kinda ran through this thread and just noticed a lot of bickering so i power read through some of it and i think SS is pretty cool. not really my cup of tea but they seem to be doing something right.
that being said i was at machines studio for some of the recording and he was into making this as heavy as he could while not making it sound like a typical metal mix. that's his usual philosophy with metal bands. they did the usual separate drum technique. either way it came out cool i think. think they used 2ch triples for guitars but he said he was gonna reamp probably with mesas later.