Swedish producer and mixer David Castillo (Opeth, Leprous, Katatonia) brings his trademark depth and dynamic control to the session. Known for balancing crushing density with atmospheric detail, Castillo translates Decapitated’s aggressive intentions into a spacious, detailed mix without softening the impact. This isn’t just about getting everything loud — it’s about managing headroom, surgical EQ choices, intentional harmonic saturation, and multi-layered ambience that still leaves room for fast, clean transients to breathe.

Users tackling this mix will engage with some serious technical challenges: aligning and enhancing densely edited drums and intensely tight guitar performances, integrating layered growl/scream vocals with granular automation and parallel effects chains, and navigating arrangements where guitar tones, bass, and top-end cymbal information are all competing in very similar frequency spectrums. Making it all feel big but focused, without washing out the midrange detail, is a nuanced test of skill.

Download the multi-tracks for “Just a Cigarette” and step inside a modern metal mix that demands both brutal precision and broad-picture thinking. If you’re into surgical editing, saturation sculpting, and balancing extreme dynamics under tight creative pressure, this session will push your skills hard.