Divine Autocracy

[Hope Leaves]

Hey, I'm in the process of mixing this for a friends band, the guitarist came round the other day and we threw together this rough mix. If anyone could give it a listen and give me their thoughts on it and how to improve it that would be great!

[MetalDave]

The kick sounds thin needs a little meat. Fast can be overdone in my opinion. Nice thrash song if that is what you are trying to do...

[Hope Leaves]

Originally Posted by MetalDave

The kick sounds thin needs a little meat. Fast can be overdone in my opinion. Nice thrash song if that is what you are trying to do...

Fair enough, I have to say I agree on the kick - this was their choice of sample, I might have a dig around to see if I can find something similar with more oomph to it. Cheers for the feedback!

[Xplora]

Nah you can't diss the kick... Let me guess, SpdMetal on a DM5????

I'd prefer to hear a bit more brightness in the vocals.

[brandondrury]

The guitars are 2k heavy. When I crank it up, they start to hurt. I'd go subtle with this one.

The screaming vocals are very dark. A high end shelf boost at 5k of 2-3dB would go along way to brighten them up.

On the real singing, I'm hearing something jump out. Are you compressing it? It sounds like it's hitting a limiter and mangling other tracks. I'd smack it pretty good on it's individual track.

You've got an exciting metal production here. Good job! Just ditch the 2K heavy sound you've got here so you can actually crank it up without the mix hurting.

Brandon