Today, BBC 4 Radio in the UK aired a report by Joel Moors on the Consumer Affairs’ programme - You and Yours. The show interviewed some Metallica fans and also Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd [Visit Blog] Joel and Ian dicussed the fundamental problems on the Death Magnetic CD and how it affects the music when played, and [...]
Metallica’s co-manager, Cliff Burnstein is quoted as saying that fans find the sound on Death Magnetic exciting, and are really responding to it - Well if that is the case, one of our supporters here have made this litte video giving their past catalogue the ‘Exciting’ makeover so you can judge for yourself if this is ‘good’ for music.
If you agree that this new ‘exciting’ sound is ruining music, please sign the petition to re-mix and master Death Magnetic to sound like decent music and not an earful of crackle & distortion.
Original Youtube Page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUGSrzTNjZw
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