I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's sad when my own CD sounds better than the 2 biggest bands in metal who have access to a budget....
Ofcoarse your CD would sound better (not that I've heard it), and here's why.
Big budgeds is not the problem, big bands run out of ideas, they lose their hunger. They try and catch you with good producing rather than good tracks. They also bring out nice box sets accompanied by mousepads, stickers etc. Did they have to do that with Seventh Son?
Why do we have to go to these great extends to make ouselves like it? Listen to it over and over until it grows on you?
Cancer and fungus grows on you. I mean, take any solid album of you choice, did you have to find a better version of it somwhere else? Ofcoarse not! This is why us old scoolers will always vote for the debut albums in any poll, not because we're old school or anal, but because those are simply the better albums.
Why do we buy a certain band's whole catalog even after we've realised they've lost their touch, I don't know. Do I own it? Yes. Will I ever listen to it again? Not any time soon. Then again I own hundreds like these but I cant get myself to get rid of them so I end up with a collection consisting mostly of crap.
There are many new bands out there sounds
alot better.