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September 25, 2008

WSJ: Metallica manager says 98% of fans 'overwhelmingly positive' about Death Magnetic sound...Rick Rubin says 'no comment'...

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“When there’s no quiet, there can be no loud,” said Matt Mayfield, a Minnesota electronic-music teacher, in a YouTube video that sketched out the battle lines of the loudness war. A recording’s dynamic range can be measured by calculating the variation between its average sound level and its maximum, and can be visually expressed through wave forms. Louder recordings, with higher average sound levels, leave less room for such variation than quieter ones.

Some fans are complaining that “Death Magnetic” has a thin, brittle sound that’s the result of the band’s attempts in the studio to make it as loud as possible. “Sonically it is barely listenable,” reads one fan’s online critique. Thousands have signed an online petition urging the band to re-mix the album and release it again.

Metallica and the album’s producer, Rick Rubin, declined to comment. Cliff Burnstein, Metallica’s co-manager, says the complainers are a tiny minority. He says 98% of listeners are “overwhelmingly positive,” adding: “There’s something exciting about the sound of this record that people are responding to.”


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#1 brother mayhem says:

I guess Lars will sue the other 2%. they sold 489,883 copies the first week so
Metallica will be serving up about 9800 lawsuits. oh yea Metallica blows

#2 You Know You're Right says:

What a cop-out by Burnstein. He knows they are in the wrong. Just admit it and issue a new version. Will probably make the band even MORE money.

#3 ryan says:

from what i've heard from friends that have it... it has so much compression that it's not enjoyable to listen to. i'm not buying the album until a better version exists. if that doesn't happen then screw them!

#4 deaf in one ear says:

whoses giveses a shits??
thises shitses rockes

#5 Crikey says:

Metallica are a bunch of self-important, whining has-beens who hate their fans. Screw 'em.

#6 Me, That's Who... says:

I'm old enough to remember when "...And Justice For All" came out and everyone complained that there was no bass guitar in it. Metallica aren't known for having the best sounding albums, so this isn't a big surprise.

#7 Max says:

This just reassures me they still suck!!! They cut their own throats!!! Hahaha!!!

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