Hello everyone,

I know this is probably the millionth message you've read like this, so I'll try to make it a little different by offering some insight into our operations and bringing attention to the effects of all that has been happening.

First and foremost we're still conducting business like normal...mostly:

• Being a small, family owned business has its advantages -
  • Having just our family team at our main office/warehouse with Tyler (one of our Artist Reps) and Joe (staff photographer) already working remotely has ensured we can continue operating as normal.
• Orders can and will be shipped as normal for now
• Artist and customer support are still available
• We’ve been practicing social distancing
• We’ve allotted extra time to regularly wash hands and for additional cleaning
• We are eating meals in and doing our best to stay healthy

We will, of course, adapt if the situation changes. We've been discussing and working out how to ensure our business continues uninterrupted.


Personally, I have been practicing additional quarantining as my band was recently on tour in Japan. The tour went very well (and I could go on forever about it) but, we had to leave Japan earlier than expected as the situation changed.


While the daily operations at VRATIM have been mostly unaffected (although we do find ourselves with some extra free time) many of our endorsed artists and industry friends are not in the same position. Most, if not all, tours over the next few months have been postponed or outright cancelled. This includes everything from smaller tours to major, big-name tours. This not only affects the bands/artists, but also the promoters, tour managers, venues, associated venue staff, and even photographers, graphic designers, and recording studios.


During this difficult time, more than ever, it is important to support your favorite artists and venues. Even if you cannot contribute financially, streaming music, sharing your favorite local venue’s GoFundMe, and other simple things like that can be beneficial to those affected.


Hopefully we will all be back at shows and enjoying the company of friends soon.
Please take care of yourself and loved ones.

Steay healthy and stay safe!




-Thomas / The Vratim Team

P.S. If you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us

We've brought back our popular white color, but with a twist this time along with some quality improvements.
This is a limited edition color and once it's gone - it's gone!

*Also, we now have free shipping within the US and low flat rate for international orders*

In 2017, we managed to drastically increase our artist roster, move into a proper office/warehouse, and managed to ship a pair of shoes to every continent (except Antarctica). All in all, we're completely blown away and blessed to have accomplished all we have in 2017.

For 2018 we're hoping to further expand! We're going to work on having our shoes retailed elsewhere aside from just our online store, we're going to  strive to grow our artist family more, and we'll try out best to be more interactive with everyone.

We're heard all of your thoughts and feedback about our shoes and everything and just know we are trying our hardest to check off all the items on our list of suggestions.

Thanks so much for the continued support and understanding. We may be a very small company, but we aren't going to let that stop us!

We're excited to announce that one of our endorsed artists, Tyler Saczawa (Born A New), will be taking on some artist representative duties.

Tyler has been working extremely hard over the years not only with Born A New, but also as a booking agent with The Arkham Agency. It's been great watching his band progress to touring across the country as well as seeing all of the musicians Tyler interacts with.

With his help we're hoping to reach out and discover new artists to help further build our artist family!

We are beyond stoked and honored to announce that we will be one of the sponsors for the fall run of dates with Epic Proportions Tour!

EPT has been booking and organizing its own tours since 2011 and brings concerts to high schools, colleges, and military bases across the US. They are an awesome, veteran-owned business that offers free entertainment and education about music and the arts to high schools across the country.

We are excited to be part of their upcoming tour!

Definitely be sure to make it out to one of their stops if you have the opportunity to do so.

Epic Proportions Tour Website
Epic Proportions Tour Facebook
Epic Proportions Tour Twitter
Epic Proportions Tour Instagram

Vic Firth just uploaded a drum play through of Adam Marko playing "Darkness" from his band, Special Providence's, latest album!

There are a few sick shots of our red shoes in the video too... check it out below!

​New shipment of our Drum Shoe II's arriving soon..
Pre-order your pair now because there are limited quantities!
(expected ship date: August 22, 2016)

Thank you so much to everyone for being patient, we really appreciate it!

We're adding yet another home state drummer to the family..
So stoked to have Stephen Arango of Traitors joining the family!

​"Very excited to be part of the VRATIM family! These shoes have given me the extra umph I've been looking for. Usually hate wearing any types of shoes, but when playing with/wearing these, I literally forget I have em on because of how comfortable they are and they look just as amazing! Would highly recommend these 10/10 all levels of drummers!"