this cd got no recognition for how good the mix is The agony scene

[CatharsisStudios]

that snare is so fucking mean. can anyone pull up some details. i'll ask some of the dudes in this band because i am buddies with em and respond back in here

i know rob from anthrax produced it

 

[PhilTheBeard]

This cd def rules i remember buying it when it came out.

 

[Joshua Wickman]

The cymbals seem really loud to anyone else?

:51-1:05 for example.

 

[CatharsisStudios]

yeah but vibey as fuck.

 

[Joshua Wickman]

yeah but vibey as fuck.

Yea i really dig this other than the cymbals taking my attention in a few parts.

 

[kentsheeheyrecordings]

This is my all time favourite mix. +1 on the snare being incredible.

 

[Proggm]

I think the vocals are too loud and midrangey (partly product from the insane overdrive on them), but you can't please everyone, can't you ?

 

[AudioPhile777]

Man, its been years since I listened to this... Fucking awesome!

I just busted out the cd... definitely going on rotation now.

 

[Adenosine]

man i loved this cd....makes me feel nostalgic thinking of the days when "metalcore" was as awesome as this.
2:07 so heavy!

 

[Harry Hughes]

This has to be a joke thread. I just listened to it and I swear I'm being trolled.
Seriously folks, is your idea of good production is a very thin bottom end, very scratchy and harsh high end, and just overall not well balanced at all?
"It sounds like crap!" "Ohh nah man, it's just vibey!". There is good vibey, and then there is just not good at all.
If it's going to be pretty unbalanced sounding, at least the high end could not be harsh as fuckery, so it would be at least listenable for extended periods of time.

I'm not trying to be a dick here, but you tend to post these threads with "OMFG AMAZING PRODUCTION" and never ever do you post stuff with amazing production.
Seriously, we come in here expecting a new benchmark for metal production because of the way you title your threads (like that last thread you made of that metalcore band that had good production at best), and the best you deliver is a good mix

 

[Ermz]

Haha, I think Harry put my thoughts into words, albeit a lot more cruelly and confrontationally than I would have

 

[Horhe]

Got a lot of balls though. And damn those roommics are loud in the drummix.

 

[Charles J]

Haha, I think Harry put my thoughts into words, albeit a lot more cruelly and confrontationally than I would have

+1, Ryan mentioned it to me on FB and I took a listen expected to be blown away, and really it's not a BAD mix, but dude. It's thin and harsh.

WHERE DA FUCK IS DA BEEF???????????

 

[ratsapprentice]

eewwwwwwwwwwwwww

 

[rfahey86]

I think the songs on the album are awesome. As far as the sound of the mix....... it could have been done a little better. Definitely needs more bottom end. If I remember right, I think it was mixed and mastered by the same engineer. I can't find my copy at the moment to double check.

 

[JayB]

I fuckin loved this album back in the day. In its defense , it sounds way shittier in that youtube clip that it really does on CD.

edit : nm when you put it in HQ mode it sounds like I remember it. I do agree with the pretty harsh high end, but the songs on this CD are still pretty kick ass

 

[JayB]

By the way , who mixed this?

 

[Aaron Smith]

This band took a serious nosedive in songwriting quality after this album...

 

[JayB]

This band took a serious nosedive in songwriting quality after this album...

I agree... didn't they break up after the last album?

 

[Morgan C]

Wow.

The vocals are really annoying and bright (massive overdrive works if you lowpass it after, ie. Lamb of God's Wrath), but other than that this is pretty fucking amazing.