Haha no dude, even in your original mixes your bass reminded me of Maiden, so there's at least one thing you 'went for' and 'got'
I haven't forgotten about checking out your new mix, I'll check it out and critique it as soon as I can. You posted it as I flew home for vacation though, so it might be another week or two before you hear anything from me on it. I am quite curious to see what you've done thought.