According to the Home Theater Mag, thousands of METALLICA fans have signed a petition begging the band to remix its new album Death Magnetic, citing poor sound quality.

Here's the petition with more than 13,000 signatures.

It states: "Death Magnetic is a fantastic effort from Metallica, however many of us are disappointed by the poor audio quality present on the album. Please sign this petition so that we can hopefully either get it remastered, or re-mixed, depending on where the problems occurred at some point, or to ensure that the next Metallica album does not suffer from the same issues, or get caught up in the loudness war that is ruining modern music."

The text also includes an update saying the "brick-wall limiting and compression was done before [the album] reached the mastering facility." Presumably the petitioners heard from someone at the mastering facility.

The problem, of course, is the "loudness war." Its main victim is mainstream popular music marketed via CD and other digital channels. There are three basic problems: Squashed dynamic range, excessive equalization, and in the most extreme cases, clipping. The Metallica album is said by fans to be the worst-case scenario.

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