Sean Reinert vs Hannes Grossmann — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Sean Reinert (Death / Cynic) vs Hannes Grossmann (Obscura / ex-Necrophagist / Alkaloid). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
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). 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 built for dynamic range. Hannes Grossmann plays a DW Collectors Series kit with a DW Collectors 14x5.5" Maple snare and Meinl Byzance Series cymbals (14" Byzance Traditional Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Byzance Brilliant Crashes, 21" Byzance Traditional Ride), driven by a DW 9000 Series double pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5B sticks.
What drum kit does Hannes Grossmann use?
Hannes Grossmann uses DW Collectors Series with Meinl Byzance Series (14" Byzance Traditional Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Byzance Brilliant Crashes, 21" Byzance Traditional Ride). 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 built for dynamic range. Hannes Grossmann plays a DW Collectors Series kit with a DW Collectors 14x5.5" Maple snare and Meinl Byzance Series cymbals (14" Byzance Traditional Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Byzance Brilliant Crashes, 21" Byzance Traditional Ride), driven by a DW 9000 Series double pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5B sticks.
Which is better, Sean Reinert or Hannes Grossmann?
Sean Reinert and Hannes Grossmann represent technical death metal's two defining eras. Reinert is the genre's founding architect — his jazz-informed work on "Human" and "Focus" in the early 1990s invented the vocabulary that technical death metal still speaks today. Grossmann is the modern master who built on that foundation — his classically trained, open-handed precision on "Epitaph," "Cosmogenesis," and "Omnivium" pushed the genre's compositional and technical ceiling to new heights in the 2000s and 2010s. Together they bookend the "best tech death drummers" debate: Reinert the pioneer who proved it was possible, Grossmann the virtuoso who proved how far it could go.