Ironic you pick on Metallica as example as they basically "won" the loudness wars[0] with the release of Death Magnetic. So ridiculously overblown and compresse

Ironic you pick on Metallica as example as they basically "won" the loudness wars[0] with the release of Death Magnetic. So ridiculously overblown and compressed that it was clipping constantly and heavily featured in mainstream media. Even one of the album's mastering engineers complained. Lars thought it was great. [0] http://recordinghacks.com/2008/12/20/metallica-wins-the-loudness-wars/ http://recordinghacks.com/2008/12/20/metallica-wins-the-loud...