Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-10-18 Thread Dave Long
I blame Rick Rubin. IMO, the only Metallica album that sounds even remotely well-produced is the 1991 Metallica (The Black Album). Bob Rock got it right. _And Justice For All_ sounds quite nice, I thought. How about Iron Horse's _Fade to Bluegrass_? -Dave

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-10-08 Thread Ashwin N
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 00:13, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. Almost a separate genre by itself by now - prog/symphonically influenced bands with classically trained female vocalists. If you like Nightwish, check out Lacuna Coil or Epica. Or even Evanescence. A short video about

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-10-08 Thread Danese Cooper
Wow. I didn't realize Silklist was a cover for a secret Metal Head society ;-). Danese On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sumant Srivathsan wrote, [on 9/29/2008 11:40 AM]: I blame Rick Rubin. IMO, the only Metallica album that sounds even remotely

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote, [on 9/29/2008 9:30 PM]: surely you've heard what a decent, imaginative bass line can do to a metal song. On this note (heh) the shuffle button has just thrown up _Tequila_ from the Tony Levin album _Pieces of the Sun_ [1]. Recommended, for some really strange (yet

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-30 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Not really metal, but somewhere on the family tree. http://www.nightwish.com/en/files/audio Also, somewhere on the family tree... Cheeni

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Srini Ramakrishnan wrote, [on 9/30/2008 7:30 PM]: Not really metal, but somewhere on the family tree. http://www.nightwish.com/en/files/audio Also, somewhere on the family tree... Yup. Almost a separate genre by itself by now - prog/symphonically influenced bands with classically trained

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-29 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
I blame Rick Rubin. IMO, the only Metallica album that sounds even remotely well-produced is the 1991 Metallica (The Black Album). Bob Rock got it right. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-29 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Sumant Srivathsan wrote, [on 9/29/2008 11:40 AM]: I blame Rick Rubin. IMO, the only Metallica album that sounds even remotely well-produced is the 1991 Metallica (The Black Album). Bob Rock got it right. _And Justice For All_ sounds quite nice, I thought. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-29 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On Monday 29 September 2008, Udhay Shankar N wrote: [snip] Sumant Srivathsan wrote, [on 9/29/2008 11:40 AM]: I blame Rick Rubin. IMO, the only Metallica album that sounds even remotely well-produced is the 1991 Metallica (The Black Album). Bob Rock got it right. _And Justice For All_

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-29 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote, [on 9/29/2008 5:58 PM]: _And Justice For All_ sounds quite nice, I thought. But note how it also has almost no bass guitar. It was the first Metallica album after Cliff Burton was replaced by Jason Newsted, and Newsted contended that they mixed out his bass parts

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-29 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote, [on 9/29/2008 9:30 PM]: It may not be an accident that Lars Ulrich started getting this thick, fat drum tone (i.e, bass becomes almost irrelevant) Udhay! I can't believe I'm reading that coming from you! Maybe in Metallica's bass-follows-drum style of bass line it

[silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-28 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Old message snipped at bottom for some context. Udhay http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/217383.html Can a Metallica album be too loud? The very thought might seem heretical to fans of the metal band, which has been splitting eardrums since the early 1980s. But even though

Re: [silk] More collateral damage in the loudness war

2008-09-28 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Old message snipped at bottom for some context. Udhay http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/217383.html Can a Metallica album be too loud? Yes it can be. On a related note. I found this review on Amazon