Maiden Decides Against Mastering New Album

In a surprise move, Iron maiden has announced that they are not going to master their new album. What does this mean? Well, if we're lucky, this means it won't fall prey to the loudness wars that you've read me going on about ever since Band Chat resurfaced last year. If we're unlucky, some record suit will still pump the levels when they transfer the final copy to disc.

An interesting move, and I'll be curious to hear the final result.