This is a good surprise. The remasters will be streaming starting tomorrow. Might be a good time to do a review or two.

As long as they don’t totally replace the originals. I tend to prefer original production, even if it’s panned

pretty sure there are already some remasters floating around. I know I have one for consuming impulse.

either way, the original production on consuming might my favorite production job on any death metal album so I probably won’t like them, but I love everything from malleus to spheres so I’ll at least give them a spin and see.

This reminded me that I haven't listened to Testimony of the Ancients for eons

wow jam it now it’s so good

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There’s remasters from 2007 that were low budget and unauthorized, if I remember correctly.

yeah i think especially their early records would benefit from some brush-ups

Apple Music is showing a Spheres release with today's date, but there's no other indication that it is remastered or anything (I haven't listened to it yet to see if there is any noticeable sound difference... have to get ready for work).

'pretty sure there are already some remasters floating around. I know I have one for consuming impulse.' (2)

will check anyway, good excuse to re-jam some Pestilence. CI remains a fave of mine.

Just checked out the 2023 version of Spheres, and the difference is significant. The other ones aren't on Apple Music yet, but I am definitely interested in hearing them now.

hell yeah

damn these remasters are…kinda really good. the consuming impulse one basically kept the core vibe of the original sound while really opening up the soundstage. the cymbals especially sound awesome.

might just have to pick up all these reissues on CD.

actual good remasters?

:O

im genuinely surprised. i almost always hate remasters but these are really well done.

i'd imagine malleus maleficarum sounds pretty lit then too, will probably have to pick it and consuming up

Excited to hear these now. I wasn’t expecting much but the feedback ^ seems positive, so this should be good!

so im listening to them on my good gear now and, at least for consuming, i still like the original more, but thats most likely because its my favorite death metal album and im biased towards the original package.

but overall i do think the remasters are pretty good. the treble is a bit too high for my tastes but the soundstage is a lot wider and feels less compressed (which feels weird to say about a modern remaster, but that morrisound style death metal production was all about compression).

Excited to check these out especially after seeing some of the feedback here.

I didn't have any preference for the Consuming Impulse remaster vs what was previously out there, but Malleus Maleficarum received a noticeable boost

I need to spend more time with the others, although I remember very little about the og Spheres anyway, so this is just an excuse to check again