Metallica: Death Magnetic Discussion on BBC Radio 4 (Part 1)

[mokbass]

Its too loud?Oh no whatever shall we do,bunch of clowns,if they don't like it,then just sell the album on ebay or to a second hand shop.How can they expect the band to remaster the album just because a few of them don't like it.

[etihw21]

@mokbass

If a bunch of fans don't like a new album, that's a fucking problem. They're not going to keep quiet and go "Well the band I loved for over a decade has released an album that sounds awful, nothing I can do".

If sales go down then that's a problem whether they actually care about their fans or are a selfish autistic piece of shit like yourself.

[mokbass]

@etihw21

Wow bringing autism into it,well done,class move.

[SUPERCHARGER2001]

the sound is loud but really i don't give a fuck its still a metallica album so i don't give a shit if the sound is different or if the production is loud or low i don't care i like there songs and there music and i like love the band altogether

[towlie7685]

BUY THE DAMN VINYL AND DONT MAKE A RADIO PROGRAM ABOUT IT

[Mordain607]

@towlie7685

NO BECAUSE VINYLS ARE OUTDATED AND STUPID AND CLUMSY AND EXPENSIVE.

[towlie7685]

@Mordain607 buy the vinyl! they are in some cases the same price as cds. I bought in rainbows - radiohead for $15 US. now i just preorder vinyls with the free digital download best of both worlds. Vinyls are coming back.

[Mordain607]

@towlie7685

They're still clumsy, outdated and stupid. Plus I'd have to buy some kind of vinyl-player thing. Plus I couldn't play them in the car. Or anywhere that doesn't have a vinyl player. Plus they sometimes break for no reason, and always break after a while if they're not stored in a dust-free environment as if their microchips or something.

Also, perhaps the biggest point: in this case, the vinyl will sound WORSE than the CD since vinyls have smaller dynamic ranges than cd's.

[brpadington]

@towlie7685  The vinyl release suffers from the same issues.

[TheFatCampCrew]

NOT TOO LOUND U DUMB ASSES... they jumped on the loudness war n did it wrong.. someone didn't know how to use compressors and limiters...

[HASHEAVEN]

How the hell all these ignorant people say the album sounds fine, are they listen music from walkie talkies, wtf? In a descent stereo or headphones, it sounds awful!!

[etihw21]

@HASHEAVEN

They're ignorant altogether and blinded by their fanboyism. It's pathetic because I'm not even an audiophile (and neither are the people being interviewed it sounds) and I can't even enjoy this. They're fucking retards. The more I find out about this so called 'loudness war' the more I am pissed because as long as there are retards out there, the more freedom people have to fuck up albums. The majority doesn't care, so let's just make it sound awful!

[thepatient08]

Does anyone know if the vinyl has the same mastering hell issue? I do TRULY love the songs, but as anyone with an ear knows, the limiting here is absurd.

[Vanjal]

Hhahahah...album is not too loud. But Metallica as all the MetalHeadz (as myself) are loosing hearing with the time that goes by ...hahaha.

[2pacbiggie4334]

when will people realize that the wall of sound and compression aren't the same thing?

[fredjebelgium]

If you react , be sure to understand the message correct. With 'too loud' the music lovers (and metallica lovers!!!) don't mean the music of Metallica is too loud. They mean that the mastering and recording of the CD is too loud, with as consequence that have a complete distorded and bad sound. Not the sound Metallica produces normally. In other words: CD producers sell crap to you. DO you think it's normal that a LP or CD from 20 years ago is better quality than cd now? . Google 'loudness war'

[rollwiththedead]

If you don't like it don't listen to it, pretty damn simple :D

[fredjebelgium]

the problem it's not the metallica cd that is ruined by sound engineers, by making it too loud, so it's full of distortion. It's with almost every CD produced today. So do we have not to listen anymore to any music? Google 'loudness war' to learn more about it....

[Scarecrow545]

next time let the fans turn up the volume, and dont turn up the waveform

[slayerT75]

.........retards........ 2 bad its perfectly fine........ur not real metallica fan if u say that...........if u dont want loud music go to like kid stough.........creedence clearwater revival their u go

[gameovertallicawon]

too loud??!! make ya fuckin mind up,first its not enough bass on justice, then sell out for black, then too light on load/reload back to garage and snare that was heavy, then too loud? fuck right off, its loud its heavy its kicks every other fuckin bands ass. kill em all

[Bearskickass976]

turn it down then

[p220394]

the woman talking doesnt look nothing like a metal fan ...

[daveniner]

A lot of bands these days master their albums too loud, that causes the distortion...when will people learn louder isn't always better.

[marksandman08]

the woman at the start sounds like her that did the culture show special on the band a while back.... hmmmm...

[metfan197]

the woman who did the culture show was called verity sharp