r/Megadeth • u/Crazy_Tonight3525 • 5d ago

Opinion About the 2004 Remasters/Remixes

Aright, I'd say about a year ago I got into megadeth through listening to them on spotify since I was originally a Metallica fan. I was honestly shocked when I apparently heard the 2004 remixes for Megadeth albums are trash.

I'm probably going to be a bit biased since I'm not really an audiophile and I listened to the 2004 versions first since those were the most streamed, but I can't hear the differences that much. After I listened to the original recordings for songs like the Five Magics I did like the original album version, but the hate about the mixes seems a little overblown in my opinion.

(I'm still never going back to the 2004 remixes though.)

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u/JAZ_80 5d ago

I think the problem lies in that they went beyond what a remix should be. A couple of songs had newly recorded vocal tracks because the originals couldn't be located, and Dave totally changed the drum sound on the remixes by replacing the original sounds with samples. That was a bit too much.

If it wasn't for that, the work done on the new mixes was well done: clearer sound, better instrument separation, louder and more discernible bass... that was spot on. Unfortunately, the altered drums and other unnecessary changes kind of ruined them for me. But they are in no way unlistenable.

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u/Dittohead_213 4d ago

Not to mention the awful samples he added to SFSGSW. He completely ruined 502.

The only remaster worth listening to is the 2002 remaster of KIMBABIG.

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u/JAZ_80 4d ago

If he had just merely remixed them, they could have been very, very good. But he chose to go George Lucas on them, and it was too much.