Metallica "Black Album" disapoints on DVD-Audio

[timbre4]

Originally Posted by JerryDelColliano

If Dream Theater could write a catchy song - they would be one of the best bands EVER.

I believe this would include:

Caught In A Web
You Not Me
Under Peruvian Skies
Burning My Soul
Pull Me Under
Another Day
Take The Time
Under A Glass Moon
The Root Of All Evil
Overture 1928
Constant Motion

After a lot of experimentation, the most recent Systematic Chaos seems a return to form. Little bit of screaming I could do without, but compelling. The special edition offers a DD5.1 mix (be sure any dialog volume steering is OFF!)

[JerryDelColliano]

Originally Posted by Enoch

I just think heavy metal is a poor genre in general to showcase anything that's Hi-Fi (other than to show how efficient a pair of speakers may be).

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I totally disagree. Metal is POWERFUL, technical and emotional. It is PERFECT for high resolution and 5.1.

Unfortunately, The Black Album is a POOR example of the format and the genre's potential.

[ncpl]

I agree totally....this DVD-A sounds really bad IMHO. You can imagine how good it might have sounded if the symbols and highs were better than a course "tschhhh" sound. I've heard better demo's And, I won't accept it was a concept sound that Metallica were aiming for either. Compare to the SQ of many other examples like Porq Tree.

[wazzzup]

can you imagine what St. Anger would have sounded like on DVD-Audio? It was already one of the worst sounding CDs ever made and if the same people who did the DVD-Audio version of the black album (which actually sounds pretty good on CD i think), it would be a high-end screetching nightmare.

[Dirk Diggler]

Pull me under and take the time are f'n awesome Dream Theater songs with super catchy hooks

[JerryDelColliano]

Right.

Ask 100 people on a street corner if they could name a Dream Theater song let a long sign you one of those catchy melodies.