First, you should be aware that Megadeth released not just plain remasters but complete REMIXES of their albums and that's a whole another pair of shoes!
Dave Mustaine himself took all the original tapes and mixed them from scrap.
The result...well, I don't know really if it was worth it that much...
HI there Sickboy!
Well as far as I'm concerned I love the drumsound from "Peace Sells..." they sound big and raw!!! And I agree with you that the (original) global mix sounds a bit with too much reverb on it! But hey! That was the eighties sound! If you take Metal Church's "The Dark" and have a listen to that drums sound, heh?! Sounds big or what!?!?!
Anyway! I heard a mp3 file from "The Conjuring" and that drum intro that I love so much is completely dead!!! Fuck that! Where is the drummer? Where is Gar Samuelson??? Not there for sure!!!
That's why I'm an analogue fan and that's why I hate those recordings where there's triggered drums all over the place and sometimes even out of sync with the rest of the kit! (I mean overheads here)
So I leave a question here:
I'snt recording an art form?
And where is the natural sound of the instrument captured with a microphone?...
I know that metal is a particular kind of music, and I think its the hardest kind of music to record and mix, and that we use the new technologies to make it faster and easier, but hey! Don't loose the organics and the human feeling!
Just me thinking!... Correct me if I'm wrong.