Blake Richardson's Drum Setup on Between the Buried and Me's The Great Misdirect (2009) | MetalForge
Blake Richardson's drum kit and gear on BTBAM's The Great Misdirect (2009): DW Collector's Series drums, Meinl Byzance Extra Dry cymbals, DW 9002 double peda...
Frequently Asked Questions
What album follows BTBAM Colors?
*The Great Misdirect* (2009) is the Between the Buried and Me album that directly follows *Colors* (2007). Released on Metal Blade Records — BTBAM's first album on that label — it is a five-track record that closes the pre-Parallax arc that *Colors* opened. It features Blake Richardson's most compositionally mature pre-Parallax performances, particularly on 'Desert of Song' and the nearly 18-minute closing epic 'Swim to the Moon.' The next record is *The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues* EP (2011), which began the two-part Parallax concept that culminated in *The Parallax II: Future Sequence* (2012). See the [Colors drum setup](/articles/colors-drum-setup) and [The Parallax II drum setup](/articles/the-parallax-ii-future-sequence-drum-setup) for the surrounding records.
What kit does Blake Richardson use on Great Misdirect?
Blake Richardson played a DW Collector's Series kit on *The Great Misdirect* (2009) — the same North American Hard Rock Maple configuration he had used on *Alaska* (2005) and *Colors* (2007), at its most refined state after two years of post-*Colors* touring. Configuration: single 22"x18" bass drum driven by a DW 9002 double bass pedal, three rack toms (10", 12", 13"), and a 16" floor tom. Meinl Byzance Extra Dry cymbals completed the setup. Full drummer profile at [Blake Richardson at MetalForge](/drummer/blake-richardson).
When did BTBAM release Great Misdirect?
*The Great Misdirect* was released on October 6, 2009, on Metal Blade Records — Between the Buried and Me's first album on that label, following *Colors* (2007) on Victory Records. The album was produced by Jamie King at The Basement Studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, maintaining the same production context the band had used across *Alaska* and *Colors*. It sold out venues on the progressive metal circuit and is considered the closing chapter of the band's foundational Colors era before the Parallax concept began in 2011. See the [Colors drum setup](/articles/colors-drum-setup) for the preceding record.