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Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:40 am
by UncleN00b
Post links of all blogs, articles, news stories, and relevant videos here. I'll keep this thread sticky and update THIS post with all of the submissions. That way, we have a centralized source of everything about the album's issues. (for now)

Online Petition - http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/re- ... netic.html

Mike Melancholic's blog - http://mikemelancholic.blogspot.com/200 ... -sent.html (Send it back!)

Comparison of DM's CD vs. GH3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyIACDCc1I&fmt=18 ("high quality")

Ian Shepherd's blog (GREAT STUFF HERE!!)
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... pping.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... etter.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... dness.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... d-not.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... rison.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... it-is.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... ecord.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... -wars.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... level.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... -from.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... laims.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... -hero.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... on-is.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... ments.html
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... ounds.html (Michael Fremer commented at this entry.)
http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/200 ... c-and.html

Wikipedia on Loudness War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

Rolling Stone Magazine:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... ro-than-cd
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... s_too_loud

Gibson - http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/N ... nds-sound/

LA Times - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundbo ... album.html

Chicago Sun Times - http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/200 ... warne.html

Guardian articles:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicbl ... c.too.loud
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/se ... udness.war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/bl ... gitalmusic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oc ... popandrock

The Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122228767729272339.html

Music Radar:
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ ... ero-173961
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ ... tic-174640
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ ... ive-175005

Blabbermouth - http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=106612

Amazon dot com reviews and discussions:
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0 ... addOneStar
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/product/ ... addOneStar
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0 ... dThreeStar
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0 ... addTwoStar
http://www.amazon.com/Metallica-album-d ... B00192KCQ0
http://www.amazon.com/there-way-remix-r ... B00192KCQ0

Wired blog:
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/09/doe ... licas.html
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/09/nam ... -prod.html

Audioholics - http://www.audioholics.com/news/industr ... r-hero-iii

Home Theater Magazine - http://www.hometheatermag.com/news/100208metallica/

Shack News - http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54792

EyeWeekly.com - http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/totallyw ... icle/40273

Drowned in Sound - http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/4035014

Metal Sucks dot net - http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=7485

The Hip Cola - http://thehipcola.com/metallica-death-m ... 008/09/16/

Chicago Reader: Crickets - http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/crickets ... mpression/

Screw Attack - http://www.screwattack.com/node/9876

Idolator:
http://idolator.com/5054816/metallica-h ... h-magnetic
http://idolator.com/5057861/some-expert ... -mastering

Exclaim News - http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generala ... fid1=33554

YaHoo! Games - http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/met ... ro/1247989

YaHoo! Tech - http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/106263

Game Culture - http://www.gameculture.com/node/766

Tom's Hardware - http://www.tomsguide.com/us/guitar-hero ... -2611.html

IGN - http://music.ign.com/articles/910/910469p1.html

Video Games of the Damned blog - http://damn-games.blogspot.com/2008/09/ ... anent.html

Good Morning Silicon Valley - http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/200 ... -loud.html

Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/5054854/ipod-taking- ... h-magnetic
http://gizmodo.com/5051435/audio-engine ... r-hero-iii

NME Music News - http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/39816

411 Mania - http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/85846

Kotaku - http://kotaku.com/5051354/metallica-alb ... tter-sound

Twisted Ripper - http://twistedtripper.com/blog/2008/09/ ... sterpiece/

The Dallas Morning News - Victor Godinez - http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/ ... bd635.html

philoking.com - http://www.philoking.com/2008/09/25/aud ... tic-album/

physorg.com - http://www.physorg.com/news141403078.html

Jossip - http://www.jossip.com/metal-fans-only-n ... -20080925/

Flathead Beacon - http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/ ... wars/5777/

Channel 3 News TV in New Zealand - http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Entertainme ... fault.aspx

The Deciblog - http://www.thedeciblog.com/?p=852

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacomemo/2852763561/

Stereo Gum - http://stereogum.com/archives/metallica ... _medium=rc

Joseph Rose blog - http://josephrose.tumblr.com/post/50335 ... speaks-out

Music Ally blog - http://musically.com/blog/2008/09/19/me ... ble-to-cd/

Music Rooms dot net - http://www.musicrooms.net/alternative/m ... d_447.html

G4 TV blog - http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/6 ... _Hero.html

CNet Australia - http://www.cnet.com.au/mp3players/mp3pl ... 065,00.htm

CNet UK - http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/natelanxon/0, ... 119,00.htm

Coolfer blog - http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/20 ... o_loud.php

I Rock Cleveland blog - http://irockcleveland.blogspot.com/2008 ... sited.html

Audio Recording School blog - http://www.audiorecordingschoolblog.com ... d-trashed/

The Audio Perv blog - http://theaudioperv.com/2008/09/26/meta ... your-ears/

The Kings of A & R blog - http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/09/18/the ... our-album/

Rome J blog - http://www.romej.com/archives/608/the-m ... h-magnetic

The World According to Sjeltur blog - http://sjeltur.nl/guitar-heros-metallic ... er-than-cd

The Village Voice blog - http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/arc ... s_deat.php

The TOC blog - http://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/out ... ut/?p=8741

Closet Full of Weasels blog - http://closetfullofweasels.com/?p=483

Band Chat blog - http://band-chat.blogspot.com/

Anti-Music dot com - http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/sep/30 ... s_It.shtml

Daily Sundial (CA State University) - http://sundial.csun.edu/1.755891

Angry Ape - http://angryape.com/news/2008/09/30/met ... ess-claims

Special Agent Dale Cooper blog - http://specialagentdalecooper.wordpress ... -casualty/

Giant bomb - http://www.giantbomb.com/news/guitar-he ... -wars/243/





Various forum discussions

Prorec forums - http://www.prorec.com/Discussions/tabid ... fault.aspx

PSW Recording forums:
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index. ... 286/0/0/0/
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index. ... msg_375311
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index. ... msg_202830

Chief's Planet - http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=191230

Audio Circle - http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/inde ... .msg525931

All Metal Forums - http://www.allmetalforums.com/forums/sh ... 06&page=16

Encyclopedia Metallica - http://forum.encycmet.com/viewtopic.php ... aea7c46a09

Goth Topic - http://www.gothtopic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=144203

Prog Archives - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum ... ?TID=51723

Hydrogen Audio:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/ind ... ntry586201
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/ind ... ode=linear

Gear Slutz - http://www.gearslutz.com/board/masterin ... netic.html

Rush Message Board - http://www.rushmessageboard.com/cpmb/in ... 25937&st=0

DIY Audio - http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthre ... ost1610978

Harmony Central - http://acapella.harmony-central.com/for ... p=30186889

Think Digit - http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=942069

Metal Sludge - http://www.metalsludge.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=175007

Dream Theater Forums - http://dreamtheaterforums.org/forum/ind ... ic=17015.0

Mac Rumors - http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread. ... did=555773

Digital Spy - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/show ... p=27555330

Christian Metal Realm - http://christianmetalrealm.niceboard.co ... -t8180.htm

Ernie Ball - http://www.ernieball.com/forums/general ... album.html

Ultimate Metal - http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy ... ped-2.html

Heart of Metal - http://heartofmetal.niceboard.com/heart ... 98-775.htm

Sound on Sound - http://www.soundonsound.com/forum/showf ... ain=656094

Seven String - http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/genera ... lysis.html

LastFM - http://lastfm.spiegel.de/music/Metallic ... box?page=2

Driver Heaven forum - http://www.driverheaven.net/gaming-news ... -hero.html

Recording Review forum - http://forum.recordingreview.com/f8/ana ... ero-10780/

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:29 am
by Starchild
Good call. I was about to suggest the exact same thing.

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:48 am
by Blayzn

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:57 am
by UncleN00b

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:06 pm
by CFHinLA
BEAUTIFUL JOB!!! Keep up the good work Uncle.

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:38 am
by RebelINS

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:40 am
by UncleN00b

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:11 am
by Dissonant
There should be a section on the website containing these links. Perhaps an archive of sorts, that can be regularly updated.

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:19 am
by Starchild
Dissonant wrote:There should be a section on the website containing these links. Perhaps an archive of sorts, that can be regularly updated.

There will be. ;)

Re: Compilation of relevant sources

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:08 pm
by SiriuslyCold