An example of a probably quite good death metal album that sounds strangely flat:
I think they must have pulled an And Justice For All and turned the bass down to barely hearable levels. Sadly, unlike on that Metallica album, the guitars don't even sound very fat here. To me, heaviness is fairly closely tied to bass heavy grooving - not just aggressive, "evil sounding" playing.
In some sections of this Obituary album, I really can hear the bass very clearly though. It just has this flat, mid level tone that doesn't do much to beef up the lower end of the guitars. Took me a while to realize that's the problem more than low volume.
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