Quote Originally Posted by 3LB
+and then there's the early Iron Maiden albums... I'm sensing a theme here. Lots of hard rock and heavy metal albums that sound like the lead guitarist and/or keyboardists had way too much influence on the mixing.
How early? I still think PIECE OF MIND and POWERSLAVE are two of the greatest metal recordings of all time, both in terms of performance and engineering. I'll take Martin Birch any day of the week over Mutt Lang and his 1000 foot-wide snare drum and chorused vocals.. (though he fit perfectly with Def Leppard's style)