Pitch Black cymbals were specifically designed to be coated, and played loud! Zildjian started with high-performance Bronze 12 alloy with its enhanced tin content and added weights, sizes, and profiles guaranteed to deliver the brightness and presence required for rock applications. Zildjian then developed a proprietary coating process that allows the cymbal to be durable and strikingly beautiful yet still open up like a cymbal should. This Pitch Black Hi-Hat Top cymbal is one of eight new models unlike anything you or your fans have ever heard or seen before. The only way Zildjian could make these any more rock would be to put leather pants on them.