Best Metal Production

[bass element]

Yo Matt, u gotta check out Mudvayne's L.D. 50!!!

i think its exactly what you want. the bass in it (Ryan Martinie) is spectacular. Amazing mids throughout the album! i would call it the best produced metal album that ive heard because its just has everything so masterfully put together and sounding great and aggressive.

Definately check it out! i'm telling you, its worth it!

its what made me want to play bass.

[Droog]

I don't listen to a lot of a Black or Death Metal, but Sepultura's Roots is the best sounding metel I have ever heard. Not to mention great songs, the recording is just sick. Big rich analog sound, and the performances are great, particularly Max's vocals.

[troll]

While roots is alright, I think most of the soulfly stuff sounds identical, in production that is.

As far as their albums go though, it doesn't get any better than Arise.

True ld50 is a great album, mixing and music both.

Troll

[Matt Till]

Mudvayne - Guitarist - Singer + Good guitarist + Good singer = A band I'd like to hear/see.

[Ian Perge]

While Type O was mentioned, I'm going to have to disagree and go with "October Rust". Bass so thick it's hard to tell if it's downtuned guitar, so many layers... it's metal's "Sgt. Pepper's".

Some others that come to mind (and I'm considering when they were released, as in comparing a recent recording to something from the mid-80's) are Queensryche's "Rage For Order", Dream Theater's "Awake" (the "clear drum" standard without having become the guitar and drum mix dominated band they are now), Korn's "Untouchables", Living Colour's "Stain", Alice In Chain's "Dirt" (the pinnacle of 90's heavy "grunge" production,) pretty much anything touched by Mr. Devin Townshend, and stretching the limit of "metal", the recent 5.1 mix of Nine Inch Nail's "The Downward Spiral".

[Droog]

Originally Posted by troll

While roots is alright, I think most of the soulfly stuff sounds identical, in production that is.

As far as their albums go though, it doesn't get any better than Arise.

True ld50 is a great album, mixing and music both.

Troll

I might agree in regards to the first Soulfly, same producer, same studio, same mixer.

The newer Soulfly does not hold a candle in my mind, probobly just because of the songs, production is fine, though a departure from Roots/Soufly I.

[bass element]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

Mudvayne - Guitarist - Singer + Good guitarist + Good singer = A band I'd like to hear/see.

well i cant say i agree with u at all, but not everyone can appreciate their art and music. but u certainly cant deny the amazing talent of Matt the drummer and Ryan the bassist, or the quality of their recordings.

i've seen them twice live and was completely blown away. amazing stage pressence and and great live act.

[invisiman]

Any Megadeth remasters are good, as well as all of Dream Theaters albums. Pantera has decent production too, but I can't recommend one album specifically (heven't hear them all).

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by tim oconnor

Sounded absolutely smoking (everyone else commented too!) til it went to Germany to get mastered!

Yeah man, mastering is so important. I'm not a fan of the "send it off and have it done type mastering." I like to be there unless it's someone who I already have a lot of confidence in.

brad cook

[*ToNeS*]

Alexisonfire's 'Watch Out!' album has sweet pickstyle punky bass tones, I love that guy's approach and his sound - and those GUITARS! Razor sharp, I can't get enough of them. Really good hardcore/metal/whatever stuff, and the 7/8 opening riff on 'Happiness By the Kilowatt' is just insanity on wheels. I'm sorry, I'm rambling. I love this band. Niiiiice!!!

Isis do the mix good all around on 'Panopticon' - the bass is sort of old school in application, but just sounds spectacularly defining in almost every song (not that there's many of them). So cool, and they're coming to play down here in February. Psyched. It's gonna be a hell journey seeing them live.

Oh yeah, also second whoever mentioned Soilwork's 'NBK' album. The bass is FAT on that one. Ultimately cool. FOLLOW THE GODDAMN HOLLOW ALRIGHT

[bos_mindwarp]

Im a maiden fan, so I kinda like old-school maiden sound. Like bass on "somewhere in time" album or on "wratchild". It helps if bass player is the boss in the band too

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by bass element

well i cant say i agree with u at all, but not everyone can appreciate their art and music. but u certainly cant deny the amazing talent of Matt the drummer and Ryan the bassist, or the quality of their recordings.

i've seen them twice live and was completely blown away. amazing stage pressence and and great live act.

Uh, that's what I said, the ryan and matt are good. Screamy and chugga chugga suck.

[mwm70]

Originally Posted by troll

As far as their albums go though, it doesn't get any better than Arise.

+1.

Testament's Practice what You Preach has a good mix, so does some of Anthrax middle years albums.

[troll]

Originally Posted by mwm70

+1.

Testament's Practice what You Preach has a good mix, so does some of Anthrax middle years albums.

Eh, most of if not all of the Testament stuff falls into the 'in the 80's we were afraid of MIDS' catagory Something Pantera developed into an artform...

I love Testament though too.

Troll

[bass element]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

Screamy and chugga chugga suck.

how can u like bands like cannibal corpse and sepultura and say the mudvayne singer and guitarist suck? hes a great lyricist, very intelligent, and the guitarist is pretty creative in helping writing the odd time sig's and playing to fit with the drums and bass. he doesnt just sit there and play ultra fast with triplets and everything going on constantly throughout the songs over and over again.

[mwm70]

Originally Posted by troll

Eh, most of if not all of the Testament stuff falls into the 'in the 80's we were afraid of MIDS' catagory Something Pantera developed into an artform...

I am guilty of continuing that trend into the 00's

[Dirty Road Cola]

The Negation by Decapitated has some pretty sweet production.