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Metallica - "DEATH MAGNETIC" "BRICKED" Over 16,000 FANS SIGN PETITION - BBC RADIO REPORTS
This is the Broadcast from the UK radio station BBC. Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd is interviewed about the technical aspects of the "loudness war" and how it has effected Death Magnetic. Also includes comments made by fans of Metallica. This portion of the program runs for about 10 minutes. METALLIC "DEATH MAGNETIC" YOU TUBE COMPARISON! - You Decide! Underneath Video,"Watch In High Quality" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyIACDCc1I&eurl=http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/2008/09/metallica-death-magnetic-comparison.html Sign this petition for Metallica to re-mix and remaster Death Magnetic http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/re-mix-or-remaster-death-magnetic.html Sign this petition to help stop the Loudness Wars! The record companies are ruining the artists music! It needs to stop! http://www.gopetition.com/online/22419.html In protest, many fans are sender their retail cd back to Metallica's HQ. The target date for them to arrive at HQ is October 17. If you are wanting to take part in this, act fast. If you cannot make the deadline, hell, just send it to them anyway! They'll get the message! Metallica HQ369-B Third StreetPMB #194San Rafael, CA 94901-3581 Huge Fan Disappointment on Metallica's recent release of their new album "DEATH MAGNETIC" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4V0WgUhkHw Re-Mix or Remaster Death Magnetic! URL BELOW > http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/re-mix-or-remaster-death-magnetic.html More on this subject: http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/blog-death-magnetic-sounds-better-in-guitar-hero-173961 http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/09/does-metallicas.html http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/2008/09/metallica-death-magnetic-distortion-is.html Read Entire Blogs relating to this story for more information on Disastisfaction of this Album. Death Magnetic has been widely hailed as the band's best work in 17 years but it seems that Metallica just cannot escape controversy. What began with fans complaining about the audio quality of lead single The Day That Never Comes has snowballed following the release of the Death Magnetic CD, which seems to mark a whole new level in the Loudness War. Mastering engineers sacrificing dynamic range in the pursuit of louder and louder sounding CDs is nothing new, but the general consensus amongst fans and critics on hundreds of internet forums seems to be that Death Magnetic has taken this a step too far. bq. "The mixes were already brick-walled before they arrived at
my place. Suffice it to say I would never be pushed to overdrive things
as far as they are here." Quote attributed to mastering engineer Ted Jensen Indeed, on purchasing our CD copy the day before the official release date we gave the disc a spin and couldn't help wondering if our office headphones were faulty as the kick and snare drum seemed to be audibly clipping, along with some of the palm-muted guitar parts. Most people's first instinct was to blame the mastering, although it seems astonishing that anybody at Metallica's label, their management, the band themselves or indeed producer Rick Rubin would sign off a master with audible digital clipping throughout................Read the full story at the links above!
my place. Suffice it to say I would never be pushed to overdrive things
as far as they are here." Quote attributed to mastering engineer Ted Jensen Indeed, on purchasing our CD copy the day before the official release date we gave the disc a spin and couldn't help wondering if our office headphones were faulty as the kick and snare drum seemed to be audibly clipping, along with some of the palm-muted guitar parts. Most people's first instinct was to blame the mastering, although it seems astonishing that anybody at Metallica's label, their management, the band themselves or indeed producer Rick Rubin would sign off a master with audible digital clipping throughout................Read the full story at the links above!
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