We Are Not Your Kind — Slipknot Drum Setup (Jay Weinberg, 2019) | MetalForge

Frequently Asked Questions

What drum kit does Jay Weinberg use on We Are Not Your Kind?

Jay Weinberg continued playing his SJC Custom Drums shell pack on We Are Not Your Kind (2019) — the same endorsement he'd held since 2009, reconfigured and refinished for the album, not a switch from a different brand. The SJC configuration features four rack toms (8", 10", 12", 13") plus two floor toms (16", 18"), and double 22" x 18" bass drums, with maple shells finished in custom Slipknot-themed wraps. Evans EMAD2 kick heads and EC2 batter heads were used throughout, with Pearl Demon Drive triggers integrated on the bass drums for the album's dense, hybrid production approach.

Did Jay Weinberg win a Grammy for We Are Not Your Kind?

Yes — Slipknot won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2021 for "Nero Forte," a track from We Are Not Your Kind. The award recognised one of the most technically demanding drum performances on the album: a track featuring complex polyrhythmic patterns in the verses against a driving 4/4 chorus, which Weinberg also co-wrote. It was Slipknot's first Grammy win and came 22 years into the band's career.

How does Jay Weinberg's setup differ between The Gray Chapter and We Are Not Your Kind?

The most significant changes between Jay Weinberg's Gray Chapter (2014) and WANYK (2019) setups were the snare and cymbal configuration — his SJC Custom Drums kit itself, an endorsement he'd held since 2009, did not change brands, though it was reconfigured and refinished between albums. Weinberg switched from an SJC snare to a new Tama SLP snare. On the cymbal side, the Gray Chapter used a pure Zildjian A series setup; on WANYK he adopted a hybrid A and K Custom approach — retaining A series hi-hats and China for attack and clarity, while adding K Custom Dark crashes and a K Custom ride for darker, more complex crash and ride character suited to the album's atmospheric production. Evans EMAD2 heads replaced EMAD for heavier batter construction, and Pearl Demon Drive triggers were more prominent in the WANYK mix.

What cymbals does Jay Weinberg use on We Are Not Your Kind?

Jay Weinberg used a hybrid Zildjian A and K Custom setup on We Are Not Your Kind (2019). The configuration included Zildjian A 14" hi-hats, Zildjian K Custom Dark crashes in 17" and 19", a retained Zildjian A 18" crash, a Zildjian K Custom 20" ride, a Zildjian A 18" China, and a Zildjian K Custom 10" splash. The hybrid A + K Custom approach gave Weinberg both the bright attack of the A series (hi-hats, China) and the darker, more complex wash character of the K Custom series (crashes, ride) — matching the album's denser and more atmospheric production compared to The Gray Chapter.