I liked it, but sonically it has a lot of howling and sonic anomalies.
I think by reading your posts, that a lot of it was intentionally manipulated to be that way, and that's okay. As recordings go, it sounds a bit mashed together, howling in certain spots for certain reasons, and a veil of digital sizzle over the entirety of the mix.
Given that it has problems, I also think it works artistically,... so I hope that makes sense. The playing rocks. The recording...................harsh but still listenable in an adventurous sense. Not showcase sound quality, IMO, but it's still cool 'cause I like harsh sounding experimental stuff, too.
I'm still not sure I clearly understand your point in the post. Was it, 'these effects suck and I'll show you how much' (achieved),... or was it 'I'll make these canned effects sound as good as anything else you can offer' (not).
I think distortion is a double edged sword. Used up to a certain point & it's sonically enhancing as an effect. Used over that threshold and it becomes a detracting factor from the overal clarity and punch of the mix. Not to say that over-the-top-ness can't be used somewhat as an enhancing factor. This mix, by far,... is not the worse example of distortion I've ever heard, (Check Soundclick for
The Doug Hill Band).
I believe there is a way to develop the most over the top distortion with an external module that puts the distortion element onto the source signal. Then, the recording process can capture that distorted source signal with clarity, and that works.
(I think) Where it's starts to go wrong is when the recording process (or other internally manipulated factors in this case: plugins) are starting to distort themselves. Then, it's beyond an effect, it's an anomaly. You've gone from a pleasant distortion to an unpleasant sounding distortion.
My other point is that canned plugin efx such as this just don't sound real. Also, when you put different tracks into different "rooms", sometimes you can hear it & it throws a "disjointedness" into the sonic image. IMO, the tracks are not supposed to sound like they're all playing in different rooms, but instead should sound like they're playing in the same room. I have many
examples of tracks recorded in the same room & what it sounds like.
Artistically and experimentally this song works, achieves the goal. I wanna emphasize that. It was intentionally harsh and over the top, and I get that,... I think! A real enjoyable listen! All music doesn't have to be tidy & squared away! There's room in this world for raucus noise to take the stage!
I wanna emphasize that this clip works artistically for me, and yes,... the sizzle and unpleasant efx are all part of the package, though it's over compressed, over distorted and over plugin-ized. I'm probably contradicting myself by now, so I'll leave it at that!
Everything was done on the fly, including writing (out of frustration). A kid in the Guitar/Bass thread was going on about how amp modeling was complete shit so I attempted to show him that it could be used creatively. My attempt flew in under his radar. Oh well......win some, lose some. 
