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Metallica Guitar Hero Release Has Higher Quality Than CDs

Posted by Soulskill on from the facepalm dept.

Last week Metallica released a new album, Death Magnetic, on traditional CDs as well as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III. Fans quickly noticed that the sound quality on the CD version was noticeably below-par, thanks to the recording studio's decision to sacrifice range for loudness. However, the tracks released for Guitar Hero III made no such sacrifice, as proved by Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd. NME found an audio clip comparing the two tracks. This comes alongside statements from Activision claiming that Aerosmith's recent venture into Guitar Hero is generating more success for the band than their actual albums.

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  1. Well... by religious+freak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wouldn't exactly call any Metallica song made after 1995 "quality"

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    1. Re:Well... by bledri · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wouldn't call any album after 1991 "quality"...you don't really think Load was all that good, do you?

      I was really disappointed in Load, but it was aptly named...

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    2. Re:Well... by KGIII · · Score: 3, Funny

      I listened, on their website, to Unforgiven 3 and it was awful. I closed the tab in my browser. I cleansed my soul with Thieves from Ministry so life is good again.

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  2. Sound the XKCD alarm... by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 4, Funny

    This comic is no longer true. :(

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    1. Re:Sound the XKCD alarm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Reminds me of that bash.org quote;

      Poster 1>Metallica sold out in like 5 minutes

      Poster 2>Yeh I know

      Poster 2>Oh you mean a concert)-:

  3. Re:i can't stand this. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Explain yourself, old man.

    I think he made his point pretty well when he said: "i realize there are volume normalizing pluout there, but i don't like the effect on the overall song."

    There is an option on iPods

    Ah, now I see why you need this stuff explained to you.

  4. Why Sacrifice Quality for Volume? by darkonc · · Score: 4, Funny

    When fans can just set the volume knob to 11 on the amp?

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