Andy Wallace

When it comes to albums that have come out this year, i think Alter Bridge's newest, AB III, sounds the best.

AB III was mixed by Grammy award winning Andy Wallace. Andy Wallace is a very well known mixer who got his big break after his work on the Aerosmith/Run DMC "Walk This Way collaboration. He's worked with bands such as Slayer, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Avenged Sevenfold, System of a Down, and many more.

The thing i like about AB III is that's it's a heavy album, but it doesn't really sound like it. What i mean is that it has the bass to be heavy, but doesn't overpower anything. In an interview on mixonline.com with Wallace, they describe him as having a "very present, crisp drum sound; part of it is that the guitars are brutal and outragious; and part of it is a dynamic sense that comes from your own musicality." That describes him perfectly after looking through his catalogue of cd's he's mixed.

Another thing i like is how he places little things perfectly. For example, in the beginning of Isolation there's this riff/fill of the guitar that he pushed away from the rhythm guitars to make it sound good. Of he didn't it would have blended into the mix easily.