Good point indeed. I was referring to the later St Anger and probably up to Hardwired! tone. I found that lacking the raw aggression that they need.
By the way, to put things in perspective; same goes for Slayer.
Divine Intervention is probably my 2nd favorite Slayer album, but good lord, they f'ed up the production on that album. Talk about middy!
Or Iron Maiden, when Martin Birch was phased out and Mr. Harris (who's quite deaf in certain areas) decided it would be a good idea to concern himself with mixing. Up until Fear of the Dark, production-wise it was fine/great. Then X-Factor and Virtual Eleven came.... Ouch. Or maybe that Nigel Green fella just had cans as ears, who knows.