Tech, I'm with you, I don't like the shitty screechy productions either, even from genre-staples. My bass player once gave me a copy of Emperor's Anthems... I loaded it in my car's CD player and almost drove directly to the workshop, thinking my engine failed big time.
Interestingly enough, Dark Throne's 1st album had way more of a thicker, death metal vibe to it than their later work and one awesome album I particularly enjoy as a genre's best, is Storm of the Light's Bane by Dissection.
There's this scream somewhere right after a mellow interlude in "Where Dead Angels Lie", that's as bone chilling as you'll ever hear. Awesome music.
