Veil of Maya guitar tone?

i love their chun sound, its heaps of compression tbh and i think the chuns e.q is tied sooo close to the kick e.q, thats how they get that really THUMPY sound that blows your ears off. Listen to Wounds or pillars
 
I just can't understand why someone would want that horrible tone!

But what do I know, maybe it can sound good if the mix isn't compressed and limited to DEATH and sounds like crap overall.
 
I think Michael Keene dials in very "unique" tones. I can't see his tones working or sounding good outside of an album he's engineered, but on the veil of maya album it sounds cool.