getting a dry drum sound

[Ibanex0110]

ok, im trying to record drums for my band. we are using a sm57 on the snare, a beta52 on the bass drum, and 2 57s for stero overheads (meh, cant afford condensors). but anyway, I think we have a very good sound, on a fairly small budget, but the only thing I can't figure out is how to make it sound more like a studio recording rather then just my drummer playing in his basement. I think there is too much reverb/echo in his basement, it is finished, but the walls are still concrete. Do you think hanging blankets around the walls would help? I want a reverbery sound, just not so much the reverb the basement gives off. I'd rather be able to control the reverb....kinda like on the Master of Puppets cd. I love the way the drums sound on that cd

[airborne50caliber]

me too. cardboard on floor.

[Ibanex0110]

the floor is already carpeted though, the walls are the only things that are concrete, and therefore reverbery

[I'd Hit it]

yeah try isolating him , hang blankets wherever you can to try and make him surrounded. Like a square/rectangle around his kit.