It's amazing what 5hz does. I can't explain it properly, but this sounds a little....not more energetic, but less...gloomy? I can't put my finger on it. But it's amazing the difference a slight tuning adjustment makes to the feel of the song.
When you've listened to the original for a long time, it's the 440hz version that feels "out of tune". It also depends on what song are you playing. Some songs sound better at 440hz and some at 435hz. The songs in Megadeth's Peace sells are even tuned lower than 435hz but still in E
For Whom the Bell Tolls is actually slightly sped up on the record. If you listen to the masters from Guitar Hero you can hear it at the correct pitch and speed.
Could you maybe share with us a video on how you did this? Literally I've been playing along to metallica albums for 26 years and this is was the most fun I've had in a long time nothing like those chords ringing perfectly in tune. Please do more of these ! Literally everything recorded to analog tape originally seems to be off tuning wise.
Get Audacity, import the song, then there's a function named something like "pitch shift" (without tempo change) - use that, and there you go, just gotta tweak it until you hit what you're looking for.
Well, I'm sure Seek And Destroy is in Standard tuning, but anyway, if you know the original pitch or the pitch difference you can use Audacity. Just put in the track (only mp3 is supported) and then use the Plug-In "Change Pitch" but be sure to use the one that doesn't change the tempo, too. The interface is self-explaining.
As Chris said, you can use Audacity, it's like the easiest audio sw to use. Not sure about Seek and destroy tho, might be just a tiny bit off but nothing as strong as on MOP. For Whom The Bell Tolls is already on youtube, in atricious quality however, might do that one, but I'm a lazy lad. Blackened is definitely in 440Hz originally.
Metallica's music is so heavily palm muted (makes the notes go slightly sharp if you're not careful), that I would not be suprised if they tried to tune flat intentionally to counter this.
From want I’ve read and heard, what they did was record everything in a lower tuning so when they sped up the recording it would be in standard tuning. However it isn’t perfect so you have a guitar that is slightly sharper than standard.
I have done that hundreds of times, I even played your video with original version and heard no difference. surely not 435 Hz. I know that Creeping Death, For Whom the Bell Tolls and probably Fade to Black are different from A440, but it's the first time I hear that MoP is changed as well.
komputerLuek Its a little less than the tracks you've mentioned but its there, you can notice it during the solos if you have a sensitive ear. I remember pushing it up around 5 Hz till I matched a 440hz tuned guitar track.
Whatever the original is in - it's not this - i didn't notice the difference at first but nowadays i can't play along with the original because its so obvious haha thanks for this version
The whole track was recorded in D (whole step down) so it was easier for them to play. Then tape was sped up to match the tuning. You can check Circle of Sound on YT. Not that they couldn't play it superfast live.