Could it have something to do with quality of limiter you use?
I remember throwing Ozone out 8 and some years ago due to that it could not create a reasonable good sound at the desired loudness. And I never were a loudnesswar-friend. Just 2-4dB raise of overall level.
I found some freeware that did a better job. In this case the long gone Kjaerhus Audio.
With the pricing today Waves L2 and L3 are reasonable. We've had plenty argument battles here over what is best - search forum here or at KVR:
www.kvraudio.com/forum
Working a limiter harder often brings many things up front - so a change in mix might be needed as well. It's not just cranking limiter to the limit and it's good.
Just a thought...