New winner of the 22" Gothic Radius!

Congrats to Kevin Carmen! You've been selected as the winner of the 22" Gothic radius!

Winner?

OK, so the winner of the 22" Gothic Radius has not claimed his prize. I'm going to give him a little more time, if I don't hear from him by next Friday, another winner will be selected.

Winner of the 22" Factory Metal Percussion Gothic Radius!

Congrats to Tony Bruno! You won!

email me your shipping address at timekeep69@aol.com and I'll get it out to you!

PJ

Factory Metal Percussion 22" Gothic Radius Giveaway

OK, I just went to select the winner of the Gothic radius when I noticed that I accidently put July 1st as the deadline instead on August 1st...no wonder there were only 7 entries.

So here's what I'm going to do, I'm going to extend the deadline by 1 week. Today is August 1st, the drawing will be held on August 8th, so go to Factory Metals Facebook and post!

PJ

Factory Metal Percussion 22" Gothic Radius

Factory Metal Percussion has been around for a while now. First and foremost, they are not a cymbal company; they create what I call “effect” cymbals that you add to your cymbal set up for different sounds.

They have many different products including Celtic Bells, Cross Crashers, Hi-hat Jinglers, Vertical Chinas and Gothic Radius cymbals. The cool thing about their products is that they also add a visual aspect to the set up.

Today we’re going to go over the 22” Gothic Radius, the Gothic Radius comes in 20, 22, 23, & 26 inch radiuses.  If you listen to the sound sample, it kind of sounds like a thick ride cymbal;  A lot of ping but not a lot of wash afterwards.  This is pretty accurate for the most part. The 22” Radius that I played with had a little more wash and sounded like a ride cymbal that had some extra frequencies coming out of it but with a quicker decay than a regular ride cymbal…kind of like a dissonate ride with a short decay, kind of a cool effect if you ask me.

Sound Sample 

The only drawback I noticed is that they don’t project as wells as regular cymbals, so in a live setting you really can’t hear them over the music. I think they would do better in a mic’d situation.

Overall, prices are pretty reasonable, the 22” Gothic Radius runs for about $80. They’re a cool effect you can add to your setup in both sound and appearance without going broke.

Ok, here’s the fun part everyone!

I have said 22” Gothic Radius up for a giveaway! Here’s the rules.

Facebook users! Go to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Factory-Metal-Percussion/29917660775 like them and then post something on their wall that is positive and also mention this blog so I know to enter your name into the drawing!

Non-Facebook Users! Leave a comment on this blog to enter!

I have a baby due in 2 days so I’m going to let this giveaway run til July 1^st before I have the name selector pick a winner for me so please be patient!

Good luck!

I haven't forgotten about you!

I'm waiting for a few items to arrive for review so until then it's going to be pretty quiet. I'll post once a new review is up, PLEASE BE PATIENT! :)

PJ

Rebel Meets Rebel

I don’t typically do CD reviews and I’m don’t plan on doing another one after this but I have some time before I get some products in to review so I thought that I would do this one really quick. Whenever I talk to people about this CD, I get blank stares back because no one seems to have heard of it and honestly, that’s sad because this is a GREAT CD.

The best way to describe this CD is Heavy Metal Country. Yes, HEAVY METAL COUNTRY. Let’s look into this further shall we? On drums we have Vinnie Paul, on guitar, Dimebag Darryl, and Rex Brown on bass, yes, ¾’s of Pantera fronted by country music rebel David Allen Coe.  We’re talking country music that knocks you out and stomps you in the face. 

The opening track “Nothin to Lose” is a great song. There’s nothing like Chugging guitars over a train beat.  “Get Outta My Life” has a guest appearance by Hank Williams III…country royalty if there ever was any.

While I am a Pantera fan, I’m not really a fan of David Allen Coe or country music in general but I personally LOVE this album. It was recorded during the Reinventing the Steel tour in 2000 but didn’t come out until 2006, two years after Dime’s tragic murder in 2004.

Here's the video to "Nothin To Lose".

If you can find it, pick it up. It’s a great album!

I have a cymbal and a couple snares coming in for review….stay tuned!