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BFD Dan Foord Polyrhythmic Metal is a BFD3 Groove Pack, and the Black Friday deal takes 69% off to $15, with the offer ending Nov 25, 2026.
It was made by BFD together with Dan Foord of Sikth and Krokodil, and it is full of progressive, modern and technical metal grooves.
Dan performed every groove. The maker says the pack has plenty of grooves and fills to build authentic technical metal drum tracks quickly.
The palettes group related material together, so you can pull a groove and its matching fills into a song without hunting through unrelated patterns. The maker says this helps you build drum tracks quickly and efficiently.
Each groove uses techniques Dan reaches for regularly. The pack covers beat displacement and modulation, tempo relationships with matching meters, grooves built on ghost notes, single stroke rolls, and fills based on paradiddles and linear patterns, with the drum parts orchestrated differently from one groove to the next. Polyrhythms are the core of it. Dan describes polyrhythms as the foundation of this genre, with the 3 over 4 feel at the top of the list. He claims no other collection of 3 over 4 polyrhythmic grooves and fills is as thorough as this one. That is his claim, and it explains why the pack leans so hard into one feel.
This is an expansion, not a standalone instrument. You need a registered copy of BFD3, and the pack requires BFD3 v2.1 or higher.
The download needs an internet connection. If you already run BFD3, the grooves sit inside it alongside your other kits and packs, ready to drag into your DAW project.
If you write tech metal in the box and want 3 over 4 patterns that are already played and arranged, this Groove Pack is built around exactly that material.
Yes. The Black Friday deal takes 69% off BFD Dan Foord Polyrhythmic Metal, bringing the BFD3 Groove Pack to $15. The offer ends Nov 25, 2026.
The pack holds over 500 grooves and fills spread across 26 palettes, all performed by Dan Foord of Sikth and Krokodil. Tempos run from 90 BPM to 135 BPM, and the style is progressive, modern and technical metal.
Yes. It is an expansion pack, so a registered copy of BFD3 is required, and the version must be v2.1 or higher. An internet connection is also needed to download the product.
The grooves use beat displacement and modulation, related tempos and time signatures, varied orchestration and ghost notes. Fills include paradiddle and linear patterns plus single stroke rolls. Dan says the pack has a very comprehensive set of 3 over 4 polyrhythms.
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