Howdy, thanks for listening. I got yer myspace add!
Guitars are PODxt direct into a motu 8pre. Nothing fancy there! I agree about the kick drums, but that is sort of the compromise between myself and the other dude in the band, he is into super produced/dry sounding drums and I like alot of room tone and natural stuff. It kind of makes for an odd drum mix for our stuff, but maybe that makes it a little different? It seems drums in metal stuff these days don't have too much room sound in the mix...
As for the difference between the two songs, the first one ("Kindled By Sinners") is an older song remixed to try and add some balls to it. A lot of my mixes tend to be lacking in the low end department, as I have mix mud phobia. The second song ("Orbital") uses a different drumkit and POD patch, plus is mixed differently, so that would explain that!
Opeth are a big influence for us. Dimmu Borgir, not so much...at least not for me. I'm not really too familiar with the other bands you mentioned except for Soilwork and I don't really like them either, but I'll check em out!
