Sorry, the style would be hardcore, more metal oriented.
I know most people tend to think of hardcore as a "clangy" drum sound thing... but this is not the case, at least. All I know is that recording that kind of "tin can" drum sound -which can be OK for live sometimes- definitively SUCKS for recordings, as you get no "bottom" (or whatever you wanna call it) with the sound. In other words that misconception of cheap "cool" drum sound is shit to me. And when you're in the mix, that shitty sound fucks everything up, so finally you end up replacing the snares because of its poor quality.
So, one thing for sure is that I want the snare to go like "BANG", and not "CLANG".
Honestly: I'm a drum ignorant. I just play guitar and don't really get to focus on these things til' the time for recording comes and we gotta deal with this. As far as I know, DW is supposed to be the best drumkit you can get, I've heard it played live a couple of times and sounds great... but this TAMA kit amazed me, the kick sound... I don't know, maybe it sounds a less bright, but sounded really neat to me. I don't have real studio experiences at hand because where I live, most musicians here don't really care about their equipment's quality, and are mostly closed minded when it comes to improve their sound.
I want those drums to sound sharp but not like a frying pan, and thick but not blurry in the end... like acoustic as they are, but with some serious power, and not end up replacing each single hit. I know it's gonna be edited to sound balanced in the end, but at least to get to record SOMETHING with it that appears in the final recording haha.
I know it might sound greasy, but I've been listening to the Metallica "Metallica" drum sound, and I'm digging it. Can't recall any specific drum sound from other albums right now, but I do want to keep things simple, I guess.
I hope this helps better now.
