{"id":1697495,"date":"2026-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1697495"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:00:00","slug":"mudvayne-unhappy-with-2025s-sticks-and-stones-hurt-people-hurt-people-mixing-quietly-uploads-new-mixes-to-streaming-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1697495","title":{"rendered":"MUDVAYNE Unhappy With 2025’s “Sticks And Stones” & “Hurt People Hurt People” Mixing, Quietly Uploads New Mixes To Streaming Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After almost two decades of no new music, Mudvayne<\/strong> released their newest singles “Hurt People Hurt People” and “Sticks and Stones” last year. The new singles came a couple years after the band’s reunion in 2021, and while it was brand new material, reportedly not everyone was happy with it \u2013\u00a0from the band, to their management, to their fans. And so, the Mudvayne<\/strong> team quietly took matters into their own hands, reaching out to a brand new mixing engineer, by the name of Dave<\/strong>Fortman<\/strong>, and quietly re-uploading those new mixes to streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

Originally mixed by Josh<\/strong>Wilbur<\/strong>, known for his work with Avenged<\/strong>Sevenfold<\/strong>, Bad<\/strong>Religion<\/strong>, Korn<\/strong>, Lamb<\/strong>of<\/strong>God<\/strong>, Trivium<\/strong> and more, feedback from fans indicated that they felt that the singles were supposed to be ‘demo’ releases, with a comment from who looks like Dave<\/strong>Fortman<\/strong> himself confirming his new involvement and the alleged reasons by it.<\/p>\n

Fortman<\/strong> wrote the following in response to a fan’s suspicions on Mudvayne<\/strong> subreddit: “The original mixes weren’t demos. They were mixed by Josh<\/strong>Wilbur<\/strong> but the band wasn’t happy with the results and the fans were unhappy as well according to feedback I got from their management. They called me to remix them so I took the same approach that I mixed Lost And Found<\/em> with. Seems to have worked! Glad you guys are digging it. I threw an entirely different spin on the intro and break of “Sticks And Stones” with added piano notes and strings. Nothing has been rerecorded thats just me laying some “tickles” in there. Enjoy!”<\/p>\n

You can check the comment itself out below, as well as stream the new versions of “Sticks and Stones” and “Hurt People Hurt People” here, respectively.<\/p>\n

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