Trailer of KONTAGION debut album I've mixed and mastered :) (FF like stuff)

[Urgul]

KONTAGION posted short trailer of their debut album I've mixed and mastered in my IX Studio. Check them out, dudes! It's a great band. They are looking for a label now, hope they'll find one soon because they deserve it IMO

Any opinions much appreciated

 

[Urgul]

Anyone?

 

[Urgul]

There are 3 full new songs for streaming on their myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/kontagionpl

Check them out and share your opinion

 

[HCL]

Mix doesn't sound bad except for the vocals. Sounds like James Hetfield at his worst.

 

[Urgul]

And what could I do with his vocals during mixing in your opinion? His voice is like it is and I am/was not able to change it.

 

[acappa]

Snare´s sound seems to be a bit "distracting" as it´s not sounding the way I expected to be due to that metal genre, I feel it like it´s completely raw while the rest of the kit sounds processed.
In terms of vocal production, I´d put a lot of fx in the vox trying to mask that poor execution, and also that genre accepts such a big amount of fx without sounding out of context.

 

[Urgul]

Thanks for your input and tips, guys I'm grateful.
Unfortunately the band wanted vocals to be completely raw. When I put some dealy on it they immediately requested to remove it :/ There was a lot of discussion why I have to use delay before they agreed to put a light one on them... Yeah, I know vocals are poor sounding but I really couldn't do anything about it. The same situation as for the snare - I tried a lot of samples (Slate, Lasse, etc.) but this one is the only one they wanted to be in the mix (and it's Slate's ToneDef snare by the way).

 

[icos]

God it would be nice if musicians would get off this raw production obsession. They are clearly
influenced by industrial metal, do they really think that sound just 'happens'!