Toontrack EZX: Into The Dark

Enter at Your Own Risk

Mix-ready drums, tailored for post-punk, dark rock, and goth.

This EZX presents the perfect mosaic of drums for any production that calls for an extra bit of that grisly, ghastly, and raw tint of dark rock, post-punk, and goth. Where better to capture just that than in its very cradle, where pioneering acts like Bauhaus, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cult, and many others struck chords that moved enough air to not only start a wave but also shape an entire sub-culture in its backwash?

Into the Dark EZX was recorded at Rockfield, the world-famous Welsh dairy farm-turned-into-studio that has played an immense role in rock as we know it.

The Into the Dark EZX was recorded by multiple award-winning producer/mixer Tom Dalgety (Ghost, Rammstein, Pixies, Royal Blood) and drummer Mat Hector (Iggy Pop, Gutterdämmerung, Razorlight). It comes with three full drum kits as well as a bespoke set of cymbals and percussion derived from the Fields of Rock SDX. With the drums, the broad collection of presets engineered by Tom Dalgety as well as the custom MIDI library by Mat Hector, expect to get immersed in a monochrome journey that encapsulates the entire dark rock greyscale - from the blaring, raw and rebellious tones of post-punk to the dark, gruesome and macabre hue of industrial-tinged new wave and goth.

Just like an image would appear one-dimensional without shadows, a proper rock song would fall flat without some true grit. Are you ready to head into the dark? Enter at your own risk.

Features

• Three drum kits as well as a selection of extra instruments, cymbals, and percussion
• Features mix-ready sounds inspired by dark rock, post-punk, and goth
• Recorded at the iconic Rockfield Studios in England
• Produced and engineered by Tom Dalgety (Ghost, Rammstein, Pixies, Opeth, Royal Blood) • Sampled by Mat Hector (Iggy Pop, Gutterdämmerung, Razorlight)
• Comes with presets engineered by Tom Dalgety and MIDI performed by Mat Hector

The Kits

The Pure Goth Kit

The Futuristic Kit

The Godfather Kit

The Presets

This included pool of presets was designed by Tom Dalgety. Involving anything from gated reverbs to bitcrushers, distortion, and delays, it showcases an amazing width and a broad variety of engineering techniques. Expect drum tones that range from dry, muffled, and classic to ambient, dirty, twisted, gritty, and downright mean. All in all, you'll have 13 unique and ready-made drum mixes that span the entire range of dark and gothic rock.

The MIDI

The Into the Dark EZX comes with a unique collection of grooves and fills performed by sampling drummer Mat Hector. The content spans over three individual songs, each perfectly complementing the included kits and presets.