Metallica - Death Magnetic (eetfunk) - FLAC

Metallica - Death Magnetic Remastered by eetfunk (from Guitar Hero 3 FLAC files) ----------------------------------------------------- Death Magnetic is easily Metallica's greatest album in almost 2 decades. DON'T STEAL IT, BUY IT. After almost 10 years out of the audio engineering business, I thought it was time for a comeback when I heard the original version of Death Magnetic. The mastering is a disaster and there was no way I was going to listen to all this digital clipping for the next 20 years. I'm releasing my work for those who bought the album and want a better-sounding version. DON'T USE MY WORK IF YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE ALBUM. I mean it. What I've done: - I took the GH3 FLACs a great soul posted on a popular bittorrent site; - I applied many effects (gently) including EQ, multi-band compression, limiter and harmonic exciter; - I encoded the result to FLAC (lossless) and to MP3 (LAME 320kbps); While I don't pretend this version of the album is perfect, I think it's a major step forward. There are a few minor imperfections in the GH3 source, which most of you won't notice. It took me roughly 2 weeks (on and off) and many listening sessions in different environments to obtain this result. This is mainly due to the fact that I don't have proper proaudio equipment anymore. I hope you like it. See you on tour! -eetfunk

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spikemonkey (2008-10-07)

thanks eetfunk, i'll let you know what I think in a bit... who's source files did you use?..out of curiosity.

eetfunk (2008-10-07)

this one:

spikemonkey (2008-10-07)

Oh right, so these are 48khz? Haven't got around to downloading it yet, halfway there now

spikemonkey (2008-10-07)

Nevermind that question, I just finished downloading... (44.1khz for anyone that wants to know)
I'm listening on my laptop, which has shit speakers, so I truly cannot judge it just yet :D but I will later :)

eetfunk (2008-10-07)

i made them CD-ready at 44.1

spikemonkey (2008-10-08)

I've only had one listen on decent speakers and I think you've done a very good job eetfunk, I mean it's a vast improvement over the retail and quite a bit more polished than the original rip....of course I've only listen twice overall so I may bitch later :P

eetfunk (2008-10-08)

Cool! I still have the retail version on my ipod and i can't stand it anymore. I need to update it with my remaster.

spikemonkey (2008-10-08)

Hehe, yeah I haven't had the retail copy on my ipod for quite some time....literally loaded it on, listened to it on the bus, got home and deleted it.
I really like your master, I have my complaints but these are down to the limitations with which you had to work and not the mix itself...now if only we could mix 9+10 together, but that's not possible without it sounding jarred.

visualcreations (2008-10-09)

can you explain what the different versions of Suicide & Redemption are? thx

spikemonkey (2008-10-09)

One has james' solo, the other has kirk's...on the retail both kirk's and james' solo are on the same one track.

visualcreations (2008-10-10)

ok thx. so, eetfunk you know what to do man, mix them both into one track '-)

spikemonkey (2008-10-10)

Can't be done with these two tracks, it just won't mix well.

visualcreations (2008-10-10)

oh well I'll just use the kirk solo for my CD. just an FYI though, I just played this in my car cd player and unlike on my PC it sounds as if the first 30-45 sec. of track 1 still has the highs set a little hot, but then again it could just be my 40 yr old toasted ear drums ;-)

BmrZ (2008-10-14)

Thanks eetfunk. I was very pleased by your remaster. I compared this to the GH3 flac, the GHIII +4dB .wav and the one previously remasterd by VAG. The mid-bass boost is just right resulting to a fuller sound. The highs have been mellowed (less edgy) and much of the "hiss"/noise was removed (incredible!). Volume is just right. Personally, I prefer a crisper sound but this remaster is highly recommended.

eetfunk (2008-10-15)

BmrZ: glad to help! I have restored my sanity since I stopped listening to the brickwalled version.

slipknot342 (2008-10-25)

Best version out there(so far), hands down! Nice remastering job! Although any GH3 version sounds better than the retail version, previous versions left something to be desired and sounded somewhat watered down and weak. This version really improves the sound quality and is the closest thing to THE perfect version I have heard so far. I will never listen to the retail version again!

Rick360 (2009-08-15)

Can Anyone seed this for me? There's two seeding currently but nothings moving.

MetalRatul (2009-11-29)

Pleeeeeeeeezz seed man!!!!!I really need this torrent.

MetalRatul (2009-12-04)

Wow!!!!!!Only I'm seeding this torrent???????My Seed ratio has gone up to 3.Will seed till 31Dec 2009