After a few listens, I'm not sure I like it.... My question is: was John Myung even in the studio for this? I can't hear him anywhere. I think I'm just hearing Jordan...
I can see where you're coming from, but as far as I can hear, the bass is present, but you have to make quite an effort to make it out, which is a shame. And the distorted bass part with the wah in it is obviously JR (since MP posted about it on Twitter).
But I would be lying if I said that I didn't wonder myself if JM actually was in the studio as well.
Upon closer listen, I stand corrected. All of this is true. On every single DT record, I can hear JM just fine (and I don't understand people that say they can't), but he's barely audible here. Even worse, he's barely present. This is especially apparent during the unison/harmony section - it's painful and lacking. For any song to be convincingly heavy, it's all about the bass.
I got bored and remastered it in Logic to get more bass. It sounded a bit better, but there's only so much you can do. This is like DT's ...And Justice for All. I'm sure it'll be awesome in concert, though.