Digital dynamic range actually shouldn't depend on the genre at all, the overdrive used in some genres should be of analogue nature which isn't the same at all. The "natural" dynamic range of CDs is 16bit, the loudness war is essentially turning the music into lofi pieces by only using the top end of the whole range (which isn't really all that big anyway). If one ever gets a comment with regard to "bleeps and blops" again feel free to note that plenty "modern" masterings as well as compressing on radio channels are technically even worse.
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