Burning Bridges - AZ Mix

[azwayne]

So here's my take on this. This represents about 6 hours of work rather than my normal 15+ (I'm slow). Really, these tracks are already pretty well processed so there wasn't a good deal for me to do but set ambience and poke about the edges. A bit of automation, a little work with the bass, and so on to get everything to blend and sit well. I also tried to tighten up the timing at the end.

Anyway, here you go...

[Mandubien]

Hello,

What comes first is the vocals process. To me, there is way too much delay and reverb. They're fighting to sit right in the mix. I think they should be more dry, more "in your face".
Guitars are too much behind the rest when vocals are there. Did you sidechain them ?

I like the effect on the calm bridge. Drums are well balanced (but maybe not processed enough for this kind of music).

Did you use reference track for the overall tone ? I think you can make it more agressive, biting. Some cuts in low mids can help.

Keep it up man

[azwayne]

No side chaining on this one. Pretty straight up.

The vocals are just my ear. I tend to favor a more vocal up mix and that comes through a bit too often. I was debating on the verb and delays but it was kinda working for me so I left it. I agree on the guitars though. May have to do some tweaking.

[Mandubien]

Well the advantage of sharing raw tracks for mixing is also an inconvenient : your tastes are different than mines which are different than the band. There are so many (good) options when mixing.
For metal, I prefer using very small delays to open up a bit the vocals, and a light reverb for depth, but really nothing too much.