I know "worse" is simply a comparator, and is not itself an indicator of overall quality, but I can't really vote. I don't have a major problem with the drum sound on either album. Yeah, the triggered drum sound on I&W makes it sound artificial. But it is what it is, and it is just kinda part of that album's "signature sound." It doesn't really distract me because it was just "there" back when I first got into the band back in '92.
I have never had a problem with the drum sound itself on DT12, and for the handful of fans that have loudly proclaimed through the years that the drum sound is "bad," I just don't hear what you are hearing. As far as the cymbal work being buried in the mix, yeah, I have a BIG problem with that. But by the same token, I don't really dwell on it because I don't know what it is that I'm missing, since I can't hear it, if that makes sense.