Metal · 2000s

Metal loudness in the 2000s

-6.3 Median integrated LUFS
-7.1 to -5.6 Range
12 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-8 to -7 LUFS: 1 track-7 to -6 LUFS: 6 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 5 tracks -8 LUFS -7 LUFS -5 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 9 tracks10 to 11 DR: 2 tracks 8 DR 9 DR 11 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Party Til You Puke
Andrew W.K.
-5.6 LUFS
Quietest: I Love NYC
Andrew W.K.
-7.1 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Howie Weinberg
n=12 · median -6.3 LUFS
Dave Collins
n=12 · median -6.3 LUFS

Other decades

← Metal in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 12 measured tracks, not a survey of every Metal release from the 2000s.