In response to overwhelming demand from artists, consumers and retail partners, SABIAN is thrilled to announce the return of the 18" AAX Rocktagon.

Formerly a Vault Drop model made available for a limited time only, the Tempest’s versatile capabilities and impressive profile created an overwhelming response with SABIAN’s customers, artists and partners, necessitating its addition as a permanent catalog model.

SABIAN’s iconic vault marks one of the final stops in the factory production process. After one last trim and smoothing following their time at the lathing station, cymbals move to the vault and undergo an intensive weighing and testing process by skilled professionals, to ensure that they meet the high standards set by the company.

In the world of percussion, certain names resonate deeply. Known as Drumming’s Global Ambassador, Dom Famularo was among the most influential and beloved drummers, teachers and motivators in the world.

Raid The Vault Returns! Launched two years ago to offer fans a behind the scenes look inside the historic SABAIN Vault, the YouTube series offers a rare glimpse at the prototypes that have made SABIAN a global leader in the manufacturing of hand-crafted cymbals and quality percussion instruments.

One of SABIAN’s longest tenured employees, John Donovan has been with the company for 38 years. A skilled artisan at SABIAN’s factory in New Brunswick, John crafts SABIAN’s crotales.

As SABIAN products evolve from metal castings, to blanks, and finally to cymbals through the factory production process, they eventually reach a critical stage called lathing.

A leading figure in the world of marching percussion and percussion education, Paul Rennick is the music coordinator, percussion director and arranger for the 2018 World Champion Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps.

Building on the success of the series launch, SABIAN has introduced two new STRATUS models and the first STRATUS Promotional Pack.

SABIAN, in collaboration with renowned drummer Brian Frasier-Moore, shares the brand new 22” HHX BFMWORLD Ride.

In the spirit that drove Dom for over four decades, SABIAN proudly awarded the inaugural SABIAN – Dom Famularo – SEN Mentorship Award to Ukrainian drummer Maksym Logosha earlier this month.

From castings forged in the foundry to blanks formed in the oven room, the cymbal making journey is one of many shapes and sizes. And whereas some blanks leave the oven room and head straight to the hand hammering artisans at SABIAN’s Meductic factory, certain designs require a rigorous shaping process involving machine hammering.