Heavyocity launches Oblivion Drums with cinematic, heavily processed sounds

Heavyocity has pushed its percussion line deeper into sound design with Oblivion Drums, a new library built for composers and producers who want drums that hit like a finished record straight out of the box. The release leans hard into oversized, processed tone, with more than 30,000 samples, 99 presets and 504 loops spread across Kit Designer, Ensemble Designer and Loop Designer.

The concept is clear: this is not a natural room library chasing realistic kit bleed or subtle dynamics. Heavyocity says the samples were captured at Power Station Studios in South Florida and then run through analogue outboard gear to push the character of every kick, snare and hit beyond the usual range. The company also says the library was developed with composer David Levy, whose credits include DOOM Eternal, gen:LOCK and Justice League, which tells you exactly where the aesthetic lives. Levy said he wanted to push the aggression even further and create “the heaviest, nastiest, most mix-ready drums possible.”

For drummers who also produce, that makes Oblivion Drums more than a cinematic curiosity. The Kit Designer gives individual control over discrete hits and comes in four flavors, HYPER, MONSTER, ELECTRO and OBSCENE. The Ensemble Designer pulls from a larger pool of layered sources for huge impact, while the Loop Designer lets users combine up to three loop layers and reshape tempo-synced phrases into custom grooves. In practice, that makes the library useful for replacing a weak live-room drum sound, thickening programmed rock and metal parts, or building trailer-style percussion beds that need immediate weight without extra processing.

Heavyocity is pricing the release at $129 during the introductory period, with the regular price set to rise to $149 on June 3, 2026. Registered owners of Heavyocity’s earlier Oblivion library can buy the new version for $109 during that window. Oblivion Drums runs in Kontakt Player 7.10.9 or later and is also available as a standalone application, keeping it accessible whether the goal is a cue session, a beat session or a hybrid drum-production setup.

The bigger story is how neatly Oblivion Drums fits Heavyocity’s existing percussion lineage. Damage 2 brought 40,000-plus samples and 864 loops, while Damage Machina used the Damage 2 engine to focus on the raw pulse of machines. Oblivion Drums continues that direction, treating percussion as a designed texture rather than a cleanly documented kit, and that is exactly why it lands as a serious tool for modern heavy production.