Brett Windnagle – Dead to the World Mix

Had a fun time trying my hand at this. I normally don’t enter these competitions, but seeing one for 90’s death metal I had to give it a go. Some genera information about the mix:

• Tried not to modernize it too much, I love 90s death metal for all its flaws
• Kick replaced with ‘Modern Doom Drums Modern Kick’ from Ugritone
• Snare blended with ‘Modern Doom Drums Cadeson Studio Snare’ to cover the ring and ping
• Overheads absolutely mangled in dynamic EQ, kind of acquiesced with what I could get out of them
• Drum comp mostly on buss to avoid making bleed worse on individual channels, ride was accented by bussing room and overheads to a single channel and, once again, accenting the hits with extreme dynamic EQ
• Drums manually gated, especially the overheads, room mics mostly used as overheads as the kick/snare content was harsh to my ears
• Vocals were a breeze, basically a few cuts and they sat perfectly
• Midrange in guitars was more or less nonexistent, didn’t accent too much of it or try bringing out what wasn’t there, just a few wide and minor scoops around it
• Minor timing fixes across drums, vocals, guitars – sounds like this was all recorded live and wanted to keep that feeling there
• Intro line from Hellraiser (2022); Jamie Clayton as The Priest (Pinhead)