going to take me a wile to do some research.....might have to hang around music shops for a wile...and piss sales staff off by trying stuff out and not paying Huba Huba sound like anti capitalism to me im up for that!......

[Gus]

Thanks andy, what series would be similar to (crash wise) to the vaults?

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by Gus

Thanks andy, what series would be similar to (crash wise) to the vaults?

hi Gus i'm guessing at the moment the "ultraviolet" dude its European sounding the whole Hammerax series is a bit strange and goes back to traditional cymbals like back in the dark ages before the Turkish Civalised the process into Zildjian..... with there lighter stronger metal....some of the Hammerax takes thinness to new realms and some its like an alien has crash landed and has said here ya go guys make some cymbals out the wreckage..... some are thinner than stackers crisps man too new levels of madness....I looked at the guy on you tube playing them and I had to do a double take it was like someone wobbling plates man......bendy spinning cymbals.........its mashing my head up but the moor i listen to them the moor i'm getting to like them.....so its therapy

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[Gus]

I like the sound of this one:

YouTube - Hammerax 18" Indigo Heavy Whipcrash...

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by Gus

I like the sound of this one:

YouTube - Hammerax 18" Indigo Heavy Whipcrash Cymbal 012009E

Sounds sweet man there starting to grow on me........They remind me of how John Bonham's 60's Paiste sounded on moby Dick the bells have a high pitch and the sustain on them is amazing on all the crashes......

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[Gus]

YouTube - Drum Tech Jeff Ocheltree (John Bonham's...

[Andy B]

Wicked man Gus thanks for the tuneing clip orsome...he used a green ludwig sparkle kit on every album bar one! but never used the 18" floor because it was too big...the only album he didnt use the green sparkle was on Pressence i think he used the blue sparkle...the Green was his Favourite kit......you must have red my mind because i was looking at the same kit on the Ludwig site...i had a quick look at a Spaun kit the same colour but the fittings were black chrome it was nice!!!!

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