American Venom (think Slayer, Lamb of God, Pantera, etc.)

[RandomAwesome]

http://soundcloud.com/randomawesome/american-venom-blacked-out

Okay, to make up to all the metalheads for my last thread, here's something a little more metal.

This is a new band from Michigan called "American Venom". We did a 4 song EP recently. Weird fact, this dude was in a band that recorded with Adam D waaay back when he was interning at a studio. Adam D also played drums on a bunch of songs on that record. I forget the name of the band, but it was cool stuff.

One more interesting fact. They had to postpone their initial recording dates because they lost their vocalist. 2 weeks before we were supposed to track vocals, their guitarist kicked out their brand new vocalist and picked up Zen of Screaming and taught him to do the vocals you hear on this EP. Not bad!

Anyhow, I thought these guys were pretty decent. Good song writing, great classic American style metal.

I haven't really recording a lot of bands in this style, as I never really got huge into Slayer or Lamb of God. What do you guys think the strengths and weaknesses of this recording are?

Thanks!

 

[Redline4]

link please?

 

[RandomAwesome]

WOOPS!! Haha, fixed. Sorry :zombie:

 

[rchoi54]

i dont think the snare sits well at all with the rest of the mix, but i think everything else meshes pretty well, guitars could a tiddd bit more high end?

 

[reaper1984]

As usual when you hear online demos, the drums just don't "feel" right.
Have you tried Dfh superior? Or like i do combine Steven Slate Drums with Superior (Usually use the hi-hats and cymbals from Superior, waay better!)
:Smokedev:

 

[Virgil.]

I like it. I personally really like the sound of the snare. For this type of music though, I would maybe try a different kick... something with more low-end beef and punch. And maybe some more grit on the bass guitar. Otherwise I really like the song and mix overall.