I think the punch of the song is gone. In other words..in your gtr crunch riff...that opens the song, and plays thruout. There is no break in there....but the guitar does break. What I am trying to say is that even though the guitar goes/ "chunk , chunk 1,2,3 chunk PAUSE"... it all seems straight lined. You cannot hear the space where the guitar plays the "rest" for the one beat. Everything seems all at one volume. Bad description of what I am trying to say...I think

But there is no contrast between loud and soft. Not that this song needs a soft part to it...that's not what I am trying to say. Just that the "air" between the notes is lost. Also, even though you can "hear" the bass, drums, keys doing their dt, dt, dt, dt, dt, dt...thingie...they all occupy the same space...front to back(with the keys a little bit in the background...because of the reverb...right???). But, the drums are the only thing that has a little ambience on it (like the snare...which is probably in your sample I would guess on your drum box). The rest is 'in your face', and compressed. Same with the vocals...very "microphone" sounding, for a lack of better words. You can TELL it was sung thru a mic (which of course we know it is!!), but it doesn't have a natural sound on the vocals. It has a very "P. A. humpy sound to it. Like someone dicked with the 31 band EQ on the mains.
the bridge needs a solo big time.
one of the best QUICK FADES I've heard around here. Done PERFECT.
Nice tune, nice playing, nice gtr sounds,...all that. Just needs some "space" and realism to the tracks.
I know compression is mans best friend, but when you hear it on stuff like this, it makes you want to throw the unit in the dumpster. No need for it. You can play without.