Here's a good article on why it sounds so bad... (Edit: Sorry Fred, I didn't notice you'd just posted the link) What's Up With The Sound On The New Metallica Album?
I've only listened to it once now. The sound quality is wretched... especially the drums. I can look past a bad recording on a cheapie independent album, but here there's no excuse... other than they're spending big bucks to try and sound like a cheapie independent... and it doesn't work...
Well, here's my mini-review of the single (St. Anger) after hearing on the radio 2 or 3 times... (a bit of background... I'm a longtime Metallica fan... since "Ride the Lightning" and I've seen them more times that I can count. And I was fairly positive about Load and Re-Load even though most...