Metallica - Death Magnetic(The Moderus Remaster II)

This is my second attempt at making Death Magnetic better. It will be followed by a bonus disc that will contain four other versions of "Suicide & Redemption". Tracklist: 1. That Was Just Your Life 2. The End of the Line 3. Broken, Beat & Scarred 4. The Day That Never Comes 5. All Nightmare Long 6. Cyanide 7. The Unforgiven III 8. The Judas Kiss 9. Suicide & Redemption 10. My Apocalypse More info as requested: What I did differently this time was to mix it properly instead of using the retail as a guideline. The drums sit nicely with the guitars, and the bass sits evenly with the drums. The vocals were the hard part, and I got them to mix with the rest of the music as well as I could. Since some of the guitars were mixed with the drum stem, I leveled the guitar stem exactly to what was on the drum stem. After getting all the levels proper, I mastered it clearer than the retail disc because it just sounds better not all compressed. There is maybe a 2% loss of dynamics in this mix, instead of being brickwalled like my last one, which is what the retail was. This mix may not be as loud, but it packs way more punch in my opinion.

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inmortus (2008-12-01)

Thanks

Mrjpc123 (2008-12-01)

Thank you my friend, Rick Rubin should have you on his next project

hemmelig (2008-12-01)

This is truly great work. Must have been a big project. I like this version of Suicide & Redemption with full intro and no fade outro.
Respect!
I'll seed my ass off...

slipknot342 (2008-12-02)

Great job. very listenable.

slipknot342 (2008-12-03)

Hey Moderus, could you give us some more info on this release like you did on the first one? I'm curious to know a little about what you did differently on this release and what your goals were this time around, etc. I like this one a lot better than your first one and better than a lot of others I've heard as well. Very good version.

Moderus (2008-12-04)

I'm aware that there are no tags. I forgot to put them. It's not a big deal. I think everyone knows what band and what album it is.

slipknot342 (2008-12-04)

What type of software do you use, Moderus? Are you a professional or someone who has worked in the industry?

marogo (2008-12-06)

Great work! Nice tone, dynamics, noise reduction. Rick's Rubin's people can bury head in the sand. Although they can mix each instrument's track separately, they finally created shit! Moderus is master of mastering;)
Sorry for my english;)

hotnickelgetchapull8 (2009-05-29)

thanks

wizzel_de (2009-08-07)

Moderus has delivered a truly masterpiece here.
I went through ALL Remixes & Remasters availabe on the net, but you can for sure say that this one is the definite 'how-it-should-be-done'. Delete those pseudo GH Remixes, please ;) They don't even come close to this one!
Thank you very very much, moderus!

Hurukan812 (2011-03-30)

Thank you so much Moderus!
Death Magnetic is to me one the best Metallica albums since AJFA, but I just couldn't listen to it. The sound of the retail is just terrible, I had never heard so much distortion. When I first started searching for a new mix, I discovered DECEiFER's, which is really great (thank you too DECEiFER, if you read this). It made me realize how good this album was beyond its unbearable dynamic range compression. But I recently discovered your mix, this one, and I must say I am even more impressed by its clarity and punch, while keeping the whole dynamics the tracks never should have been deprived of. This sounds exactly how I feel the retail version should sound. I only listen to this one now.
Thanks a lot for your amazing work!

coreychbt (2012-04-22)

The "luck runs out" part of All Nightmare Long sounds garbled, just so you know. Otherwise, nice work.

coreychbt (2012-04-22)

Nevermind, Moderus, I found the fix.

filthy3825 (2015-08-23)

Thank you.