the vocal compression (or maybe your master bus compression) is terrible
it's making a sharp short transient poke out, then a massive reduction in volume, then a quick rise
it sounds like shit
and the screaming is terrible
Why all the metalheads are crazy about Lady Gaga???
I found the acapella on youtube, downloaded it with an extension I have and extracted the audio with VLC.
Now that I've said it, its probably the youtube compression you hate Joey.
i dont think youtube compression would do that to the vocals
i mean they are seriously butchered
its the same effect that you hear on "newbie" productions. they don't adjust the attack right, and the set the threshold way too low
so what happens is, there's a SUPER loud transient, then quiet sustain that gradually gets louder until the release time is met, then it happens again on the next wave form peak...
i've never heard streaming compression sound like that, so i dont think it's that.