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Yes, you can hear it, but it has this soft, thwumpy feel like he's playing in a jazz band instead of a metal band. It has presence, but it has no punch, IMO.

"Wait And Bleed" alternates between annoying whiny vocals and annoying screamy vocals. The vocal lines aren't very good, though the screamy bits are at least rhythmically interesting. The rest of the music is completely forgettable. No thanks. "Suicide Solution" has a slightly edgier take on...

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68831061 Yowza.

I mean, what’s not to like about “Angel”…?

(HD Remaster)

Except those aren’t mixed, so any reconstruction of the album from those stems would be a fan mix at best. And presumably they’re 16-bit / 48KHz max. As long as the source recordings themselves weren’t objectively brickwalled (which they weren’t), the 24-bit source recordings would have 256...

Probably, but I’m really sensitive to tempo warbling and the hissy and poppy bullshit that vinyl produces. A non-horribly mastered hi res digital source is always going to sound better.

I took the plunge, and while it’s still a harsh-sounding album in general, there’s no more clipping and it’s entirely listenable now. I think it was worth the upgrade to HD-FLAC from the unconscionable original CD master.

(HD Remaster...fingers crossed!) EDIT: Still a harsh-sounding album in general, but no more clipping and way more listenable. I think it was worth the upgrade to HD-FLAC from the unconscionable original CD master.

"The Wizard" spends a fair amount of its time as harmonica-laden blues rock, and the heavier vocal breaks are decidedly uninspiring, both in terms of melody and performance. The song doesn't really go anywhere, either. "Antithesis Of Light" is soft and doomy for sure. I could do without the...

Mars Within

Can we get an official sane mastering of Death Magnetic in there somewhere, too…? EDIT: Well, shit, I guess this exists. Is the FLAC-HD version of the “Mastered For iTunes” edition worth it at $18? I’m wondering if this might wind up being like the Rush Vapor Trails HD remaster, which was...

Soul Intruders?

Well, one way to get me to vote for Anthrax is to give me literally no other option. "Antisocial" starts off surprisingly melodically and has pretty good riffs, but the half-sung verse vocals mostly blow and the punky chorus sucks. The solo's pretty good, though. "Armed And Dangerous" has a...

I mean, clearly, the Putin wing of the U.S. Republican Party needs to be fired. That would go a long way toward helping matters.

Y’know, Vincent from the Beauty & The Beast TV show has really let himself go…

In fairness, he never even got the lyrics right when he first wrote them, because the road to hell is paved with good intentions…

So fucking good.

Likely because of its role in Guitar Hero III, where it was not coincidentally “something that just seems like a competition to play as fast as possible.”