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Please let me know what is good or bad about this mix of an original hard rock song. BTW, this isn't the op, so some of the early comments may not reflect this mix, since the gain has been reduced.

Thanks, guys. I'll work it out by going back to some better gain staging, then do some automation on vox.

I'm not easily but hurt, But I'm making a statement for the whole forum that I think terms like "horrible" and "awful" could be replaced with "not good as it sits right now," etc. Our songs our like our kids, and you wouldn't want your son's BBall couch telling you he's awful. Anyway, just...

"No Fun" was fun to listen to (whataminute what?) Good cover in a short time!

Good job on going from regular to falsetto and back - not easy to do.

Here is another mix - Is it just me, or am I getting better Kick and Bass tones than my previous mixes with "Class Warfare" https://soundcloud.com/devon-vonmonster/class-warfare-9-24-14

FoulPhil wrote "It's different for sure, not a bad thing, but most definitely not brutal at all. It's demo quality already. The brootal vocals are horrible, although they might be usable. That weird effect is screwing it up and they are too loud. Not knocking it, but if I wanted to hear music...

With Swarz's and VHSteve's feedback, it sounds like I can bring up the rhythm guitars during the verses, which I had ducked under the vocals in the last mix. Thanks, guys Here is a mix with more attack on the bass, and the rhythm guitar up on the verses...

This might be a punchier mix https://soundcloud.com/devon-vonmonster/psych-knife-9-22-14c

Here's a song called "Psych Knife" with brutal and melodic vocals. Trying to get it to, at least, Demo Quality https://soundcloud.com/devon-vonmonster/psych-knife-9-21-14

I'm going to start experimenting on putting these virtual instruments into a common IR room for glue.

rayC "Luke, the 1st mix is awful - nothing hangs together - it's all separate parts & pieces." I usually don't use such broad negative terms as "awful" and "terrible" when describing someone's mix. I will take your constructive criticism into account, however - Just trying to get a good demo...

Here might be a better mix .... Let me know https://soundcloud.com/devon-vonmonster/beware-the-wiccan-9-20-14

Thanks for the nod to this singer, but he tends to push too hard, so I might have to do some subtractive EQ on him. Mixed this in headphones last night, and listened to it in my car today - I need to bring up the rhythm guitars, and add more body to bass. Need to cut some highs overall

Thanks, Anders, yea, I'm waiting on putting a couple of bucks together to buy Softube Bass Amp Room, so that I can add some "girth" to the bass. Also, I have to be careful with the kicks, since there are double bass parts, but I will soon experiment with making my Slate drums and Trilian bass...

Sounds (and looks) like you didn't put any make-up gain on the compressor. Try that, and post again

You could try an automated lo-pass filter on the rhythm guitars when the solo comes in, to "dampened" them.

Are you using subwoofers to mix these, because it sounds like you may be fooling yourself on the bottom end of these mixes. I would reference other D-metal bands through your monitoring system, and remix. Good metal!

This track is a trip, because the drummer starts off sounding like a newbie, then does this amazing roll on a breakdown - If you can fix that cheesy hi-hat sound, that would be a start to a better mix.

Vocals are fighting the guitars a little here. Maybe try a high shelf and then go back a de-ess if needed.