I think that I should do the version 2 of this song wit no compression on vocals, less reverb and I will sure use that reference song to tell me what was wrong with the first mix. I will post it here what I heard in that song by Killswitch engage(As daylight dies) . I think that this song was recorded on tape, I hear that they relied on LCR panning, guitars are big and loud (maybe some of them are quad tracked), snare is fatter and has more body than kick (it has that click but is not too clicky).
So I think that this is the sound you are going for ?
So I think that this is the sound you are going for ?