Metal Banging

About the Metal Banging sound

Repeated hammering on metal, forty unbroken seconds of it, which turns out to be far more useful than it sounds. Long clips are the ones editors actually want: you can trim to any length, loop them under a scene, or ride the tail out at the end. The clanging reads industrial by default — scrapyards, engine rooms, something being repaired badly. Slow it down or add reverb and it turns threatening instead. Horror creators use it as off-screen activity, something large working away where you cannot see it.

OriginAn extended recording of metal being struck repeatedly.