In celebration of 33 years since the album release. I might have to bite simply for the nostalgia, though it’s not a kit sound that I would really use nowadays.
https://www.bfddrums.com/expansions/the-black-album-drums.html
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Already got it. It’s a great pack. But you can’t even argue with that price.
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Yeah, I couldn’t resist the price either. Totally worth it.
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ahh, snag! now i see that it’s drums from… well, that other “The Black Album.”
though it’s not a kit sound that I would really use nowadays
and i reckon right on that. tho i suppose an expansion based on that one does make more of a certain kind of sense.
o-2k
Which album were you thinking, Back in Black?
I mean, I say that it’s not a sound I would be into, but really, all of the expansions can be molded into something that suits the project you’re working on.
In fact my mind was on Prince’s The Black Album (although I can well understand how a LinnDrum expansion might not be all that useful either!) 
LinnDrum (LM-2)? Now I think I know where Steinberg/Wizoo got their inspiration for their LM-4 VST.
…And I now see that you can buy actual Wendel samples direct from Roger Nichols’ website! For even MORE of “that kind of inspiration…” 
o2k
For slightly less money, you can also buy a sample pack that carries the name ‘Wendel’ and sounds Wendel-ish from Samples From Mars. I’m not sure if it’s the genuine article and ‘Wendel from Mars’ is not endorsed by the Nichols Estate, but it’s not bad. (I got it as part of a bundle purchase.)
Buying something on the Nichols website – even simply visiting it – is both an adventure and a journey back in time. But it ended well.
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Hmmm… if you play the Wendel samples backwards, at midnight, on a full-moon hallowe’en… does Jeff Porcaro come back to life?
Have had it for a long time, for rock or alt rock the kick, snare and crashes are really nice, aggressive but you can adjust to style
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I was hoping for the drums from Prince’s Black Album… https://youtu.be/9RNhL9d31ac?feature=shared
Prince used the LM-1 for The Black Album
Prince and the LM-1
The LM-1 was used on quite a few other Albums.
LM-1 and 10 records it helped define
The LM-1 was recorded for BFD by 8Bit Studios and there are a couple of Kits in the
BFD 8Bit Kit Expansion.
There is an AIR Non-Linear Reverb in BFD that comes close to the AMS.
Benoni Studios did a DEMO of each and every articulation/sample…
BFD 8 Bit Kit - Demo/Review
As far as The Black Album Drums Expansion…Here is some Detailed info for those interested
Drum Doctors supplied the original Kit to Metallica…
They also supplied the same exact Kit for the Chocolate Audio Version in 2016…
recorded in the same room at One On One Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California…
1980 GRETSCH Stop Sign Kit
24x16 GRETSCH Stop Sign Kick L
24x16 GRETSCH Stop Sign Kick R
12x10 GRETSCH Stop Sign Tom Hi pitchHz=“111.374”
13x11 GRETSCH Stop Sign Tom Hi pitchHz=“86.269”
14x12 GRETSCH Stop Sign Tom Mid pitchHz=“87.2792”
16X16 GRETSCH Stop Sign Tom Mid Not Listed
18X16 GRETSCH Stop Sign Floor 1 pitchHz=“63.152”
18X16 GRETSCH Stop Sign Floor 2 pitchHz="59.1523
14x6.5 TAMA Bell Brass TERMINATOR Snare (1980)
14X6.5 LUDWIG Black Beauty Snare (1970)
Zildjian Cymbals
18 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian China
18 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian Crash
18 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian Fast Crash
19 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian Crash
20 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian Crash
21 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian Sweet Ride
14 ZILDJIAN A Zildjian New Beat
Microphones - Lauten Audio
Tom Mic - Top and Bottom Rack and Floor Toms
Snare Mic - Top and Bottom Snare
LS-208 - Kick in (x2)
Clarion FC-357 - Kick Out (x2)
LA-120 V2 - Hi Hat (x2)
LA-320 V2 - LCR Overhead & Stereo Room High (XY Left + XY Right)
LA-220 V2 - Stereo Room Low
Eden LT-386 - Room (x2) - High Back Wall
2016
The Black Album Drums (Making Of) library for BFD3
2021
BFD The Black Album Drums (same link as provided above/on expansion page)
2024
The Black Album Drums - Darrell Thorp, Mike Tacci (Metallica), Gunnar Olsen (Puscifer), Drum Doctors
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Chaser working on the weekend. Cheers for the info mate.