Album details

Artist Metallica
Album Metallica (2016) 96kHz/24bit
Year 2016
Album DR 09
Min. track DR 07
Max. track DR 10
Track DR
08 09 08 09 08 09 07 10 09 08 08 09
Codec Other lossless codec
Source Download
Label Blackened Recordings
Label code N/A
Catalog number N/A
Bar code N/A
Country USA
Comment Metallica.com Digital Download. I have the original CD from 1991 and the 2001 DVD Audio Disc. This is simply better than the original CD and the DVD Audio Disc. Has more punch and dynamics than the original CD pressing and it's not a downmix like the 2.0 Stereo version of the DVD Audio Disc. Metallica recently released all their albums in High Resolution, keep in mind, this is "NOT" a remaster like Kill 'Em All or Ride The Lightning. This is the original album mastered at 96kHz/24bit. I am assuming they used the same masters that were used for the MFiT albums (that is not confirmed). I would buy this before it's taken down because the "Remastered Box Set" will come out soon and they will take this down and replace it with the Remastered Album. EDIT - This album was released in 1991, the DR logs clearly don't match the original and 24/96 didn't show up until 1998 at the earliest so it absolutely 100% is a remaster or it would have the exact same DR log as the 1991 CD. Any new mastering is by definition, a remaster. Changing sample rate and bit depth doesn't alter DR.
Log file
foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-07-17 13:17:12

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Analyzed: Metallica / Metallica (2016) 96kHz-24bit
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR8       -2.20 dB   -12.22 dB      5:32 01-Enter Sandman
DR9       -2.20 dB   -12.27 dB      5:25 02-Sad But True
DR8       -2.20 dB   -11.40 dB      3:48 03-Holier Than Thou
DR9       -2.20 dB   -13.22 dB      6:27 04-The Unforgiven
DR8       -2.20 dB   -12.09 dB      6:44 05-Wherever I May Roam
DR9       -2.20 dB   -11.99 dB      4:01 06-Don't Tread on Me
DR7       -2.20 dB   -10.83 dB      4:04 07-Through The Never
DR10      -2.20 dB   -14.89 dB      6:29 08-Nothing Else Matters
DR9       -2.20 dB   -12.29 dB      4:17 09-Of Wolf And Man
DR8       -2.20 dB   -11.12 dB      5:09 10-The God That Failed
DR8       -2.20 dB   -12.28 dB      6:49 11-My Friend Of Misery
DR9       -2.20 dB   -12.28 dB      3:54 12-The Struggle Within
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           4608 kbps
Codec:             PCM
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Algorithm TT DR Offline Meter (or compatible)
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