Brann Dailor vs Sean Reinert — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Brann Dailor (Mastodon) vs Sean Reinert (Death / Cynic). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What drum kit does Brann Dailor use?
Brann Dailor uses Tama Starclassic Performer B/B with Meinl Byzance Series (14" Dark Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Brilliant Heavy Hammered Crashes, 21" Ghost Ride, 18" Extra Dry China). Brann Dailor plays a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B (birch/bubinga) drum kit with his Tama S.L.P. G-Maple 14x6.5" snare, Meinl Byzance Series cymbals (14" Dark Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Brilliant Heavy Hammered Crashes, 21" Ghost Ride, 18" Extra Dry China), a Tama Speed Cobra double pedal, and Vater 5B sticks. Sean Reinert played a DW Collector's Series drum kit with Zildjian K Custom cymbals, driven by a DW 9000 Double Pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5A sticks — a jazz-crossover setup chosen for dynamic range over raw power.
What drum kit does Sean Reinert use?
Sean Reinert uses Tama Artstar II with Zildjian A/K Series (14" A Quick Beat Hi-Hats, 16" & 18" A Crashes, 20" K Custom Dry Ride, 16" China, 10" A Splash). Brann Dailor plays a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B (birch/bubinga) drum kit with his Tama S.L.P. G-Maple 14x6.5" snare, Meinl Byzance Series cymbals (14" Dark Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Brilliant Heavy Hammered Crashes, 21" Ghost Ride, 18" Extra Dry China), a Tama Speed Cobra double pedal, and Vater 5B sticks. Sean Reinert played a DW Collector's Series drum kit with Zildjian K Custom cymbals, driven by a DW 9000 Double Pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5A sticks — a jazz-crossover setup chosen for dynamic range over raw power.
Which is better, Brann Dailor or Sean Reinert?
Brann Dailor and Sean Reinert represent two eras of the same idea: that death metal's most extreme foundations can carry genuine musicality without losing their weight. Dailor built a career-long, still-active body of work where drumming, songwriting, and vocals fuse into a single melodic instrument. Reinert planted that idea a decade earlier in just two towering records — "Human" and "Focus" — before his catalog closed for good in 2020. Both are cited whenever the conversation turns to metal's most musically creative drummers, and together they bookend the prog-death lineage from its jazz-fusion origins to its modern melodic peak.