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That style you are doing is much closer to black metal raspiness than the throaty screaming your Architects video. The technique is fine (just lacking in power and volume, you probably need to warm up a bit), but the tone and style is totally different. Your performance really isn't that bad...

Welcome to the world of amp sims. They tend to be lacking in terms of dynamics and pick attack compared to the real thing. Your best bet is to use lots of layering of lower-gain guitars with judicious amounts of EQ. Also be sure to use new strings - amp sims are a lot more finnicky about...

Thoughts: Drums sound too roomy and a bit thin. You want a warm, natural sound there, not a tight metal one. Branching from that, you especially need a fat-sounding snare. The drum sound you have works for metal, it's very articulate, but it's not good for a pop/rock piece. Don't be afraid...

Sounds pretty good to me. Punchy, clear, balanced. I really don't hear the weak or vocals overheads at all, they sound fine. The guitar tone is great. Though, I would probably bring up the overheads a little bit in the mix. If you add a tape saturator or something on them I think it'll help...

Sounds really thin. Did you use Drumkit From Hell?

I went ahead and did one because why not. This is the first song I have mixed from scratch on my new Yamaha HS5s and I think the results are pretty decent for about 2 hours' work: Guitars are your provided 5150s because they sounded nice and I could instantly mix them without problems...