Lars Also went on to say... 'A METALLICA record is too loud for people? That's a statement in itself. The irony of that. Welcome to the world of digital recordings, compression overload, MP3's. People are moving in a different direction and things are becoming more linear, less dynamic. We can't put out records for every niche in our fan base. We attract such a diverse group of people, we can't please everybody. METALLICA has made career out of doing what we need to do for ourselves I love the way the alb*m sounds. Rick pushed it as far as he needs to go. Did he push it too far, farther than some people wanted? Absolutely. In a world of compression, maybe it's too hot for some people. But there is some perverse beauty in knowing that a METALLICA record is considered too loud.'

Since When are things becoming less dynamic? age of compressions? wtf Lars. And FINALLY he Admits it, when asked did Rick push it too far he replies 'absolutely' so why is he defending it then? since when is something thats been pushed too far good? lars your comments are getting worse & worse

What Lars doesn't understand is that its not only Compression thats the prob, the alb*m CLIPS, It distorts, the drums distort, the vocals get distorted. That is not normal. Death Magnetic was not artistic choice it was a alb*m dynamically killed by Rick Rubin, the sound was raped and Lars is trying to defend it since its his band

Exactly dude i agree. I just wish they'd have released it not clipping then it would have been a pretty much perfect album. I really hope they don't use rick rubin again for mixing.

Metallica's big mistake was when they finished recording they left for a tour and left the Master tapes to Rubin and his crew to mix. Metallica should of been present during mixing and mastering sessions. I bet they learned from that!