Ready to wreak some havoc with hard-hitting UK drill beats?
Not sure how to get started?
In this guide, you will find an array of devastating UK drill sample packs and loops that will help you achieve the perfect feel for your razor-edged lyrics.
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UK Drill by Loopmasters
Inspired by the likes of BT & Rendo, 150, M Dargg, and others, this 1 GB+ UK Drill sample pack has been fitted with dark, moody audio material for instant UK drill vibes.
In addition to more conventional samples, this pack includes some unconventional elements you can experiment with.
With a bit of creativity, you could easily apply these loops and hits to bass-heavy genres of a variety of flavors – dubstep, trap, hip-hop, bassline, or even UK techno. Fundamentally, the UK Drill pack is a must-have for all bass music.
Inside the toolkit, you’ll find music loops, drum loops, percussion loops, bass loops, vocal loops, effects, 808 bass hits, drum hits, and much more. You also get 39 soft sampler patches.
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ODD SMPLS – UK Drill by ODD SMPLS
Impactful drums. Ominous melodies. These elements typically form the foundation of UK drill. The thing that stands out about ODD SMPLS – UK Drill is the sophistication of the included melodies, as well as the variety of instrument types to choose from.
This kit includes keyboards, winds, brass, guitars, synths, and more. And there are some decidedly oriental-inspired melodies as well. The toolbox also features melodic combi loops, drum combi loops, mallet loops, pad loops, top loops, and more.
If variety is what’s been lacking in your drill productions, it might be time to check out ODD SMPLS – UK Drill.
ODD SMPLS – UK Drill is also Loopcloud ready.
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Balaclava – UK Drill by Production Master
Aggressive drums. Trap-inspired melody loops. Hard-hitting basses. The Balaclava – UK Drill pack was inspired by the likes of Polo G, Headie One, Russ, and others.
The material included in Balaclava – UK Drill hits the perfect balance between calming and unsettling, keeping the listener glued to their seats as they listen.
The kit is primarily made up of punchy drums and haunting melody loops. Inside, you’ll find nearly 1 GB worth of 808 one-shots, drum one-shots, music loops, 808 loops, drum loops, and FX loops you can take advantage of. Simple but effective!
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UK Drill & Trap 2 by Soul Rush Records
For those in need of drill vocals, there’s Soul Rush Records’ UK Drill & Trap 2. This pack, weighing in at 1 GB, is sure to augment your sample library in a hurry. The verses were performed by the London-based MC Razor.
If you love Section Boyz, 67, Stickz, and others like them, this is just the collection you’ve been waiting for. The dry and wet vocal loops and one-shots are perfectly complemented by the drum loops and one-shots, music loops and one-shots, synth loops and one-shots, orchestral loops and one-shots, and other included material.
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UK Drill & Haunted Trap by 5Pin Media
If you’re ready to inject your drill with spooky vibes, you will get a kick out of 5Pin Media’s UK Drill & Haunted Trap pack, which takes after the likes of Ghosty, Hargo, 808Melo, Unknown T, Bandokay, and many others.
The kit comes with an array of materials, including drum, bass, top, and lead loops, various one-shots, Rex files, MIDI files, patches, Live 10 instruments, and more.
For those who want to get creative and experiment more with samples, there’s UK Drill & Haunted Trap.
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UK Drill & Trap by Soul Rush Records
If you have yet to experience the gritty underground of UK drill, Soul Rush Records’ UK Drill & Trap pack will school you in no time flat.
Inspired by Section Boyz, Jaxx, Perm, and others, this kit has been blessed with a huge array of drum sounds you can experiment with and arrange in your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) as you see fit.
The kit, spanning 1.26 GB, also features vocals (note: with explicit lyrics), FX loops, music loops, string loops, synth loops, risers, atmospheres, synth one-shots, brass one-shots, and much more.
Variety is certainly the name of the game with UK Drill & Trap, so if that’s something that’s lacking in your sample library, you should check this one out.
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RV Drill by RV Samplepacks
RV Samplepacks’ RV Drill may not be a UK exclusive, but it comes with stellar-sounding dirty material you should be able to use in your mixes regardless of which side of the Atlantic you’re on.
From bone-rattling basses to punchy snares and percussion, ominous synths to engrossing FX, this collection will inspire the hyper-local violent lyrics drill is known for.
What stands out to me about this pack is its overall sound quality. The loops are all upfront, in your face, and pristine in their clarity. If you need to dirty them up, though, there are ways of accomplishing that too!
Whether for UK or US drill, RV Drill serves up the goods. This sample pack is also Loopcloud ready.
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Drill FM: Vocal Wave by 91Vocals
When it comes to melodies, you can use any instrument you want. But the human voice stands as one of the most attention-grabbing and visceral.
The Drill FM: Vocal Wave pack comes with a vast selection of melody loops featuring original vocals, as well as plenty of song-starters to inspire your next beat. The vocal material is diverse and varied, so if you get this pack, you’re unlikely to run out of killer loops any time soon.
If that wasn’t enough, you’ll find all the other essential goodies – drum one-shots, percussive loops, 808s, snares, hats, and more.
91Vocals paid close attention to the vocals, capturing them with high-quality gear while processing, equalizing, and even resampling them to create unique textures.
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Central Decay – Drill by Loopmasters
Drill is continually evolving. Central Decay – Drill captures the essence of hard-hitting drums and ominous textures that have come to characterize the genre.
This kit was inspired by drill innovators like Lil Durk, Chief Keef, and Fredo Santana. It comes with all the goodies you need to inspire furious MCs or even heavy-hitting club-shaking beats.
The included material conveys a sense of urgency, with loops sitting between a frantic 142 to 154 bpm.
Central Decay – Drill comes with drums, keys, vocals, hats, kicks, mallets, FX, instruments, synths, guitars, cello, percussion, bass, and more. You also get 86 soft sampler patches you can use with Kontakt, NN-XT, and more.
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Drill Vocal Origins by 91Vocals
Here we find yet another 91Vocals sample pack that could add a lot of color to your sample library. Drill Vocal Origins brings together an array of disturbing melodies, and resampled old-world vocals, as well as crushing 808s, lo-fi pianos, lo-fi guitars, and more.
The vocal material is all-original, recorded with a pro singer. 91Vocals worked to capture adlibs, phrases, refrains, Greek folk songs (ancient and contemporary), and more. They used a quality processing chain to treat the sounds too.
Altogether, the kit comes with ambient soundscapes, vintage-style lo-fi material, and sound-designed textures. All the loops have been standardized at 140 bpm. In addition to UK drill, this pack could come in handy for ambient trap, EDM, hard bass, and even R&B.
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The Mouse Outfit – UK Hip Hop by Loopmasters
Loopmasters’ The Mouse Outfit – UK Hip Hop is an expansive sample pack, weighing in at 1.65 GB. This hip-hop library features The Mouse Outfit, a Manchester-based live band and production team. They’ve released three studio albums, 50 music videos, and a great deal more, racking up 15 million+ views on YouTube in the process.
This UK hip-hop collection was created by Chini and Metrodome, the production team behind The Mouse Outfit’s Jagged Tooth Crook.
For this selection, the duo created 24 construction kits packed with brand-new material. From beats that can be used as backing tracks to isolated elements, there are plenty of tools here for building your hip-hop tracks.
These creations were inspired by golden age hip-hop, UK drill, and UK trap. If you’re looking for a library you can apply not just to drill but an array of hip-hop projects, you will love this entry.
Inside this kit, you’ll find synth loops, percussion loops, FX loops, instrument loops, vocal loops, keys loops, drum hits, percussion hits, instrument hits, and more. It also comes with 53 soft sampler patches.
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Smoke by Ghost Syndicate
Ghost Syndicate will take you down the gritty streets of London with Smoke, a sample pack created especially for UK drill with nightmarish melodies and filthy 808s.
The library includes an array of key and tempo-tagged essentials like 808s, hats, claps, kicks, snares, cymbals, rolls, vox, synths, and much more. With a mix of genre-appropriate loops and one-shots, you can’t go wrong with Smoke, a pack that will ignite your drill beats.
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Streets by Ghost Syndicate
Once again, Ghost Syndicate is ready and willing to take you to the hoods of London with a weighty UK drill sample pack known simply as Streets.
You’ll want this library in your arsenal for all those morbid beats you’re going to be making. With haunting keys, lo-fi pianos, grimy synths, sliding 808s, and more, this pack covers the gamut.
Streets is very complementary to Ghost Syndicate’s Smoke pack, also seen above.
In total, you’re getting devastating hat loops, bass loops, music loops, drum loops, synth loops, snares, hats, vox, percs, and more.
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Top UK Drill Sample Packs, Final Thoughts
Find a handful of sample packs you like, add them to your library, start experimenting, and see what you can come up with! Let us know how it goes. We’re pulling for you.