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Death Magnetic Retail vs Guitar Hero 3
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A short comparison of the retail release of Metallica's Death Magnetic against the Guitar Hero 3 version of the same song. It switches between the two so you can hear and see the heavy clipping in the retail master.
HN uses it as the go-to demonstration of the loudness war and what over-compressed mastering does to music.
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