Most DISTORTED Guitar Tone Possible?!

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2023
  • I attempt to make the most distorted metal guitar tone possible
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 677

  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  10 місяців тому +522

    *Smash like for more fun metal things*

    • @Mai.Apenas
      @Mai.Apenas 10 місяців тому +5

      brazil

    • @musicbychanc3
      @musicbychanc3 10 місяців тому +1

      Among Us

    • @kazzy7318
      @kazzy7318 10 місяців тому +5

      Person named Like:

    • @euanmarshall3685
      @euanmarshall3685 10 місяців тому +1

      Guitar store employee: how much distortion do you want?
      Nik: yes.

    • @MrJakestain1x
      @MrJakestain1x 10 місяців тому

      FUN METAL THINGS O.O

  • @ikeatable1
    @ikeatable1 10 місяців тому +1726

    You almost reached the perfect djent tone

  • @rafaelbriceno5599
    @rafaelbriceno5599 10 місяців тому +725

    I feel like the out of focus camera really helped with the distortion experience 😂

    • @eldudeico
      @eldudeico 10 місяців тому +13

      It was literally all I could focus on

    • @jebus456
      @jebus456 10 місяців тому +3

      You must have a distorted sense of reality and I couldn't agree more.

    • @amygdalios
      @amygdalios 10 місяців тому +3

      yeah, now both my eyes and ears hurt 👍

  • @lukasznowosielski
    @lukasznowosielski 10 місяців тому +350

    At this moment Nick becomes an ultimate boss for Ichika and other Polyphias playing only clean

    • @zekesguitars
      @zekesguitars 10 місяців тому +5

      tbf, Polyphia uses some gain a lot of the time. G.O.A.T comes to mind

    • @goner.9989
      @goner.9989 10 місяців тому

      @@zekesguitarstheir new album has some heavy thall-y shit on there.

    • @philipschlaepfer9866
      @philipschlaepfer9866 9 місяців тому

      Not to mention that all the compression in the world isn’t my definition of clean

  • @TylerPilizota
    @TylerPilizota 10 місяців тому +128

    "Money can't buy happiness but it can certainly buy sick tones!"
    -Kmac2021

  • @kirbyculp5448
    @kirbyculp5448 10 місяців тому +491

    Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts in the middle of the day. Makes it entirely better.

    • @kaakelimuki3509
      @kaakelimuki3509 10 місяців тому +15

      Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts at 0.20 am.

    • @FrankYooToob
      @FrankYooToob 10 місяців тому +8

      Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts at 23 :20.

    • @ytua1236
      @ytua1236 10 місяців тому +6

      Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts in 1:07

    • @kwrk77
      @kwrk77 10 місяців тому +2

      Gotta love when nik nocturnal posts at 05:20

    • @MrChopsticktech
      @MrChopsticktech 9 місяців тому

      You do know there are different time zones, right? Where l live in the US is 12 hours behind China, so if l want to chat l need to plan.

  • @psych4003
    @psych4003 10 місяців тому +145

    You've almost reached the perfect Black Metal guitar tone. Just need to record through a headphone microphone.

    • @manicdataminer
      @manicdataminer 9 місяців тому +23

      Placed in a wooden shed at the other side of the fjord

    • @VoVilliaCorp
      @VoVilliaCorp 9 місяців тому +8

      Get that burzumness in there

    • @jehuveronica4546
      @jehuveronica4546 9 місяців тому +12

      Max treble and 144p quality

    • @careful__Icarus
      @careful__Icarus 8 місяців тому +7

      A partially submerged shed with a woodpecker randomly pecking slowly on the burning thatched roof

    • @anomymouse5043
      @anomymouse5043 8 місяців тому

      You have clearly expertise in sound production! Do you have video tutorials?

  • @differentbutsimilar7893
    @differentbutsimilar7893 10 місяців тому +119

    I did this stacking different kinds of delay plugins when I was ~17, had a buddy over at the folks as a witness when mom called us for dinner. After that, we got within 20ft of my room and it already sounded like a Peterbilt was idling in my bedroom. Opening the door was like walking inside of a diesel engine, with the positive feedback making it increasingly louder until it became deafening.

  • @TrueChaoSclx
    @TrueChaoSclx 10 місяців тому +71

    That Unholy Confessions riff sounded like it was recorded on a brick phone in the early 2000s

  • @harleyfields1664
    @harleyfields1664 10 місяців тому +96

    3 - 4 maxed out metal zones actually sounds usable ngl, kinda gets this weird, over compressed type sound (espcially doing leads) that i kinda dig in a weird way.

  • @louisburley1597
    @louisburley1597 10 місяців тому +55

    Not going to lie, I want to see this again but with a Boss HM2. The ultimate Swedish chainsaw

    • @Snaw
      @Snaw 10 місяців тому +2

      I was thinking the exact same thing.

  • @l.147
    @l.147 10 місяців тому +100

    i feel like there should be a challange for nik to write a song that includes all of the weird noises he made (the ultra low tuned the ultra high and this one ). I could imagine a breakdown for each noise. Would be interesting to see what he comes up with

    • @Elytra_Space
      @Elytra_Space 10 місяців тому +4

      YES combine this with the all the way down pitch shifted guitar paired with some pitch shifted all the way up leads

  • @kevinzagar9252
    @kevinzagar9252 10 місяців тому +15

    That wasn't camera focus, mate. That was distortion🤘

  • @mrseaweed88
    @mrseaweed88 10 місяців тому +17

    Some Swedish black metal band called, they want that tone 😂

    • @JCaleb
      @JCaleb 10 місяців тому +1

      literally

  • @michaellrakes5521
    @michaellrakes5521 8 місяців тому +5

    Lmao i loved this way more than i should have. There was a meme of a pedalboard with nothing but Metal Zones and it being essentially a Gate To Hell.
    You made this meme a reality and im pretty sure the Apocalypse is upon us now!

  • @drewharper1891
    @drewharper1891 10 місяців тому +80

    Nik is absolutely killing it right now! I always look forward to his videos, much love from NC! 🤟🏼

    • @clenchedfistsyndrome1439
      @clenchedfistsyndrome1439 10 місяців тому +1

      Same here,
      also located in NC!

    • @drewharper1891
      @drewharper1891 10 місяців тому +1

      @clenchedfistsyndrome1439 What part? I'm from Greenville, NC. 🤘🏼

    • @clenchedfistsyndrome1439
      @clenchedfistsyndrome1439 10 місяців тому

      @@drewharper1891 Pinehurst. Not many Metalheads here as many people move to Pinehurst when they retire lol

    • @drewharper1891
      @drewharper1891 10 місяців тому

      @clenchedfistsyndrome1439 It's a beautiful city, it's near Raleigh right?

  • @HawlHeed
    @HawlHeed 10 місяців тому +32

    Can you turn this into a series? I want 12 wah wah pedals next😂

  • @mattoquinn3884
    @mattoquinn3884 10 місяців тому +76

    The MetalZone sound transports me back to being 15 and in my buddy's room jamming and talking about life. I lowkey love hearing it nowadays

    • @Durkhead
      @Durkhead 10 місяців тому +6

      Did you have your friend turn the midsweep while you played to make weird wah noises

  • @Felix-sq1qw
    @Felix-sq1qw 10 місяців тому +32

    i always forget what a amazing guitar player nik is

  • @dudeyeetofficial3270
    @dudeyeetofficial3270 10 місяців тому +9

    3:00 that riff was beautiful

  • @ji604
    @ji604 10 місяців тому +6

    Ola: Will it chug? 🤘
    Nik: Will it explode? 💥

  • @Tirryna
    @Tirryna 10 місяців тому +14

    The black metal part killed me!😂😂😂!!! It's funny that around 8 made me think of trying to tune into a metal station when I lived in the middle of the desert...and the higher you went, the further into the desert I got...

  • @unaipad1128
    @unaipad1128 10 місяців тому +8

    Sacrificing his hearing for metal guitar science… what a djentleman

  • @danha3107
    @danha3107 10 місяців тому +4

    honestly the slightly out of focus camera really added to the artistic experience

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 10 місяців тому +8

    It slowly gets chunkier over time.
    Also, Harmonics are the only things that come through once more gain gets added.

  • @yashchigurupati1653
    @yashchigurupati1653 10 місяців тому +8

    we have officially discovered what the inside of a black hole sounds like. thanks Dr. Nik

  • @Lilith_Reaver
    @Lilith_Reaver 10 місяців тому +12

    this editing is top tier.

    • @JCaleb
      @JCaleb 10 місяців тому +2

      thanks

  • @LoneConqueror
    @LoneConqueror 10 місяців тому +8

    That tone was audibly bearable, just felt like an LSD trip 😂

  • @jamesnorthup7717
    @jamesnorthup7717 9 місяців тому +3

    It's too bad they didn't have more slots available, you almost got to that sound I've been looking for

  • @RenVasTerul
    @RenVasTerul 10 місяців тому +19

    HEY Nik, just popped in to say I appreciate your content ❤ Keep up and stay hydrated 😊

  • @DOOMERSEMPAI_0392
    @DOOMERSEMPAI_0392 10 місяців тому +8

    Made it threw till the end, love your videos Nik your vids are getting me to pick up my 🎸 again 🖤

  • @valorjoz
    @valorjoz 10 місяців тому +6

    You could probably write a song with up to 2 or 3 of these going as your "main" tone, and then get to the breakdown and blast the 12.
    Like.
    Riff, riff, riff, chorus, riff riff, chorus, clean ambient bridge, DISTORTION DESTRUCTION, chorus, outro.
    3:32 of majesty.
    Can't wait for it.

  • @swarthygiant1463
    @swarthygiant1463 10 місяців тому +3

    Between the camera and the metal zones this looks and sounds the way a hangover feels

  • @Rowanexen
    @Rowanexen 10 місяців тому +8

    I'm excited to see what more metal science Nik creates 😂😂😂

  • @ZL1LoVeR
    @ZL1LoVeR 10 місяців тому +8

    Thank you Caleb for saving our ears… also, 12 MZs kinda sounds like the Insane setting on the Line 6 Spider amp with a wah in front of it

  • @pigeonarmstrong
    @pigeonarmstrong 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for conducting this experiment!

  • @darkinertia2
    @darkinertia2 10 місяців тому +3

    honestly id watch nick just noodle on the guitar, love the metalcore riffs

  • @phenomenomnomZ
    @phenomenomnomZ 10 місяців тому +3

    It's so distorted, it's like Elden Ring's difficulty mixed with Dark Souls bosses and they had a Doom baby

  • @OzLovell
    @OzLovell 10 місяців тому +44

    Yo that riff at 2:22 was sick! Does anyone know if thats a real song or if Nik just improvised it?

    • @JCaleb
      @JCaleb 10 місяців тому +29

      I think he improvised it? he is just doing the classic 00's metalcore noises

    • @CyRanger
      @CyRanger 8 місяців тому

      @@JCaleb Sounds like 80s metal to me.
      Peace

    • @tzon6802
      @tzon6802 7 місяців тому

      @@CyRanger You havn't listened to 80s metal then

    • @CyRanger
      @CyRanger 7 місяців тому

      @@tzon6802 I've listened to most all of it, in real time. I've played quite a bit of it (guitar), as well.
      I'm also an engineer, and have been producing music for decades.
      My comment/opinion stands.
      Peace

    • @tzon6802
      @tzon6802 7 місяців тому

      @@CyRanger Peace m8

  • @clarencemarsh5533
    @clarencemarsh5533 9 місяців тому

    Every metal guitarist need to watch this

  • @spfadden082711
    @spfadden082711 10 місяців тому +7

    Metalzone was one of my first pedals. I only had one though. I got the metal master from digitech not long after and have been using that once since but had a lot of fun with the metalzone

    • @Patrick-857
      @Patrick-857 7 місяців тому +1

      I have Digitech Hardwire TL2 metal distortion. It's like a really refined and modernised Metalzone. The chugs are awesome and it makes all your playing sound super smooth.

  • @shotapop115
    @shotapop115 9 місяців тому

    distortion so good the camera was never able to focus

  • @clinteverett4729
    @clinteverett4729 9 місяців тому +1

    I miss running my MT-2 through a Mesa Walkabout and 2 vintage 30 full stacks

  • @lucky1173
    @lucky1173 10 місяців тому +5

    At some point chugs started sounding like open chords and that scares me

  • @michaelfox1432
    @michaelfox1432 10 місяців тому +5

    Emily Hopkins did a video last year: The Heaviest Distortion Pedal. But you have taken it to the next level. Yes!! This is the tone I've been looking for. One that will cover for my every mistake playing guitar.

  • @XSicarriiX77
    @XSicarriiX77 10 місяців тому +1

    7:48 this must be how Fantano hears A7X's Life is But A Dream

  • @adamduncan123456
    @adamduncan123456 10 місяців тому +3

    But you merely adopted the Metal Zone; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the Axe FX until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!

    • @Patrick-857
      @Patrick-857 7 місяців тому

      I too had my awakening knowing nothing but the metal pedal. Except mine was a Zoom Trimetal. God what a terriblely over the top pedal that was. The EQ on it couldn't NOT destroy the sound and the distortion went from too much to something around the 4 Metalzones mark of this video. I loved it. It made me feel like a rock star. But nobody could hear me above the drummer.

  • @The_Los04
    @The_Los04 10 місяців тому +4

    Alternate title: Turning my guitar tone into static using an uncanny amount of distortion petals

  • @anthonysposito9875
    @anthonysposito9875 10 місяців тому +8

    As an avid slam listener, I approve

  • @The-Biggest-D
    @The-Biggest-D 10 місяців тому +1

    The average modern guitar setup

  • @lautarothepro420
    @lautarothepro420 9 місяців тому +1

    Not as louder as Leper Messiah (1985, James' Riff Tapes)

  • @user-so7ly8rx2f
    @user-so7ly8rx2f 10 місяців тому +3

    From 2 to 4 it was in fact very good. Warm and fuzzy, ears melting in a good way

  • @clarencemarsh5533
    @clarencemarsh5533 9 місяців тому

    It's gorgeous

  • @princealigorna7468
    @princealigorna7468 10 місяців тому +5

    I have never used the Metal Zone. My pedal is the Death Metal. Which I have never maxed out the settings I'm honestly afraid it's going to blow my amps up if I do. I usually keep the settings on like a 6. I'll drop down to a 4 if I want a clearer tone. Otherwise, the feedback is just unwieldy. I like a little feedback in my tone. Do that whole Eyehategod thing where they use feedback as an effect in itself. But if I'm getting feedback while muting the strings, that's too much man.

  • @alexandercorey850
    @alexandercorey850 9 місяців тому

    You have opened the gates of hell and now we hear all the pain that created metelheads

  • @benthecartoonist3518
    @benthecartoonist3518 10 місяців тому

    Absolutely love these metal science experiments

  • @anthonysundberg6871
    @anthonysundberg6871 8 місяців тому

    I use to gain stack two metal zone pedals man the possibilities. 😊

  • @sammwich4160
    @sammwich4160 10 місяців тому +4

    He don't miss (I'm still watching the preroll ads)

  • @njsteere
    @njsteere 17 днів тому

    That tone actually works for the “low fi version of the riff before the whole band joins in” at the start of a song

  • @liamblack4840
    @liamblack4840 10 місяців тому +2

    Made it all the way through, fun times. First few actually didn’t sound too bad

  • @peanutarbuckle179
    @peanutarbuckle179 9 місяців тому

    Eventually, if you add enough metal zones, it returns to a Fender-level clean tone.

  • @robochrish
    @robochrish 10 місяців тому

    Brutal! This reminds me of "Elimate" using the OTT octagon

  • @janaxelblomberg7768
    @janaxelblomberg7768 7 місяців тому

    Him forgetting to dime them hurt my soul

  • @clarencemarsh5533
    @clarencemarsh5533 8 місяців тому

    Guitarist of the year

  • @slider42
    @slider42 9 місяців тому

    The Wii sound of death

  • @paragonca9736
    @paragonca9736 10 місяців тому +3

    That's about the level of distortion you need to not get copyright claimed for smoke on the water

  • @JimsMusicDungeon
    @JimsMusicDungeon 10 місяців тому +4

    6:14 trve kvlt

  • @IVANSALODRUMMER
    @IVANSALODRUMMER 8 місяців тому

    That's Tight

  • @Itjustgotserious
    @Itjustgotserious 8 місяців тому

    You will probably never read this Nik, but I would really like to see this experiment again but with a new high pass filter in between each individual instance of your metal zone plugin.

  • @thesm1l3y
    @thesm1l3y 10 місяців тому

    "what happens if I turn of the gate?" loved that XD

  • @Maybeabandaid9
    @Maybeabandaid9 10 місяців тому +5

    Who wouldn't want a metal zone 2 into another metal zone 2?

  • @larsfrosznielsen3536
    @larsfrosznielsen3536 8 місяців тому

    So freakin' sic🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @mykillmetal1814
    @mykillmetal1814 9 місяців тому

    Still better than most youtuber guitar covers that for some reason have no mids…

  • @JesusAriasAvila
    @JesusAriasAvila 9 місяців тому

    Legends say that at 18 metal zones, a wormhole will transport you to a parallel universe.

  • @Crtcl_Bhvr
    @Crtcl_Bhvr 10 місяців тому

    12 Metal Zones remind me of that one time when i got a MXR 5150 Pedal and plugged it into my first amp (Marshall MG15CF) and forgot that i was in OD channel with gain at max. good times

  • @bean_soup2.0
    @bean_soup2.0 5 місяців тому

    "What happens if we turn off the gate?"
    *Sounds of suffering*

  • @stikdik
    @stikdik 10 місяців тому

    Bro these are hard to watch 😂 i feel a sense of accomplishment pushing through the whole thing

  • @inflamesfan03091993
    @inflamesfan03091993 10 місяців тому

    Man, I love how crips that poster in the background looks.

  • @screamotrucker
    @screamotrucker 9 місяців тому

    I think the Entombed Left hand path album from long long ago has the most amazing distortion

  • @mikulaslamac7179
    @mikulaslamac7179 10 місяців тому +2

    That's literally "How to make industrial metal only with guitar"

  • @chrisshuler100
    @chrisshuler100 10 місяців тому

    48k more subs LETS SEE THAT 1 MIL BRO LFG

  • @corbinsmith6777
    @corbinsmith6777 9 місяців тому

    Controversial opinion: the metal zone actually kicks butt, but most guitarists eq profiles using it sound like one

  • @KSE828
    @KSE828 10 місяців тому +1

    2 metal zones sounds 1000% than 1. 1 sounds like an early 2000’s hardcore demo tape.

  • @AmazeMe4
    @AmazeMe4 10 місяців тому +3

    Man, do some covers on Lorna Shore. We need it

  • @therealdestroylonely
    @therealdestroylonely 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for the Mortician tone tutorial!

  • @legendaryzibbo9146
    @legendaryzibbo9146 10 місяців тому +1

    The last one sounds like I’m listening to someone listening to metal in the other room.

  • @wil.makesmusic
    @wil.makesmusic 10 місяців тому

    *sees video on recommended*
    *turns volume down on computer*
    *sighs*
    *clicks on video*

  • @Peron1-MC
    @Peron1-MC 10 місяців тому +1

    this reminds me of when eliminate does the OCTAGON aka 8 OTT compressors(he does EDM stuff)

  • @thatponybro6940
    @thatponybro6940 10 місяців тому

    Nik: "Can we do pinch harmonics?"
    Me: ah yes, i too love After The Burial

  • @anomymouse5043
    @anomymouse5043 8 місяців тому

    Surprisingly good tone with 2 - 3 metal zones!!! I expected it to be pool of mud.

  • @voltz22
    @voltz22 10 місяців тому

    2 Metal zones sounds a lot like Killswitch Engage lol, great video

  • @sudsiership8
    @sudsiership8 10 місяців тому +1

    1 to 3 just sounds like classic bullet for my valentine lmao

  • @Seven7Pain1
    @Seven7Pain1 10 місяців тому +1

    hey the metalzone was my first pedal noise gate was second 🤣

  • @mpk6664
    @mpk6664 8 місяців тому

    I like the out of focus camera, as if the tone is emitting radiation.

  • @ilovebutterstuff
    @ilovebutterstuff 10 місяців тому

    You're the best, Nik

  • @allan3315
    @allan3315 3 місяці тому

    One of my favorite experiments you've ever performed:p

  • @jebus456
    @jebus456 10 місяців тому +1

    5 actually sounded dope

  • @BigBadMadden95
    @BigBadMadden95 10 місяців тому +1

    On another note this would be cool to automate to make really odd sounds for breakdowns

  • @CrysolasChymera2117
    @CrysolasChymera2117 10 місяців тому +2

    From this point, 3:11 this is how I like my old-school-emo-screamo-post-hardcore to sound.

  • @svveetsveta
    @svveetsveta 10 місяців тому

    “we’re gonna keep the gate on”