Symphonic/Ambient Metal, new track titled "Deep Blue"

[thefalloftheheretic]

Hey fellow Sneapers.
This is the new track for my band Damnum Animus.

My thinking is the strings are a bit loud for the first part of the song.
Any thoughts on the mix in general?



Thanks,
Chad N.

 

[sawtooth]

Hey, in general every instrument is masked by the strings, so every instrument sounds too quiet apart from the strings. There's way too much reverb on the vocals, all I can hear is reverb.

 

[thefalloftheheretic]

Thanks sawtooth.

In this new mix, I pulled down the reverb on all the vocal tracks.
I also did some automation and pulled down the volume on the strings.

Thoughts?