A lot of the kicks on Elite have some really nice sub on them, but if you want to lessen the attack, try filtering down the the highs with a low pass.
I've closed the book on the first edition of the 2.0 model kits, I think you guys will be really happy. There are certainly going to be some amazing metal kits in the collection, the new metal toms are crazy sounding too. As 2.0 lives, it will gain more modeled kits and I also want to do a sneap forum special edition just for you guys where I'll concentrate on modeling some of the more esoteric metal bands that have been mentioned here.