Zildjian FX 22" Crash of Doom

Group: Crash
Type: Crash of Doom
Size: 22 Inch
Series: FX (formerly known as Oriental)
Weight: 2595g, 2602g (2025 Serial Number), 2700g (pictured), 2700g (2024 Serial Number), 2705g, 2751g, 2802g (2018 Serial Number), 2831g (2025 Serial Number), 2890g, 2896g (2025 Serial Number), 2898g, 2908g
Median Weight : 2777g (n=12)
Years of production: 2019 - Present
Sound file: FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
FX 22" Crash of Doom
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Review: "The 20” FX Crash of Doom has been in and out of Zildjian’s catalog several times over the past couple of decades, but has always returned due to popular demand. For 2019, Zildjian added a 22” model of the CoD to the FX collection as a standard option rather than a limited special.

Like the 20”, the 22” model sports a low profile, a small bell, and a bow that’s slightly warped in some spots. The result is a thunderous, trashy, warbling crash that feels perfectly at home alongside the dry, sample-heavy sounds of modern music. It’s deep and fiery with a dry wash that doesn’t swallow up too much around it.

Like the Cluster Crashes, it performs best in medium to low-volume settings where its complexity won’t be lost to the surrounding din. I also found it to be a really enjoyable secondary ride that speaks with more tah and tick under each stroke. It doesn’t have enough built in stick definition to work as a main ride at anything above a low volume, but it does great as a pulsing sort of mellow crash ride.

To me, the Crash of Doom is such a uniquely identifiable instrument that’s so expressive. I think it would fit well on any drum set where exploration and character are paramount. It’s just a really, really fun instrument."

Review written by anonymous ("Review: Zildjian 2019 New Additions", drummagazine.com)

Review: "This cymbal is nothing new. Zildjian started producing it in a 20" version back in 1998 at the suggestion of Dennis Chambers, who brought back a strange, very imperfect, bent "piece of sheet metal" from a tour of China and wanted Zildjian to make him one as well. The trend today is to play bigger and bigger cymbals, so this year Zildjian introduced a version of Crash of Doom two inches larger. I would definitely put an exclamation mark after the title. It will sound when you hit it for the first time. Crash of Doom! For me personally, it's a cymbal with a distinctive character and my relationship with it is not entirely easy. First of all, it's called Crash of Doom, but it's not really a crash. Thanks to its flat profile, it has enormous depths. When you play it with felt sticks, it will sound almost like a gong, or there and there, and when you play it over the edge, it has a quite shattering character, similar to China, for example. That's why I can hardly imagine using it as the main crash, although Adam Marcello, Katy Perry's drummer, uses it that way, to my great surprise. Maybe he plays a soft piece, because the individual cymbals are very different from each other. Zildjian also claims that it is the most difficult and least consistent cymbal in its range to produce. "My" Crash of Doom was quite hard and naturally I played it more like a ride. A lot of great players also use it as a ride, especially in modern hip hop and jazz. It's also not a bad candidate for stacking with another cymbal, but that's really for big experimenters.

Crash of Doom is a great, very specific cymbal. Each piece has a huge range of sounds and uses, all a little unconventional. I think that this cymbal will be appreciated especially by players of any alternative music and more demanding drummers who have a clearer idea of why they want it and can use its properties to achieve their own distinctive sound. I can't really imagine playing this cymbal with any of my first bands when I started, but on the other hand, playing it is a really powerful experience."

Review written by Matouš Holienčin ("Zildjian FX - New, naughtier family members", casopismuzik, July 2,2019) (Czech language)

Review: "There are crash cymbals, and then there is the infamous Oriental Crash of Doom. Originally designed in collaboration with Dennis Chambers, Zildjian has taken the original C.o.D format and gone a size up, making this 22” monster one of the most characterful crashes you’re likely to play.

As a crash, it’s explosive: thunderously loud when fully open, with a long, dark sustain. But it’s not all about bombast and volume. The Crash of Doom can also hold its own as a ride cymbal, offering a dark yet defined stick sound, and the extra large bell works as an accent cymbal in its own right. Combined with other cymbals, the Crash Of Doom can form the basis of a unique stack sound too."

Review written by Musicradar ("Zildjian 2019 product showcase", musicradar)

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