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Dave Otero mixes "Feeding The Meatgrinder" by Shadow of Intent & "Shame and its Afterbirth" by Vitriol
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Vitriol’s “Shame and its Afterbirth” is one of the most unrelenting tracks on their latest album *Suffer & Become*—a dense, hyper-aggressive assault that demands as much from a mix engineer as it does from the listener. Every element is pushed to the_limit, from blistering blast beats to dissonant, layered guitar work, creating a sonic battleground where preserving clarity without sacrificing impact is a major challenge. This is modern death metal at its most unforgiving, and mixing it takes precision, intent, and deep genre fluency.
This Nail The Mix session is led by acclaimed producer and mixer Dave Otero (Flatline Audio), known for his work with extreme metal heavyweights like Archspire, Cattle Decapitation, and Cephalic Carnage. Otero is highly respected for combining surgical editing and punchy transients with atmospheric width and tonal warmth—tools especially critical in a track as chaotic as “Shame and its Afterbirth.”
This multi-track download and mix walkthrough dives deep into the production’s intense layering: immaculately captured drums with tight, complex velocities and relentless kick patterns, dissonant dual-guitar interplay, saturated vocals that still maintain brutal intelligibility, and mix strategies that preserve the track’s ferocity without losing spatial depth. Learn how to handle massive automation moves, create separation with surgical EQ and multi-band compression, manage perceived loudness without flattening your transients, and balance dynamic brutality with controlled finesse.
Download the multitracks and see for yourself what it takes to control the chaos. If you want to push your death metal mixing skills into more extreme, technical territory, this session is essential.
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