Video: Metallica Death Magnetic - CD vs. "Guitar Hero" comparison

Estos días se ha generado un debate entre los fans de Metallica sobre el sonido del último lanzamiento de la banda, Death Magnetic . Y no me refiero a que si el disco ha gustado o no, ya que aunque la mayoría de las críticas son relativamente favorables , siempre habrá fans que no estarán de acuerdo. El debate del que les voy a hablar es sobre como se oye el disco pero en calidad de grabación. Resujta que unos fans muy vivos se dieron cuenta que Death [...]

The Wall Street Journal posted a column titled ' Even Heavy-Metal Fans Complain That Today's Music Is Too Loud!!! '. It's about time the loudness in modern day recordings is creating legitimate noise. "Some fans are complaining that "Death Magnetic" has a thin, brittle sound that's the result of the band's attempts in the studio to make it as loud as possible" "Metallica and the album's producer, Rick Rubin , declined to comment. Cliff Burnstein , Metallica's co-manager, says the complainers are a tiny minority. He says 98% of listeners are "overwhelmingly positive," [...]

And the engineer is disowning it . In fact, the Guitar Hero version of the album sounds better than the CD! Crikey. Check out the comparisons on this vid:

We who love old school Metallica - both the music and the real logo with sharp lightning edges - AND Guitar Hero are jeopardized by tthe news that the album Death Magnetic sounds way better in Guitar Hero than on cd. I have yet to buy this album - maybe I never will - but if I should there's now a reason to buy it via Playstation Gameshop. You can now go sign a pertition and send a message to