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Metallica’s Lars ‘I Hate the Internet’ Ulrich Pirates His Own Album
12:30PM Matt Buchanan | Metallica’s Lars Ulrich tries P2P: “I was like, ‘You know what? I’ve gotta try this.’ So we sat there, and thirty minutes later, I had ‘Death Magnetic’ in my computer. It was kind of bizarre.” More »
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Audio Engineer: Metallica’s Latest Album Sounds Better on Vinyl
9:20AM Sean Fallon | Ian Shepherd, the same Mastering Engineer that claimed Metallica’s latest album sounds better on Guitar Hero III, has recently come out and said that even the vinyl version sounds better than the CD. Keep in mind that the heavily distorted tracks on the album are the result of an editing process that sacrifices dynamic range for an increase in volume. This philosophy on mastering CDs is based largely on a self-induced paranoia that sales will decline if the album isn’t loud enough. Some have even blamed the popularity of the iPod and its lo-fi earbuds for contributing to this problem.
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iPod Taking Some of the Blame for Problems With Metallica’s ‘Death Magnetic’
6:20AM Sean Fallon | If you purchased Metallica’s new album Death Magnetic, you may have noticed that it sounds like complete shit. But don’t blame Metallica, producer Rick Rubin or mastering engineer Ted Jensen—the real culprit here is Apple and their damned iPod. While the “loudness wars” have been going on since the late 80’s, the development of digital music and the iPod have heated things up. More »
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Audio Engineer Claims that Metallica’s Latest Album Sounds Better on Guitar Hero III
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd is among those who believe that the distortion Metallica fans have been complaining about since the release of Death Magnetic is not present in the Guitar Hero III version. As he notes: “In comparison, the released CD version is – to coin a technical phrase – smashed to f**k.” So who or what is to blame here? Shepherd believes that the album was the latest victim of the so-called “loudness wars” going on in the industry right now. That is to say, engineers are over-editing and sacrificing sound quality to achieve a higher level of louditude. The GHII version strips away the clipping and focuses more on dynamic range. More »
Peripherals
Metallica Headphones Would Have Been Awesome in the ’80s Before We Knew What Dicks Metallica Were
6:00AM Adam Frucci | Skullcandy and Metallica have teamed up to create these absolutely metal headphones, showing the world just how into a burned out, old-man rock band you are. Ride the lightning, bro! My recommendation: steal them, just like you steal Metallica’s music (OK, don’t really steal stuff, but still, screw Metallica). [Pocket Lint via SlipperyBrick] More »
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10:16AM Nick Broughall | How times change. Metallica, one of the major reasons why Napster was forced to shut up shop eight years ago have stated in an interview with Rolling Stone that they’ve been following Radiohead’s and Trent Reznor’s moves into online distribution with interest.
From the interview:
“We want to
be as free a players as possible. We’ve been observing Radiohead
and Trent Reznor and in twenty-seven years or however long it takes
for the next record, we’ll be looking forward to everything in
terms of possibilities with the Internet.”
Their upcoming album is their last on contract with Warner music, so the move into an online distribution world that cuts out the record company middleman would be very enticing for a successful band like them.
The interview also has a few other juicy nuggets, like their love for Guitar Hero and, in a way, their thoughts on record stores versus iTunes.
If Metallica are looking to make money through file-sharing their music like Radiohead and NIN, we could finally see an end to the madness, a reduction in piracy and peace on earth. Peace on earth with metal, that is.
[Rolling Stone]
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Metallica To Embrace File Sharing?
10:16AM Nick Broughall | How times change. Metallica, one of the major reasons why Napster was forced to shut up shop eight years ago have stated in an interview with Rolling Stone that they’ve been following Radiohead’s and Trent Reznor’s moves into online distribution with interest.
From the interview:
“We want to
be as free a players as possible. We’ve been observing Radiohead
and Trent Reznor and in twenty-seven years or however long it takes
for the next record, we’ll be looking forward to everything in
terms of possibilities with the Internet.”
Their upcoming album is their last on contract with Warner music, so the move into an online distribution world that cuts out the record company middleman would be very enticing for a successful band like them.
The interview also has a few other juicy nuggets, like their love for Guitar Hero and, in a way, their thoughts on record stores versus iTunes.
If Metallica are looking to make money through file-sharing their music like Radiohead and NIN, we could finally see an end to the madness, a reduction in piracy and peace on earth. Peace on earth with metal, that is.
[Rolling Stone]
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