Obituary Drummer Shares Opinion on Drum Production of Metallica’s ‘…And Justice for All’: ‘I Just Thought It Was Killer’
“And there is something weird about it.”
Obituary drummer Donald Tardy was recently interviewed on “Speak N’ Destroy”, a podcast about all things Metallica, hosted by longtime journalist and fan of that band Ryan J. Downey.
Speaking on the criticism that Metallica’s iconic 1988 album “…And Justice For All” for its dry mix and nearly inaudible bass guitar, Tardy said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth):
“When there’s conversations with my friends… We all agree the songs are killer; you can’t deny those songs. I like the drum production, and some of my friends absolutely hate it. And there is something weird about it; it makes you feel like you just got out of a swimming pool and your ears are a little bit off. And I get that. But maybe because I loved the record, maybe because I loved the drumming on it, and maybe because it fit the production of the guitars and stuff, I just thought it was killer. I had no problem with that.
“I’m not a dude to argue with friends again and again, night after night about production. Trust me — I’ve heard the reviews of our productions over the years. You can disagree or agree, or agree to disagree. But I liked it. And it’s funny that some people just thought it was a bad production. It was a different production, but there’s nothing bad about it.”
Obituary’s latest album, “Dying Of Everything”, came out last week (January 13th) via Relapse Records.
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