Hollow Ground - Ill Fate (thelongestyear)

[dcp10200]

Nice mix, is on the dirty side bat in a good way.I would widen the stereo image though.
Also there is too much comp on the mix bus.

Thank you, gopener, for the reply! I appreciate it, guys.
I didn't widen the stereo image because not much is going on in the mix therefore there would be a nasty hole in the middle and the mix would fall apart in some way. I tried it and didn't find it pleasant (for me it's just not what I want from the mix). The bus compression isn't very worked out because 1) it's kinda of a speed mix (if you can call an 1-1,5 hour mix a 'speed mix'); and 2) I like it that way because it brings everything together in a 'dirty', 'brutal' way (the only obvious, conventional flaw with this type of approch is 'choking' cymbals which I definitely hear). I agree, it could be more 'polished'. But the aim for me in this case was to bring the tonal and dynamic picture from the head to the mix which I tried and I'm OK with the results.

Nice mix but I am not a big fan of the brickwall mastering, it really makes the mix sound softer in my opinion, the power is only there when your volume is loud and as soon as you turn it down it kills the impact of the mix. Reign in Blood, Master of Puppets, and pretty well all the great thrash of yesteryear sound so brutal and punchy because they didn't use as much compression as records these days. I would really cut back on the compression and limiting and really look more into saturation and soft clipping to achieve the sound you're looking for.