Mixed by longtime Allegaeon producer Dave Otero (Flatline Audio), known for his surgical clarity and enormous low-end in records from Cattle Decapitation, Archspire, and Allegaeon’s previous work, this session pulls from deep within his hybrid ITB/head-driven mixing process. You’ll hear full-spectrum death metal saturation underpinning vocal layering that balances brutal and clean with knife-edge precision, all underpinned by drum tracks requiring nuanced gating, phase-aware alignment, and aggressive yet musical compression. The rhythm section is built around intricate layering between bass and guitars, challenging you to make intelligent carving decisions and phase management choices.

This isn’t a typical session. Between complex tempo mapping, meter changes, massive harmonic layering, and intentional tonal contrasts between clean passages and dense sections, “Roundabout” invites you to turn in a brutal yet listenable mix that respects source dynamics without flat-lining everything into oblivion.

If you want to sharpen your skill set on managing density, blend clarity with chaos, and reverse-engineer Dave’s creative choices, download the multitracks and dive in. This is tech death precision meets progressive ambition—your mix needs to keep up.