Metal · 1990s

Metal loudness in the 1990s

-11.7 Median integrated LUFS
-17.3 to -8.6 Range
58 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-18 to -17 LUFS: 2 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 6 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 9 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 9 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 11 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 8 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 9 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 3 tracks -18 LUFS -13 LUFS -8 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

11 to 12 DR: 3 tracks12 to 13 DR: 5 tracks13 to 14 DR: 10 tracks14 to 15 DR: 13 tracks15 to 16 DR: 7 tracks16 to 17 DR: 6 tracks17 to 18 DR: 5 tracks18 to 19 DR: 7 tracks19 to 20 DR: 1 track20 to 21 DR: 1 track 11 DR 16 DR 21 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Twist the Knife (Slowly)
Various Artists
-8.6 LUFS
Quietest: Caralho Voador
Faith No More
-17.3 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

John Golden
n=17 · median -10.1 LUFS
Kevin Hodge
n=17 · median -12.2 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=14 · median -11.2 LUFS
Bob Ludwig
n=10 · median -13.8 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 58 measured tracks, not a survey of every Metal release from the 1990s.