Matt Holland – Man Must Die – No Tolerance For Imperfection

Band Name: Man Must Die
Drummer Name: Matt Holland
Album Name: No Tolerance For Imperfection
Release Date: June 1st 2009
Studio Name: Grindstone Studio
Engineer Name: Scott Atkins

Cymbals: Sabian

Left:
14” Pro Hi-hats
15” AA mini china
8”  AAX splash
16” HH duo crash
Right:
13” AAX fusion hats ( on Pearl Eliminator remote unit)
18” AAX china
10” HHX splash
20” AAX metal ride
17” HHX explosion crash

Drums: Pearl Masters BRX Birch in Platinum Mist.

2x 22”x18” ( Remo Pinstripe)
10”x8” rack tom ( Remo pinstripe)
12”x10” rack tom ( Remo pinstripe)
14”x14” floor tom ( Remo pintripe)
16”x16” floor tom ( Remo pinstripe)
14”x6.5” Masters Maple 6 ply snare. ( Evans genera dry)

Pedals: 2x Axis Longboard A singles w/ Sonic Hammer Beaters

Triggers / Microphones:

Alesis DM5 on speed metal setting on kicks
Kicks; 2x Shure Beta 91
Rack toms; Audix D2
Floor toms;  Audix D4
Snare; 2x Shure SM57 ( top and bottom)
Left hand Hats, splash and china; 3x Audix SCX1
Right china; Audio Technica AT4033
Ride; Neumann TLM103
Right hats and splash; 2x Audix SCX1
Main overheads;  2x Shure SM81

Drummer Comments:

Be physically prepared.  Work out or exercise as well as rehearsing. Be ready to do multiple takes of your songs, you don’t want to waste expensive studio time taking breaks between takes because you’re too tired to do another run of that 240 bpm blast!