How would I go about getting distortion like this?

[osha]

greatly appreciated hades.

[willemb]

YEah it`s just a distorted kick, with a hat running in to the effect as well.
Distortion is the same as compression in that the larger energy source will dominate the effect reaction, so the hats get crushed down when the kick is firing.

It is specifically the lows pushing the highs over the top, you can hear how the rides have fast tremolo like type gaps in them. I love pushing lows into distortions and brick walls for crazy distortion effects. It works nice with basses + noise too, where the highs just get pushed away.

[Mattias]

Exactly, it's mainly the low-domination effect that makes this sounding so great making the top end content being crushed under the lows. Yummy