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Erik said:also no, iron maiden does not use a "limited range of frequencies". i'll grant you that they (and most metal) use less DYNAMIC RANGE than classical music. metal is what we discuss here, though
Actually, Iron Maiden does have a limited range of frequencies on their recordings. Steve Harris' clanking bass guitar sound is considerably treble and hi-midrange heavy and doesn't have much low end compared with other bands (he actually rolls off the low and lo-midrange area). The only time you're going to be getting any kind of low frequency information pushed out of your speakers is when Nicko is using his kick drum or they're using a synthesizer on the track. The low end that would/could be present in the guitar tracks is most like rolled off in order to keep it from competing with the bass guitar and making the mix muddy. Add these all together and you end up with a sound that is very much stuck in the midrange area of human hearing.
More Metal bands do have low end in their sound, but it's only the been fairly recently that stereo systems have been able to accurately reproduce that low end information at the volume levels that Metal fans would like without causing a breakup of the sound of the recording.