The Loudness War: Can streaming finally end it?
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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The Death Magnetic by Metallica
Death Magnetic by Metallica was one of the first albums that really caught the public attention as far as the issue of the loudness war was concerned. A fan emailed the mastering engineer complaining about the sound of the CD and the mastering engineer replied off the record saying, "I'm not super proud of this one" We think what happened was that the files were sent out to the game manufacturers earlier on in the production process before the decision was made to go for an extremely loud final result.
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