Metal · 1990s

Metal loudness in the 1990s

-11.3 Median integrated LUFS
-17.3 to -9 Range
41 Tracks

Distribution

-18 to -17 LUFS: 2 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 0 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 8 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 3 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 7 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 6 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 10 tracks -18 LUFS -14 LUFS -9 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Faith No More — Malpractice
-9.0 LUFS
Quietest: Faith No More — Caralho Voador
-17.3 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

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

Other decades

← Metal in the 1980s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 41 measured tracks, not a survey of every Metal release from the 1990s.