Apocrypha - Update

I hear what you mean.  I really think the bass and guitar fit nicely, but the drums are an issue, just so..lifeless, mixed a tad low, no shell tone, sounds way far back.  Honestly, something sounds wrong with the EQ'ing on them or something because when the song first started I was having a hard time trying to figure out what was bass drum, snare, toms, they all sound the same like it's a set of blocks.  Did you use a lot of compression?  There doesn't seem to be any punch to them.
 
Honestly, just one musician to another and I'm no expert like you are looking for...the "mix" sounds fine, just the percussion track needs work.  It seems to me like that's the dynamic that is keeping the life of the song from coming out, making it seem like a levels issue. 

If it were me...I would go back to the original track, light compression, just enough to get some punch out of that kick and snare, maybe some tom depth.  Barely any reverb.  Determine if your bass or kick drum is going to occupy the 75 hz notch while the other uses the 120 Hz notch, EQ accordingly, lightly.  Then I would play with the midrange EQ settings to find the tone on those toms and that snare.  Got to overcome that tappy sound.  
 
That's just my two cents.  Listen to other guys first, they are a lot more knowledgeable about this sort of thing. I'm still working on a good drum sound too, so...
 
Your song is cool by the way.  I like progressive music and yours has that vibe.  Man if you can get that drum track going this would sound so cool turned way up.  You have some kick ass licks going on. 

I really appreciate the feedback guys, thanks! I definitely see what you're saying with the drums and I think I'll go back over them. That's the part I'm struggling with the most. I think I'm also falling into the trap of trying out too many new things and once and it kinda just confuses the whole project.

Thanks again.

Excellent chord sequence in that intro, like how it twists and turns. It does go on a tad long before the lead guitar hits though. Agree about the drums, they really need to be big, clear and driving this track along. You have all the pieces ready though, could be a killer track with a bit more..oomph

I like the guitar playing, very prog :) so the long intro doesn't particularly bother me, I've heard much longer in this genre.
 
Like the others have said the drums sound a tad anaemic and I'm struggling to hear which drums are which, there just doesn't seem to be any definition. Also this may be me, as it's getting kinda late over here, but the whole thing sounds quiet compared to other tracks I have been listening to on soundcloud.

Thanks guys.

I've worked on the drums some and I think I've got them sounding at least a little better. I posted another link at the top of the thread to the track with the new drums.

Thanks for the comments Steve. I definitely see what you're saying. I'm really struggling with the drums. I'm using AD2. I'm mixing on headphones with Sonarworks which is unfortunately the best I can do right now.

I think I basically picked a kit with the intention of doing all the compression and EQing and stuff in Sonar (you know, for practice or whatever.) So I think I went through and disengaged all the compressors and saturation stuff in AD2. I'm realizing now that that was probably a dumb approach.