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Zildjian Pitch Black Cymbals

20 October 2008 10,161 views 9 Comments

Zildjian recently launched one of its latest cymbal lines, the “Pitch Black” series, complete with a dark coating to give bands that “damn right we’re hardcore” edge.

Personally, I think they’re awesome, but I was sniffing around on some forums and I noticed a few jeers from the rabble. Some felt the new line would be all too quickly embraced by metal-charlatans eager to increase their perceived bad-assery . Others were straddling the fence and weighing the costs and benefits versus more traditional offerings.

But were I a metal drummer I’d definitely consider them–for what could be a better symbol for black metal than black metal cymbals?

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9 Comments »

Ian said:

They look bad and they probably sound bad.

# 18 February 2009 at 9:20 pm

Ian sucks said:

H3ll no you didn’t! Zildjian’s kick a$$!

# 20 February 2009 at 1:02 pm

ranger35s said:

Zildjan’s not the first cymbal company to release black cymbal’s. I don’t think that people will jump on the bandwagon. Like most drummers, I’ll wait and see how they sound before I decide if I like them or not.

# 22 February 2009 at 5:09 pm

Anon said:

Paiste have a range of black cymbals.

Also Joey Jordison has a line of “signature” black cymbals.
his own are made by Zildjian, the “cheap” ones are made by paiste in their A series cymbals (AVOID THE A SERIES!)

# 25 February 2009 at 1:14 pm

entity said:

they are zildjian zbt’s but coated black. the only difference is they are double the price of zbt’s. so they are higher priced bottom level rock cymbals

# 1 March 2009 at 3:32 am

Blaine said:

I have to go to the music store tommorrow to see these things. I really hope that they have them in. I have not had a set in a few years but they would look awesome. Question is will they sound awesome? I will let you know.

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# 22 March 2009 at 1:12 am

Jack Knight said:

from what i have heared they are imensly good however not great for practicing with. soud great in gigs though

# 9 September 2009 at 5:37 pm

john walker said:

i like zildian, but, i dont really like the black cymbals, yeah they look cool, but they lost all kinds of clearity that regular cymbals have, plus the black chips off so it is kind of a waste in the first place

# 24 December 2009 at 6:43 am