Recent rock/metal with a good dynamic range?

most metal within the last decade will be heavily compressed brickwalled clipfests sadly

you could try nunslaughter - black... a whopping 7:45 EP that has better dynamic range than most metal released recently http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o149/SgtPnkks/waveforms/nunslaughter-black.png

Panopticon and The Absence of Truth by ISIS both sound great.

Cynic - Traced in Air

Opeth - Deliverance and Blackwater park

Those are good for the standard of modern metal, still lacking some dynamic range.

This prog metal album from 2004 intstead has truly mindblowing sound quality

Riverside - Out of Myself

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet.. well half of it, anyway, is pure metal genius and Steven Wilson mixes like no other.

Ran across the following recently . . .

"Honor Roll of Dynamic Recordings"

http://www.digido.com/honor-roll.html

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The recordings towards the bottom are "louder"?

from the list . . .

Aenima - Tool
Mastered by Bob Ludwig. Engineered by David Bottrill. An example of a progressive metal CD for the 90’s that is not smashed to the wall. The squashing is for artistic effect rather than intrinsic loudness or mastering volume. A very large dynamic range makes it very attractive. Can be harsh when loud, but that is the sound.

Pieces of the Sun - Tony Levin
Mastered by Trevor Sadler. Engineered by Kevin Killen. This is a very heavy progressive jazz-rock with synthesis and heavy bass. It’s a compressed sound but an interesting one at that. Spacious with considerable dynamic range (reminiscent of the Tool album). Sharp, strong, and compressed when loud, but not brick walled and at the next moment soft and delicate. Easy to listen to despite the hard rock moments. It is fat and not particularly clean, but that is the sound. Narada, 72438-11626-2-0, ©2002.

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"In general where is the loudness trend moving, in your experience?"

Kevin Killen: "I guess art is imitating life then after all..." 

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-kevin-killen/109483-loudness-you.html

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Prog-metal band Andromeda has the consistently lowest replaygain values of any 2000's rock/metal artist in my library, around -5dB on average.

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Originally Posted by JohnFerrier 
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"In general where is the loudness trend moving, in your experience?"

 

Kevin Killen: "I guess art is imitating life then after all..." 

 

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/search.php?searchid=25790156

^ Teh link is b0rked. :(

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Originally Posted by sgrossklass 

^ Teh link is b0rked. :(

oops . . .
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-kevin-killen/109483-loudness-you.html

Kevin is also in the following video . . .

Deep Listening: Why Audio Quality Matters