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I would say first and foremost, the arrangements, mixes and quality of the original tracks are key to a mix sounding dynamic and loud at the same time.
It might be hard to pinpoint exactly what you are hearing, but I would guess that it's simply a combination of EQ and probably wideband compression that was used to master most of the albums that sound like that, just normal mastering stuff and good ears and monitoring, no real trickery.
For the gear that was used to master them, you could probably find out what the engineers that mastered the albums use with a web search.
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