While Metallica is one of my favorite bands, the one thing that I will admit that they are not good with is “sound quality” for their albums. They’ve never have been good at “sound quality” and producing their records. You can blame that on Lars ’cause Metallica is his baby and he seems to be calling all the shots. Lars started the band himself years ago so he’s the band’s leader and boss, I guess.

Fans complained for years on the sound quality on their iconic album, “And Justice For All” on why there are no bass lines on the album. Jason Newsted did record bass parts for the album but Lars wanted the bass to be turned way down in the mix.

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Hmmmmm… that could explain why you could barely hear Rob Trujillo’s bass on the “Death Magnetic” album. Lars wanted Rob’s bass to be turned down on that album as well? I wouldn’t be surprised. When Metallica releases their next album this year, don’t be surprised that Rob’s bass would be turned down again.

Hear “And Justice For All” album with Jason’s bass turned up in the video below. I agree the album sounds a lot better with the bass turned up. They sound a lot tighter too.

While “And Justice For All” is one of my favorite Metallica albums, I agree that the sound quality on it could have been better. It sounds more like a demo than an album, in my opinion.

Kev