Take the 2-minute tour ×  At some stage after the conclusion of
the tour to support the Black Album Lars Ulrich shed two toms
from his kit. I'm referring to the toms at chest level not the
two floor toms which I think he's retained.  The question is how
can you do this and still sound the same? Surely there are pre-
existing songs that demand the use of these (now missing) toms?
share|improve this question Took me a moment to realize "shed"
meant "remove" and not "woodshed". –  NReilingh May 25 at 18:24
2 Answers 2  up vote 2 down vote accepted  If he went from six
to four toms, the simple answer might be that few fills required
all six toms, and those that did, didn't utilize them in a
significant way. In metal, more is more and that goes double for
drummers. Not many drummers with more than 3 or 4 toms utilize
all their toms in my experience. Perhaps L. Ulrich came to the
same conclusion.  In contrast to metal drummers, jazz drummers
have quite stripped down sets, and manage to get a lot of
different sound