Megadeth's 2004 'Youthanasia' reissue is like this. They quite literally just went in and slid everything up to max. Fucking unlistenable.
I also love when the remaster consists of swapping the panning and nothing else. "Now the lead guitar is 22% to the left instead of 22% to the right, that'll be £15 please".
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semisimian@startrek.website · 12 pts · 172d
The Ozzy 2002 releases where they not only slammed the ceiling with the mix but re-recorded tracks, yuck!
Schmuppes@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 171d
I may have gotten two of those when Ozzy had died and I felt like adding them to my collection. I immediately felt like something was wrong with them.
ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 171d
Not metal but Michael Jackson's "Bad". The original CD master sounds much more relaxed and dynamic compared to the current master used on Spotify, Qobuz etc.
Vespair@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 171d
For an opposite example, the remaster of The Satellite Years by Hopefall took what was a muddy and genuinely terribly-mixed album and finally cleaned it up, letting that masterpiece of an album finally shine through!
Konstant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 171d
manuremy@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 56d
I know this is a bit older post and Rammstein is quite light in the metal department, BUT I almost drove into a ditch once when I was listening Herzeleid while driving and realized that the album in Spotify had been "swapped" for a remastered fucking yucky version over night and without any notice or them writing clearly that it was a "remaster". Such clean, dry, soulless, empty yucky fucking mess. Almost ruined the OG album for me. I like the original because they can't play for shit yet, it sounds real.