Insanely long render times

Hello, 

I'm trying to render a podcast type video. It's a static image aside from a timebar filling up and an audiospectrum effect. I have made 10 or so videos in the same way and these rendered fine. 

But the newest batch I'm trying to render take 10+ hours to render, either within AE or within AME. 

It's just audio wav, static imagery, and audio wave spectrum. Thats it. It shouldnt take this long.

I would kindly take any help I can get to figure out this issue.

AME 23.0.1.

AE 23.0.1.