Dave Mackintosh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dave Mackintosh Promotional shot from Sonic Firestorm by the power metal band DragonForce

Dave Mackintosh is the drummer and backup vocalist for the band DragonForce. He is known for being able to play at an extremely fast pace, and is also known to be very consistent throughout tours worldwide. The band, DragonForce, changed their listed genre to 'Extreme Power Metal' upon Dave's arrival to the band prior the Sonic Firestorm release.^{[citation needed]}

Mackintosh also appeared on The Power Cosmic and Atlantis Ascendant by symphonic black metal band Bal-Sagoth.

Dave was influenced by Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, Tommy Aldridge, Charlie Benante, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Nicko McBrain, Jonny Maudling, Vinnie Paul.

Dave's live and recording setup:

Paiste Cymbals, 1 x 16" power crash, (signature) 2 x 18" power crashes, (signature) 1 x 20" power ride, (signature) 2 x 18" heavy chinas, (signature) 1 x pair 14" heavy hi-hat, (signature) 1 x 10" splash, (rude) 1 x 14” sound edge hi-hat,(rude) 1 x 16” crash/ride,(rude) 1 x 18” crash/ride,(rude) 1 x 20” metal crash,(alpha) 1 x 10” splash, (rude) 2 x 18” power china,(alpha)

Tama Starclassic bubinga, ultraviolet sparkle Kicks: 2 x 22" x 18" Brass snare: 14" x 5.5"(main) Starclassic maple 14” x 5.5 snare,(secondary) Toms: 8", 10", 12", 13", 14" Floor Toms: 16" & 18" 4 x octaban,left side 4 x octaban, right side 1 x 20” gong drum Double tier, Tama power tower rack, with Tama road pro hardware

2 x Tama Iron Cobra pedals (rolling glide) Roland TD12 drum module.

Vic firth 5a extreme hickory sticks, stick bags

Evans skins:toms, g2 coated top heads, g1 clear bottom heads Snare, g1 coated/ g1 coated with power dot

Audio Technica Wireless UHF Headset Microphone

This article on a drummer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.