Europe - Nothing More, known for their intense, high-energy performances and innovative stage presence, have just wrapped up a successful European festival circuit, where they played in front of hundreds of thousands of fans in 15 cities across nine countries, including the Download Festival in Castle Donington, United Kingdom and Rock am Ring in Nürburg, Germany.
Drummer Ben Anderson uses the Audix D6, D4, MicroD, SCX25A, i5, ADX51, and f9 microphones exclusively for these demanding live performances and his intricate studio recordings. He finds them “spot on” and “unstoppable,” especially in a rock setting.
Anderson’s preferred Audix setup is meticulously chosen to capture his powerful drum sound. He relies on the Audix D6, as his “go to kick drum mic”, noting “it's unstoppable, especially for rock.” He positions the D6 “centred in the kick but slightly ahead of centre”. An additional D6 is used on his 18" floor tom, while an Audix D4 captures the 16" floor tom. For rack toms, he utilises two Audix MicroD which “pop great and are very discreet looking”.
His overhead sound is achieved with a pair of Audix SCX25A microphones, which he describes as “fantastic” and “also instrumental to my tom sound”, providing the “body” while the MicroD offers “direct mic attack on tom hits”. Audix i5s are employed on both the top and bottom of the snare drum. Live he chooses the Audix ADX51 for his ride and hi-hat, but in the studio he chooses the Audix F9, though he admits that “the overheads often capture most of what he needs for these in the studio.” Anderson also shared that “our front-of-house engineer recorded every live performance from the sound board using Audix microphones.”
Following their European success, Nothing More will be performing at the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival in Ohio and is set to embark on a headlining tour of Europe in November, followed by a US headlining tour from January through March, which will conclude the Carnal album cycle. Anderson confirms that the band is “developing a new show that incorporates more of the new album and builds it into a full show experience” for these tours. After the tours, Nothing More will shift focus, returning to the studio to work on their next album.