Metal · 1980s

Metal loudness in the 1980s

-14 Median integrated LUFS
-17.2 to -13 Range
11 Tracks

Distribution

-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 6 tracks -18 LUFS -16 LUFS -13 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Faith No More — From Out of Nowhere
-13.0 LUFS
Quietest: Faith No More — Edge of the World
-17.2 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

John Golden
n=11 · median -14 LUFS

Other decades

Metal in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 11 measured tracks, not a survey of every Metal release from the 1980s.