As we previously reported, there have been a few grumbles and groans over the sound quality of Metallicas new Death Magnetic. In fact, there have been nearly 13,000 of them, and thats just counting the number of fans who have signed an online petition demanding the band either remix or remaster the album, which many are calling "too loud, "unclean and in desperate need of some dynamic range. Well, Metallicas little skin-hitting Dane, Lars Ulrich, has heard what some fans have been saying about his beloved Death Magnetic and he has a message for them zip it.
In a recent interview with Blender, the ever-outspoken Ulrich defended the audio quality of the bands new album, saying the CD version just as good as the one for Guitar Hero and, above all, its "fuckin smokin.
"Listen, there's nothing up with the audio quality. It's 2008, and that's how we make records, he said. "[Producer] Rick Rubin's whole thing is to try and get it to sound lively, to get it sound loud, to get it to sound exciting, to get it to jump out of the speakers. Of course, I've heard that there are a few people complaining. But I've been listening to it the last couple of days in my car, and it sounds fuckin' smokin'."
Ulrich also reminded us that this isnt the first time Metallica has received complaints over the sound quality of an album. "You gotta remember, when we put out ...And Justice for All, people were going, 'What happened to these guys, this record? There's no bass on it. It sounds like it was recorded in a fuckin garage on an eight-track.' And now ...And Justice for All is sort of the seminal Metallica record that supposedly influenced a whole generation of death metal bands."
Later, Ulrich added: "The internet gives everybody a voice, and the internet has a tendency to give the complainers a louder voice. Listen, I can't keep up with this shit. Part of being in Metallica is that there's always somebody who's got a problem with something that you're doing."
So, is Metallica going to cave? Are they going to redo their supposedly sonically inferior Death Magnetic? Not likely. The bands management recently told the Wall Street Journal that 98 percent of listeners had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to Death Magnetic. And by the sounds of, this seems to be good enough for Ulrich, no matter is if theres an online petition against him, or even a Facebook group.
"I'm not gonna sit here and get caught up in whether [the sound] 'clips' or it doesn't 'clip,'" Ulrich added. "I don't know what kind of stereos these people listen on. Me and James [Hetfield] made a deal that we would hang back a little and not get in the way of whatever Rick's vision was. That's not to put it on him it's our record, I'll take the hit, but we wanted to roll with Rick's vision of how Metallica would sound."
Metallicas Death Magnetic a CD vs Guitar Hero comparison
In a recent interview with Blender, the ever-outspoken Ulrich defended the audio quality of the bands new album, saying the CD version just as good as the one for Guitar Hero and, above all, its "fuckin smokin.
"Listen, there's nothing up with the audio quality. It's 2008, and that's how we make records, he said. "[Producer] Rick Rubin's whole thing is to try and get it to sound lively, to get it sound loud, to get it to sound exciting, to get it to jump out of the speakers. Of course, I've heard that there are a few people complaining. But I've been listening to it the last couple of days in my car, and it sounds fuckin' smokin'."
Ulrich also reminded us that this isnt the first time Metallica has received complaints over the sound quality of an album. "You gotta remember, when we put out ...And Justice for All, people were going, 'What happened to these guys, this record? There's no bass on it. It sounds like it was recorded in a fuckin garage on an eight-track.' And now ...And Justice for All is sort of the seminal Metallica record that supposedly influenced a whole generation of death metal bands."
Later, Ulrich added: "The internet gives everybody a voice, and the internet has a tendency to give the complainers a louder voice. Listen, I can't keep up with this shit. Part of being in Metallica is that there's always somebody who's got a problem with something that you're doing."
So, is Metallica going to cave? Are they going to redo their supposedly sonically inferior Death Magnetic? Not likely. The bands management recently told the Wall Street Journal that 98 percent of listeners had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to Death Magnetic. And by the sounds of, this seems to be good enough for Ulrich, no matter is if theres an online petition against him, or even a Facebook group.
"I'm not gonna sit here and get caught up in whether [the sound] 'clips' or it doesn't 'clip,'" Ulrich added. "I don't know what kind of stereos these people listen on. Me and James [Hetfield] made a deal that we would hang back a little and not get in the way of whatever Rick's vision was. That's not to put it on him it's our record, I'll take the hit, but we wanted to roll with Rick's vision of how Metallica would sound."
Metallicas Death Magnetic a CD vs Guitar Hero comparison
