Which metal CD would you use to...

[Psychonaut]

audition speakers with? I'm talking about very clean production and great range that would test new speakers to their limit. I'm in the market for upgrades and since metal is what I mostly listen to, metal is what should be played.

I said metal only because there's a million non-metal ones that are used and personally, I would use Dead Can Dance as a non-metal test but anyway...

 

[Zephyrus]

Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

 

[Ender Rises]

I'm pretty sure you're not a fan but Lamb of God -- Ashes of the Wake.

 

[The Ozzman]

Heaven Shall Burn - Antigone

 

[C.J.W.Wyatt]

Even though I'm not a fan of Metallica I remember their self-titled album ("The Black Album") having very crisp production. Now only if their music was as good...

 

[Psychonaut]

Cool. I have all but the Heaven Shall Burn.

I think that Dimmu Song has the one song where it's heavily orchestrated then kicks. Can't remember the song title nor be arsed to go downstairs and look

 

[sixxswine]

I use No More Tears or Empire....

 

[Seditious]

Haggard - "Per Aspera Ad Astra"

can't appreciate that shit fully without good speakers.

 

[skeptik]

Overlorde - Return Of The Snow Giant

 

[entanglement]

Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

Overproduced but probably very effective.

 

[False Joe]

Desecration - When the Heart Stops Beating.

Played it in a mates car the other day (Subwoofer, 6x9's etc) and the car itself was vibrating

 

[Satan is My Stewardess]

I'd say something with a lot of tonal, dynamic and textural range that at the same time isn't overly polished in the digital sense - that will give you a much better picture of what the speakers can really do. Most really 'clean' mixes are heavy on the mids and short on bass and treble, so they don't really give a system a 'total body workout' so to speak.

Maybe something like At the Gates The Red in the Sky is Ours, the new Averse Sefira or even something like the Emperor/Enslaved split (though Vikingligr Veldi would also work quite well).

 

[entanglement]

Actually.. pick something you know by heart in terms of what it sounds like.. to give you that comparitive reference point.

 

[Alongside Death]

Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

Agreed.

Also check use Akrhon Infaustus - Perdition Insanabilis.

 

[K_A]

Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

This has lots of range from orchestrated bits to a few quite furious blast beat parts.

I'm pretty sure you're not a fan but Lamb of God -- Ashes of the Wake.

Yeh, if the bass drums sound lazy in this album, don't buy the speakers.

I'd say something with a lot of tonal, dynamic and textural range that at the same time isn't overly polished in the digital sense - that will give you a much better picture of what the speakers can really do. Most really 'clean' mixes are heavy on the mids and short on bass and treble, so they don't really give a system a 'total body workout' so to speak.

Agreed, also as my own suggestion I'd say Deliverance or My Arms, Your Hearse both by Opeth.

 

[Mentok]

Behemoth's Demigod is what I would use to test speakers, Conquer All being the song.

 

[waif]

I've heard audiophiles use RATM's s/t because it has a really really hi-fi production.
I would use a couple things. Probably something with a really clean production like Dark Tranquility - The Gallery and something with a rawer sound like In The Nightside Eclipse. Or something really busy like Emperor - Prometheus

 

[Hatebreeder]

Emperor - ITNE, because if the speakers can differentiate the instruments relatively well, they're probably a good choice.

 

[Hallucinations]

Zero Tolerance or just the drum intro to Corporal Jigsore Quandary over and over and over

 

[Belligerent]

Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

Overproduced but probably very effective.

What I was going to say. You can't lose with the Abyss Studios.
Or try Hypocrisy's Self Titled. Fractured Millennium sounds great loud.