Mixed by Matt Thomas (known for his work on LTS’s full-lengths as well as projects like Darko US and The Gloom In The Corner), this session pulls back the curtain on one of the genre’s most nuanced engineers. Thomas’s approach stresses transient management, extreme vocal layering, and saturation-driven heaviness without losing internal mix clarity. Drums are tightly edited with deliberate phase integrity; guitars expand aggressively in the stereo field while maintaining note definition, even in the lowest tunings. The vocal work with multiple characters, screams, and FX-laden callouts is a textbook study in maintaining energy through multi-take comping and parallel chains.

From a technical perspective, this session covers critical ground in managing dense arrangements, corrective filtering on distorted bass tones, dynamic control across aggressive busses, and making tonal room in the midst of full-frequency warfare. If you’re working in heavy genres and want to improve how you handle complex routing, articulation in low-tuned guitars, or vocal FX printing strategies, this is an essential download.

Get the full multitracks for “Lost In The Dark” and dive into a modern reference mix that walks the edge of brutality and finesse.