I guess it had to be heavier. The mix made ADTOE sound very "smooth". Even BITS doesn't really sound heavy, even though the song itself is pretty far out on the heavy side. More melodic sounds good, but I found ADTOE to be one of their best albums melodically, so I'm not sure if I'll agree with that when the album comes out. What some people call melodic is what I call non melodic and vice versa.