Just finished a new song (metal/hard rock)

Hey guys,
 
Title pretty much says it all...
If you got a few minutes, please give it a listen and let me know what you think.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUxBE5XzaZk

Good performances. Good melody. The solo guitar was too low in volume imo. If there was a bass in there it was very quiet. How on earth you got so many views in such a short time?

thank you both for the feedback. I appreciate it!
 
@ kakku
I'll bear that stuff in mind for the next one. It was partly because the bass was quiet, but also because the guitar had a lot of lows in it, and the bass was playing almost identical parts. It just kinda faded together. As for the views, I am trying hard to attract a following. so, when I release a new song that I think is worthy, I run a very low cost ad campaign to draw some attention and attract possible subscribers.
 
@tbosco
I'll make those adjustments while I'm working on the next song. I honestly did nothing to the lead aside from adjust the levels of it, so i'll try and develop a more powerful sound for it. Do you have any tips on how to do that? As for the vocals, for better or worse, my goal with my channel is to have my music be a 100% solo effort. I could easily find a singer to do this stuff for me, but it makes me proud to look at some of the better songs and know that it was all me. I'm far from amazing, but I've come a long way from the quality of my vocals when I first started doing this...and I'm constantly working to get better. Singing in key is the hard part, and I'm doing pretty well with that. My main issue is figuring out exactly what to do with my voice, and improving my ability to actually write vocal melodies. The screaming thing hasn't gotten the response I had hoped, so I plan to phase it out in favor of something else. Not sure what yet...
 
 

I mic-ed up my amp for the guitar parts.
I just need to play with EQ stuff a little more next time to get the bass where I want it. I'm just having a hard time getting to bass to be audible, without it being too prominent.
 
I do have melodyne, by the way. I've used it on all my songs except this one. When I tried it out, there was something about it that I didn't like, so I reverted to the original recording.

Hey Metal One, there's good potential in this song and I agree with what Tony says as well. The bass does need to be "phattened" up to get that clear lower end tone. When the guitar is playing, I actually couldn't tell there was a bass in the background......(listening through decent H-phones).   
If you can get a really good sound/tone on the initial recording of the tracks, then you won't have to do a whole lot of "massaging" on the track with various plugins to get it to sound the way you'd like it to be. From the get go, it should sound 90% (just a ballpark figure) to your satisfaction and THEN, use the plugins to slightly enhance/fine tune it your liking.
The lead guitar also needs beefing up (sounded very thin to my ears) and look into getting a phat tone from the get go.
Keep at it bro.....the more you work at it, the better it's going to get. 
 
 

Thank you, mesh and Stevec, for taking the time to check it out and give your feedback.
I don't mind hearing the same criticism from multiple people, because it just makes it that much more clear that the improvements suggested are unanimous.
 
Hindsight is 20/20, and I always see the screw-ups I've made AFTER the song is already up. So, as always, I'll apply the lessons learned to the next song I do, which is already in the works.