A friend of mine forwarded this information to me and I thought it would be interesting to share with you.  It appears that the Metallica album as been "brick-walled" before the mastering was even done.  There are some great articles about it.  Seems to be happening a lot more in recent years to compete in the "loudness war".  Its just plain wrong!  With an album that I think is pretty damn good and to ruin it by fucking with it is just bullshit.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/09/does-metallicas.html

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/09/18/fans-complain-after-death-magnetic-sounds-better-on-guitar-hero-than-cd

Check out the YouTube video of the sound comparison:

Pissed off?  Sign the petition:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/re-mix-or-remaster-death-magnetic.html