What metal drummers get wrong…

Is your snare too high? One thing metal drummers almost always get wrong in the studio? The snare drum! The source of the confusion is simple and understandable: they want a tight, punchy sound that cuts through the mix. But the key to achieving that sound in a mix is NOT a small, tightly-tuned snare… it’s actually not what you …

THE DEATH METAL TAKEOVER! NTM VLOG 07

“Surrounded by death metal” This month on Nail The Mix, German legend Kristian Kohle met us at The Audio Compound in Orlando to mix “Vespertine Decay” by Belgian death metal veterans Aborted. We hung out all week with Kohle, discussed the lack of death metal at Blaze Pizza, learned how to pronounce his name, and most importantly found out what …

Dialing in br00tal death metal vocals w/ Kristian Kohle and Aborted

I LIKE SHREDDED WHEAT Mixing death metal vocals is (pun intended) brutal! Getting them to cut through the insanely dense mix isn’t easy, but Kohle shows how he does it with his complete vocal chain for “Vespertine Decay” by Aborted from their album “TerrorVision.” Want more? Click here to get instant access to these multi-tracks and Kristian Kohle’s full mix …