The Cymbals on Mastodon's Crack the Sky is the first thing I think of. Everything else about that album is produced perfectly. The cymbals seem to have this phase distortion going on and are really articulated quite poorly.
I think it's fair to add that a huge problem with most studio production these days is an excessive amount of compression added in the mastering process. It's something that has become so ubiquitous that it's hardly noticeable anymore. Probably one of the most excessive and well know examples of this Is Metallica's Death Magnetic. It's practically unlistenable because of it...not that I would really want to anyways.
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