Thanks for the tips.
And I will definately try messing with the compression. I mostly just hate when I hear that highhat and it constantly stands out to me like nails on a chalkboard.
The Knights of Abaddon. Some young guys from Modesto CA with potential if more time was spent in the studio.
As far as recording process:
Audix Drum D2 and D4Drum Mics on Toms except a 57 on the smallest rack tom. D6 on Kick, Beta 57 on Snare. KM184 Split Overheads. SM7B on Highhat. I5 on the Ride. Toms went through Red 1 Pre's. OH's went through ADL600 Pre's. Kick, Highhat and Ride mics went straight into Control 24 Pre's. Beta 57 Snare into Grace 101 Pre. Outboard Pre's went into Digi192 and Control 24 Pre's went into Digi96.
Kick was a Slate 10 sample 100%. Digidesign 7 Band EQ to filter lows below 60Hz and boost a little in the 5K range.
Snare was a Slate 5 Snare 60%. Metric Halo Channel Strip for EQ and Massey CT4 Compressor. Reverb One.
Toms were 60% Slate Fat Toms 1-3 with the pitch tuned to the natural toms. Digidesign 7 Band EQ, Reverb One.
Drumagog being the sound replacer.
OH's and Highhat/Ride had Metric Halo Channel Strip with some filtering around 500 and below. Massey CT4 Compressor.
Kick & Snare Aux Track with Massey CT4 Comp and MCDSP AC2 with a Big Bottom Setting.
Guitars were ESP Eclipse, EMG81, 5150 Single Tracked on left and right. SM57 slightly off Axis on outside edge of Dust cap and i5 right next to it on the opposite side of the dustcap. the i5 is about -10dB lower than the 57 just enough to add a little thickness but you are mostly hearing the 57. Mesa Recto 4x12. 57 into ADL600, i5 into Red1. 5150 green channel Pre 6.8, High 6.5, Mid 2.5, Low 7, Post 2.5-3, Res 8, Pres 7 High Gain input. Maxon OD808 Drive 8 o'clock, Tone 11 o'clock, Balance 12 o'clock. Massey CT4 Comp, Digidesign 7 Band EQ filtering lows, 3-4dB boost in low mids with Q at 2.85, a 6dB cut at 2.36kHz with Q at 10. Slight 3-4dB boost at 4-5k range with Q at 2.85, Filter highs from about 12K and up.
Bass Music Man SUB, Sansamp RBI Pre on SVT 4 Settings into Control 24 Pre. TL Aggro Comp, Digidesign 7 Band EQ boosting low mids, filtering lows below 50Hz. Slight boost in highs. Massey vt3 EQ with Mids at 4 to get a little grind/bite. MCDSP AC2 Big Bottom.
Vocals were AT4060 into ADL600 Pre. Massey CT4 Comp, Digidesign 7 Band EQ Boosting Low Mids, Cutting near 500Hz some, and Boosting around 5-10K range. Digidesign Comp Limiter used to heat things up and a vt3 EQ set to 4, 4, 4 which seems to bring the vocals in front pretty well. Reverb One.
Master Bus insert has MCDSP AC1 with a Cosole preset I believe.
Bounced down to a Stereo WAV and ran through a TC 96K Finalizer using the Wizard mode then a couple miner adjustments. All done in PT HD 7.3.
You asked for everything and that's was damn near everything.