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The first clip doesn't sound particularly good to me. It's massively mid-scooped and hasn't got a lot of body to the tone. If there had been a vocal in the mix, the guitar would instantly get buried. Mind you , I'm listening on NS-10s, which probably has got to be one of the most mid-exaggerated speakers around.
Couldn't hear the second clip, as it had been removed by YouTube.
The problem with a lot of of these "tricks" described on the InterKNOT (such as the above mentioned Hass effect "stunt" is that mix translation gets thrown out of the window. It will sound nice in your mix environment, but it won't translate well to other listening systems.
Getting heavy distorted guitars almost always boils down to the basics :
A good guitar, through a good amp and speaker combination, played TIGHT. No delays/reverbs. 100% dry for maximum in-your-face-ness.
Using a bass tone that works in tandem with the guitars. The real weight and low-end comes from the bass guitar. Mute the bass in any mix and hear how tiny the music sounds.
There is also a point of diminishing returns when it comes to layering tracks. As mentioned by a few guys, more tracks doesn't necessarily mean more heaviness. The more tracks you layer, the more comb filtering/phase cancellation crap gets introduced. Note/chord definition and pick attack/speaker cone transients gets smeared further. 4 tracks is often the maximum before things start sounding smoggy. In fact, 90% of time I only use two takes (multi-miked) panned hard L/R.
Miking, EQ, compression is a whole other can of worms which will take days if not weeks to discuss.
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