Yeah, I struggled with the Tom's, it was an old Tama Rock star kit, all birch, and they sounded like plastic buckets to begin with, but I did what I could with them. I had never heard of quad tracking, until I found this place, so in the future I will try doing that, because I was not entirely happy with the guitars in general, but I was not really too dissapointed in them. It's hard to get them to sound good when your tuned to C, because its all low frequencies, so there was a massive buildup around 100Hz and lower, because the kicks, the bass guitar, and the other guitars were all fighting for real estate around that range. Not sure if you heard it with a sound system that has a subwoofer or not, but if you were to play it with a sub, then the low end of the kicks comes to life.
I'll keep in mind what you said about the mids, and maybe tinker with bringing them out more on future recordings. On that album, I had a Peavey all Tube Ultra 120, and some EV Force series speakers. Next time it will be a Mesa Boogie Triple Recto, and I'll have to experiment with some quad tracking. I think the change in amp alone should help with the tone.
Not quite sure what you mean about the vox lacking tone quality? You might be hearing some of his reverse growls, which our singer did a lot, and I tried to only use them as backing vox mainly, but could you elaborate more about them lacking tone?
As far as metal and religion goes, satanism is a religion, or rather a belief, but in general, you can't have satanism without God. Most of metal praises satan endlessly, so I don't understand why people get upset or offended when it's the other way around. Because to me, Music is about expression, it's an expression of how you feel, doesn't matter which religion, politics, background you have because all your doing is expressing yourself. For us, Christianity has made a huge impact on our lives, so it's reflected in our music. I've always loved metal, even before I became Christian, so it will always stick with me, and my style will not change, just because my faith does.
