Wow, its so cool how this stuff comes thru in your mixes.. I always comment on Erik's snare drums, they've always got this weird quality about them, but I'd say the exact same thing about the Scar Symm mix you posted, so I guess that's exactly what you're aiming for. Also with Ryan's snares, always this slightly tubby, sounds like the snare is fucking like 17" or something, but again that seems to be exactly what you like.
Not a band I really listen all the day but drum tone on this song is just like a dream tone for me...
Textures-Drawing Circles album -Surreal State of Enlightenment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1TnaF0Gpk0
Terribly cliche I know but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hyelQ3zjck
And I do mean the drums from "Ashes Of The Wake"- something about the clarity just kills me on this album.
no silly production tricks either. good mix and some good songs.
lol I believe this is the album where Machine tracked every shell and every cymbal separately, quantized them all to the grid and mixed them together after the fact...