Mario Duplantier vs Ben Koller — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Mario Duplantier (Gojira) vs Ben Koller (Converge / Mutoid Man / Killer Be Killed). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What drum kit does Mario Duplantier use?
Mario Duplantier uses Tama Starclassic Bubinga (22"x18" Bass Drums x2, 12"x9" & 13"x10" Toms, 16"x16" Floor Tom) with Zildjian (14" K Sweet Hi-Hats, 14" A Custom Hi-Hats, 18" K Custom Hybrid Crash, 19" A Custom Crash, 20" K Sweet Crash, 21" Z Custom Mega Bell Ride, 18" & 20" Chinas). Mario Duplantier plays a Tama Starclassic Walnut/Birch kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6" G-Maple snare and a Zildjian A Custom/K Custom cymbal array, powered by a Tama Iron Cobra 900 Power Glide double pedal and Tama Mario Duplantier Signature sticks. Ben Koller plays a Tama Starclassic Maple kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6" Brass snare and Zildjian K Dark Series cymbals (14" K Dark Thin Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" K Dark Medium Thin Crashes, 21" K Custom Ride, 18" K China), driven by a Tama Iron Cobra 900 double pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5B sticks.
What drum kit does Ben Koller use?
Ben Koller uses Tama Starclassic Maple with Zildjian (14" K Dark Thin Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" K Dark Medium Thin Crashes, 21" K Custom Ride, 18" K China). Mario Duplantier plays a Tama Starclassic Walnut/Birch kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6" G-Maple snare and a Zildjian A Custom/K Custom cymbal array, powered by a Tama Iron Cobra 900 Power Glide double pedal and Tama Mario Duplantier Signature sticks. Ben Koller plays a Tama Starclassic Maple kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6" Brass snare and Zildjian K Dark Series cymbals (14" K Dark Thin Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" K Dark Medium Thin Crashes, 21" K Custom Ride, 18" K China), driven by a Tama Iron Cobra 900 double pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5B sticks.
Which is better, Mario Duplantier or Ben Koller?
Mario Duplantier and Ben Koller both share a Tama Starclassic foundation yet arrive at heaviness from opposite instincts. Duplantier channels composed, tribal polyrhythm into Gojira's tuned-percussion progressive death metal, giving crushing riffs an almost ceremonial groove. Koller channels raw, unrehearsed chaos into Converge's mathcore assault, making unpredictability itself the technical achievement. Duplantier represents progressive death metal's organic, composed complexity; Koller represents hardcore-rooted mathcore's dangerous, live-wire intensity — two entirely different paths to technical respect.