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Megadeth's 2004 'Youthanasia' reissue is like this. They quite literally just went in and slid everything up to max. Fucking unlistenable.

I also love when the remaster consists of swapping the panning and nothing else. "Now the lead guitar is 22% to the left instead of 22% to the right, that'll be £15 please".

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[-] ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Not metal but Michael Jackson's "Bad". The original CD master sounds much more relaxed and dynamic compared to the current master used on Spotify, Qobuz etc.

[-] semisimian@startrek.website 10 points 4 days ago

The Ozzy 2002 releases where they not only slammed the ceiling with the mix but re-recorded tracks, yuck!

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

I may have gotten two of those when Ozzy had died and I felt like adding them to my collection. I immediately felt like something was wrong with them.

[-] Vespair@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

For an opposite example, the remaster of The Satellite Years by Hopefall took what was a muddy and genuinely terribly-mixed album and finally cleaned it up, letting that masterpiece of an album finally shine through!

[-] Konstant@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Glad I bought the right Youthanasia then.

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