Raymond Herrera vs Chris Turner — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory / Arkaea / Brujeria) vs Chris Turner (Oceans Ate Alaska). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What drum kit does Raymond Herrera use?
Raymond Herrera uses Tama Starclassic with Zildjian A Custom & Z Custom Series (14" A Custom Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" A Custom Crashes, 21" Z Custom Mega Bell Ride, 18" A Custom China). Raymond Herrera played a Tama Starclassic kit (with triggering) with a trigger-equipped snare and Zildjian Z Custom cymbals, driven by a DW 5000 Series Double Pedal with ddrum/Roland triggers throughout the kit and Vater Power 5B sticks. Chris Turner endorses Tama Drums and Meinl Cymbals, playing a Tama Starclassic Walnut/Birch kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14"x5.5" Vintage Hammered Steel snare and Meinl Byzance & Pure Alloy Series cymbals, driven by a Tama Speed Cobra 910 double pedal and Promark or Vic Firth 5B sticks.
What drum kit does Chris Turner use?
Chris Turner uses Tama Starclassic Maple/Birch with Meinl Byzance Series (15" Dual Hi-Hats, 18" & 20" Extra Dry Medium Crashes, 22" Dual Ride, 18" Extra Dry China). Raymond Herrera played a Tama Starclassic kit (with triggering) with a trigger-equipped snare and Zildjian Z Custom cymbals, driven by a DW 5000 Series Double Pedal with ddrum/Roland triggers throughout the kit and Vater Power 5B sticks. Chris Turner endorses Tama Drums and Meinl Cymbals, playing a Tama Starclassic Walnut/Birch kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14"x5.5" Vintage Hammered Steel snare and Meinl Byzance & Pure Alloy Series cymbals, driven by a Tama Speed Cobra 910 double pedal and Promark or Vic Firth 5B sticks.
Which is better, Raymond Herrera or Chris Turner?
Raymond Herrera and Chris Turner both built reputations as aggressive, machine-precise double-kick specialists, but a generation and a genre apart. Herrera pioneered industrial metal's triggered, mechanical drumming with Fear Factory in the 1990s, engineering precision through electronics as much as technique. Turner pioneered progressive metalcore's viral-era technical showcase with Oceans Ate Alaska in the 2010s and 2020s, achieving similarly relentless precision through pure acoustic footwork and social media virality. Herrera built the industrial-metal blueprint for machine-like drumming; Turner proved that blueprint could still evolve, unplugged, for a new generation.