Listening to bands like Wicked Tinkers and Albannach, you hear some really cool tribal drums in the background.
I've heard some vague mentionings of Scottish War Drums, unrelated to the modern Scottish marching band drums. I've only found mention of actual, ancient Scottish war drums in an article on a band, Soar Patrol. http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/SaorPatrol.htm
(Another pretty good tribal celtic band.)
The actual quotation is "Real Scottish war drums are made from massive slices of tree trunk and are too heavy to pick up, so they’re only used for studio work."
Does anyone know any more info on these drums? I'd like to try building some. What about alternates to these drums?