Metal Double Kick
Sixteenth-note kick engine under a locked snare — precision and endurance test.
140 BPM
- Feel
- Aggressive · grid-locked · double-kick drive
- Kit focus
- Alternating kick sixteenths, snare on 2 and 4, tight hats
Signal 02 Grooves
Groove constellations
Common beats across genres — 16-step grids with kick, snare, and hi-hat lanes you can hear and loop.
Gallop Ride
Triplet gallop on the kicks — da-da-DUM under a locked snare backbeat. Thrash and power metal bread and butter.
132 BPM
- Feel
- Triplet gallop · forward thrust · headbang physics
- Kit focus
- Kick on 1, the of-3, and 3 of each beat group; snare on 2 and 4
D-Beat
Hardcore d-beat skeleton with double-kick bursts — crust, d-beat, and extreme punk DNA.
148 BPM
- Feel
- Charging · raw · punk-metal crossover
- Kit focus
- Snare bombardment on 1 and the & of 2, double kick fills between accents
Half-Time Chug
Half-time snare with eighth-note double-kick chugs — djent and prog metal slowdown power.
88 BPM
- Feel
- Massive · slow-burn · low-string friendly
- Kit focus
- Snare on 3 only, double kick eighths, sparse china accents optional
Blast Beat Bar
Single-bar blast template — snare and kick locked in sixteenths, cymbal chaos on top.
160 BPM
- Feel
- Extreme · blast · endurance test
- Kit focus
- Alternate snare/kick sixteenths with constant hats — start slow, build control
Heel-Toe Groove
Heel-toe friendly double-kick grouping — two quick kicks leading into the downbeat each beat.
126 BPM
- Feel
- Articulated · controlled · pedal technique lab
- Kit focus
- Pairs of sixteenth kicks on 3-e and 4-e of each beat, backbeat snare
Triplet Kick Engine
Triplet-feel double bass under straight eighth hats — prog metal and tech metal staple.
118 BPM
- Feel
- Odd-group kicks · flowing · subdivision stretch
- Kit focus
- Kick groups of three sixteenths, snare on 2 and 4, tight ride or hat