Comment by theshrike79

If you don't believe in the Loudness War, or think that you can't hear the difference, here is a challenge for you:

Grab Metallica's Death Magnetic. Listen through it all the way.

Now find the Guitar Hero III remastered version of the same album, listen through it.

I guarantee you feel exhausted after the official master version, because there is no dynamic range, it's just a full spectrum of noise.

Here's a Youtube video visualising the difference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nfqpr3ygSg