not sure I should comment on this genre
as it’s out of my area, but the hats really
fill up the space, almost like there are
multiple pairs of them. Perhaps it is either
reverb or delay doing that. Together with
the snare and its treatment it adds up to
a lot of edginess. As I say I know you are
after a power rock sound and I am not really
up to speed with that.
Are you compressing the drums?
What happens if you don’t, or if you compress them less?