A lot of these pedals just nail a perfect gritty metal tone, but most people who review here on youtube start playing shitty blues and what not with em... In essence thank you for playing something within context.
Joe Thompson We're not playing Hendrix with our metal pedals. We're likely playing extreme metal, punk, or metallic hardcore where blues is a bit farther away musically.
Thank you but I have to say That song was not my taste (sorry) :( . This girl will stick to other Death Metal bands and Symponic Metal. I like the way this guy plays that tune. He is much better
I bought an MXR Fullbore Metal pedal the other day used from guitar center. I love it more than any boss, digitech, or Ibanez tube king pedal that I have owned. Nice to hear the carcass and dismember riffs testing the pedals out. That's the kind of music I like to play.
I truly dig the MXR Fullbore Metal - it has enough low-end to keep the riffs tight, but not an *overwhelming* amount that would take away Bassists like me from being audible in the mix playing either Clean, adding SVT-type Overdrive or Darkglass-style full-on Bass Distortion to *my* sound. 👍🏼
+Joshua mejia It used to be my least favorite but if you got a nice 100 watt screaming tube amp its the best. Those others are cool but very noisey at really high performance volume
Fucking rights man! Same. My opinion for the best live sound, keep the High down (6-7 o'clock), an Mid up (9-1 o'clock) and turn the "treble" down (same as the High nob) on the preamp, an up the mids, put the 'Low' end whatever you prefer. with a BOSS NS-2, it sounds amazingly heavy. people love my sound!
If you noticed, the Digitech Death Metal has noise that the other's don't have. I would say the best pedal for DEFINITIVE chug in alternate picking is the Line 6 Uber Metal. The MXR M116 has some NICE bottom for palm muting. The Metal core has a balance of some chug and nice leads. Plugged into a Mesa clean from a rectifier...from what I heard in another youtube video...it sounds like a Mesa Boogie Mark 2 C+ I'd say get the MXR Fullbore, Boss Metal Core ML-2, and the Line 6 Uber Metal. The Death Metal has nice leads but it has noise when it is simply turned on with the settings in the video.
An Uber Metal player for 10 years it's the best I've found. 1. Uber Metal 2. Metal Core 3. Death Metal 4. Fullbore 5. Metal Zone Both the Uber & Fullbore get extra points for having their own gates.
I watched all your vids maybe half a year back and decided I liked the mxr the best. Its a pretty good pedal. It's really awesome for lead. 8:04 sounds great.
I have an MXR distortion + which is an old MXR pedal, it is great for classic rock but not metal. I also have an Danelectro FAB distortion pedal which is surprisingly good for the low price.
From what I’ve heard here, the Metal Zone and the Metal Core are the 2 best pedals in the line up!!! I’ve have/ had both of them and that line 6 Uber Metal, which I traded back in for a Metal Core!! That pedal just sucked!!! I just got the Fullbore Metal and I love that pedal, the MT2 has taken a back seat for the time being...!
They are all good and all have their niche, however im a FULL BORE guy. tweak it and your amp and BOOM both the MT and MC are bad ass also. MT hair metal MC more for new stuff. but i like them all.
Good job, man. Thank you for playing the same thing for each one. It made it easier to hear the difference. I was surprised. I went in thinking I liked the Metal Zone, but I think I found LIne 6 had that thrash crunch that I like the best.
Had em all. Liked the line 6 best then the mxr . Now I have a 25$ Behringer ultra metal and it spanks them all. Except I wished I would’ve kept my line 6. It was pretty filthy.
I find with the boss distortion pedals you have to set the distortion dials to 2-4 O-clock to get an actual tone out of, anything lower and the sound just breaks up and becomes trash. Just to note if anyone has trouble dialing them in.
Neste video eu gostei mais de Metal Core e Fullbore. fiquei muito surpreendido com a combinacao entre Vigier Excalibur Supra e Fender Blues Deluxe. Amazing punch and cruch!
Great demo. I'm wondering if you'd consider doing a video on "pick noise" and how to avoid it. The dreadful screeching sound most noticeable on tremolo picking.
Mxr has nice articulation, followed by Line 6 and Digitech, more rounding on the Metal Core, and the Metal Zone sounds like it's filled with angry bees.
The ML-2 sounds best to me, followed by the Death Metal. I have an ML-2 and it's a great pedal for playing high-gain stuff at home with a small solid state amp like my Marshal MG-15. However, my Peavey 6505+ makes the ML-2 redundant, that amp is a Metal beast on its own
You get the tightest most desirable sound from that mxr. Then the mid scoop switch gives you much more variety. Great for thrash and industrial rythm sections. I don't like any distortion pedals for lead. They seem to kill sustain.
I have most of these and in a way they are all cool pedals to play with - but at the same time I personally feel that none of them are bottom heavy enough? Would you say that's a fair comment? The one I think sounds the best out of all of these is the one that I don't have - the MXR. When I'm using these pedals they do sound different because my amp has EQ , I also have an EQ pedal and a Tone driver - lots of factors can change the way a pedal sounds so even if it doesn't sound great on it's own, when mixed and changed, I get cool sounds out of them still and they are worthwhile pedals to have. These pedals also have settings which can be changed to make them sound better.
lol I'm sure it does when using it, but just from this demo I didn't find it sounded like it. I should buy one to try it out! I have a lot of distortions. My favorite is my ZVEX Box Of Metal right now! :) \m/
Great vid! For me in order of best: MXR fullbore metal (Blows them all out the water), Line 6 uber metal, Digitech Death metal, boss metal zone, boss metalcore. Think I'll be adding the MXR to my shopping list haha
I have the Fullbore Metal and Metal Core pedal myself. From personal experience and watching this video, Fullbore is the best. I think it has the best range of sound (From a Pantera sound to a more modern 'Djent', if you will, sound). It works great with other pedals and my amp. Plus it has a very nice noise gate built in that can be turned on or off. Just my opinion though.
Been a little while since I first saw this video, I only had the Metal Zone then, but I have since collected all the others except the Metal Core, which ironically sounds the best here with the settings on this video. I must say that I have heard all the other pedals sound much better with different settings, but they surely must sound different live in the room at the time of recording. Good video 🤘
I have one, and paired with the right amp it provides that hard rock saturated wet tone in such a small package. Unfortunately I haven't got quite the right amp for me yet, once I get a job that'll change, and I'll have a much larger selection. For leads that MXR did great.
I use a Blackstar HT Club 40 tube amp. It has given me the most beefy metal sound I like. You can switch to a more British sound as well. I can run it into my audio interface and into my computer and record.
Neil Aspinall I have the HT Club 50, any pedals you really like that go good with the Blackstar? I'm constantly sampling all types of pedals to find a tone that I love. (I'm into metal if that helps at all)
Absolutely agree. The sound on it is thicker and richer than on a Metal Zone. Don't know why everyone raves about the latter. It's very versatile, too. I was really impressed at the 60's/70's style lead tones he was getting out of it on the solo here. If it has a weakness I'd say it's almost too versatile, and it can be tricky dialing in the sound to exactly where you want it to be.
I just looked up "Vigier Excalibur Supra" wow that's an expensive guitar! Great demo. I vote for the MXR. Very nice bottom end and smooth gain sound to it. Metal Core sounds nice too. Thanks for the comparison!
A lot of these pedals just nail a perfect gritty metal tone, but most people who review here on youtube start playing shitty blues and what not with em... In essence thank you for playing something within context.
The term "shitty blues" lowers your IQ.....
Hendrix came from the blues!
Joe Thompson how abt let ppl have their opinions. does that help ur iq abit?
Joe Thompson We're not playing Hendrix with our metal pedals. We're likely playing extreme metal, punk, or metallic hardcore where blues is a bit farther away musically.
But metal came from the blues
Nightingale1887 Lol thats true
I was waiting for him to switch them all on at the same time and blow my head off... LOL
Even I'm not that brave...
Qestion: what was that beautiful song that you played on all of them fist before you tweaked them?
Thank you but I have to say That song was not my taste (sorry) :( . This girl will stick to other Death Metal bands and Symponic Metal. I like the way this guy plays that tune. He is much better
betterhegehogShadow dismember is fucking great
I know, right? 🤣
Hey man, wow! This video is 9 years old and it's just what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to make this video
I used the Uber Metal as my main sound for 6 years now & love it, miles ahead of any of the others.
I’ve had the Line 6 Über Metal for around 15 years and it’s amazing.
From what my ears telling me, metal core is the best and most natural metal pedal.
The lack of EQ functionality really hurts the Metal Core. I would rather use any of the others except the Death Metal.
I love how that Carcass riff sounded on the ML2.
Would you kindly refresh my memory on which riff that is? I would appreciate it if you could help a forgetful chick out
IIRC it's Corporal Jigsore Quandary.
mxr fullbore metal and boss metal zone captured my heart ..lol haha thanks for the comparing vid.
Metal Zone for me.
the fullbore has a naturally big low end presence, so you can add as much mid as you want without it sounding drowned out. love it
First one is a MONSTER!
I have the boss metal core and it's a great pedal
KOOL MASK BRO
BRO YOUR MASK IS DOPE
FUCKIN LEGIT MASK BRO
YO THAT MASK IS FIRE AF
Metal core for the win
I bought an MXR Fullbore Metal pedal the other day used from guitar center. I love it more than any boss, digitech, or Ibanez tube king pedal that I have owned. Nice to hear the carcass and dismember riffs testing the pedals out. That's the kind of music I like to play.
+MrNihilist74 :0)
I have one too, love it. IMO next best thing to a cranked amp.
Uber and Death Metal for me!
Great demonstration.. I liked the line 6 & MXR the most, I felt them more "harsh" & aggressive tone!
I'm digging the way that metal core pedal sounds.
Vinny Raptor I love that pedal!
Someone will definitely hate on me, but I love the sound of the Fullbore
I liked all of them, each one adds its unique sound
I truly dig the MXR Fullbore Metal - it has enough low-end to keep the riffs tight, but not an *overwhelming* amount that would take away Bassists like me from being audible in the mix playing either Clean, adding SVT-type Overdrive or Darkglass-style full-on Bass Distortion to *my* sound. 👍🏼
Wow! Nice! \m/ I like the Boss ML-2 Metal core and the DigiTech Death Metal Pedal.
oscar king Thanks Oscar
i'm probably the 1 guy who likes and wants all of them.
I was also that guy. Hence I had them all :)
You’re not alone lol
me too but MXR
The MRX Fullbore sounds like the and justice for all tone :v
Sounds like Dime..
@@tomokikamemoto3132 that's because that's the distortion pedal dime primarily used
@@sethharris2112 bullshit
I need the first one in my life
Mxr fullbore metal all the way \m/!!
that dismember riff , nice one
Metal and that entombed riff, clearly a man who knows the finer things in life
MXR, impressive quality !!!
My favourite is the Digitech Death Metal, it seems some people think it's crappy because it's cheap but that thing is just perfect.
The MXR is the best because it is not over saturated and has some definition. The other ones sound like they're running through a potato
Real Diaz that was my least favorite.
+Joshua mejia It used to be my least favorite but if you got a nice 100 watt screaming tube amp its the best. Those others are cool but very noisey at really high performance volume
keyword "if". For home use even 5watt is barely usable.
I'm running the DigiTech deathmetal pedal and to be honest I love it.
Fucking rights man! Same. My opinion for the best live sound, keep the High down (6-7 o'clock), an Mid up (9-1 o'clock) and turn the "treble" down (same as the High nob) on the preamp, an up the mids, put the 'Low' end whatever you prefer. with a BOSS NS-2, it sounds amazingly heavy. people love my sound!
i wish i could get it not used but they are not selling it anymore 😓
The metal core shakes walls running it into a 100 watt head ( half stack ).
If you noticed, the Digitech Death Metal has noise that the other's don't have. I would say the best pedal for DEFINITIVE chug in alternate picking is the Line 6 Uber Metal. The MXR M116 has some NICE bottom for palm muting. The Metal core has a balance of some chug and nice leads. Plugged into a Mesa clean from a rectifier...from what I heard in another youtube video...it sounds like a Mesa Boogie Mark 2 C+
I'd say get the MXR Fullbore, Boss Metal Core ML-2, and the Line 6 Uber Metal. The Death Metal has nice leads but it has noise when it is simply turned on with the settings in the video.
Line 6 3:20
ML2 3:52
MT2 4:24
MXR 4:58
Digitech 5:33
ML2 is the most tight low end
An Uber Metal player for 10 years it's the best I've found.
1. Uber Metal
2. Metal Core
3. Death Metal
4. Fullbore
5. Metal Zone
Both the Uber & Fullbore get extra points for having their own gates.
I agree with you on this, I have the uber metal too and have used so many different distortions over the years.
Just did a review on the uber myself. Its much better than I remember back in the day.
I watched all your vids maybe half a year back and decided I liked the mxr the best. Its a pretty good pedal. It's really awesome for lead. 8:04 sounds great.
It's a beast isn't it!!
MXR just naturally takes the win, the feeling it gives of is chilling, that solid metal vibe😈
that line 6 has a warm sound love it
Wow, the MXR Fullbore sounds fuckin' great @4:58. Great heavy tones!!
Yet at 12 it has almost literally no bottom end
Almost want to run the MXR and the Boss ML-2 through a patcher to mix those crunchy highs in to the bassier sound.
This was really good. Of these, i think the metal core and mxr had the best sound for me.
Great! 5 great distortion pedals, but my favorite is the Uber Metal Line 6.
I have an MXR distortion + which is an old MXR pedal, it is great for classic rock but not metal. I also have an Danelectro FAB distortion pedal which is surprisingly good for the low price.
I like the MXR, sounds Great🤘
boss metal core has the weight!!...BOSS still rules...\m/
Mxr is definetely the best. Getting it soon.
4:00 the metal core sounds killer right here
From what I’ve heard here, the Metal Zone and the Metal Core are the 2 best pedals in the line up!!! I’ve have/ had both of them and that line 6 Uber Metal, which I traded back in for a Metal Core!! That pedal just sucked!!! I just got the Fullbore Metal and I love that pedal, the MT2 has taken a back seat for the time being...!
Mxr by far was the pedal that stood out to me.
I used to have a Line 6 Uber Metal. Wicked pedal. Hated getting rid of it.
BOSS Metal Zone MT-2 - BEST OF THE BEST FOREVER!!!
uber metal sounds great before and after tweaking!
I Love the Sound ! Extradordinary
+Ryan LoveGood Thanks Ryan
I think the Boss ML-2 Metal Core sounds the best out of that lot. A lot fuller than the others. MXR is ok but I personally don't think its as refined.
They are all good and all have their niche, however im a FULL BORE guy. tweak it and your amp and BOOM both the MT and MC are bad ass also. MT hair metal MC more for new stuff. but i like them all.
MOSDEF Line 6 Uber Metal
Uber. BEFORE he "tweaked" it.
Line 6, Metal Core, then MXR. imo
Agree
Digitech Death Metal all the way baby
Good job, man. Thank you for playing the same thing for each one. It made it easier to hear the difference. I was surprised. I went in thinking I liked the Metal Zone, but I think I found LIne 6 had that thrash crunch that I like the best.
the MXR through a Mesa would crush everything if you have some emg 81/85 to go with it
That Line 6 sounded awesome! I was gonna get the MXR Fullbore Metal but now I'm reconsidering 🤔
The Line 6 is more versatile in my view mate
Had em all. Liked the line 6 best then the mxr . Now I have a 25$ Behringer ultra metal and it spanks them all. Except I wished I would’ve kept my line 6. It was pretty filthy.
MXR fullbore hands down. More upfront sound. I'd record a guitar track with that, and it will sit nicely in the mix.
I don’t like how you change the riffs on your settings but play fairly simp for the 12oclock. All in all thank you for making this video
I find with the boss distortion pedals you have to set the distortion dials to 2-4 O-clock to get an actual tone out of, anything lower and the sound just breaks up and becomes trash.
Just to note if anyone has trouble dialing them in.
in the first mode they all sounded pretty much the same. it was only during the "tweaked" part when they had their own unique sound
Neste video eu gostei mais de Metal Core e Fullbore.
fiquei muito surpreendido com a combinacao entre Vigier Excalibur Supra e Fender Blues Deluxe.
Amazing punch and cruch!
MXR would be my choice
Dismember- override of the overture. That riff is fucking powerful and perfect for headbang lml
One of the best Death Metal songs of all time
Good comparison. Adequate info - good delivery.
Andy Mueller Thanks Andy
Great demo. I'm wondering if you'd consider doing a video on "pick noise" and how to avoid it. The dreadful screeching sound most noticeable on tremolo picking.
METAL ZONE😍
mt2 stack on line 6👍
in my opinion metal core Boss win... amazing :P
I had the death metal pedal and it was ridiculous lol. It was great for literally, death metal. Nothing less
Metalcore for. Me
what a heavy tone mxr has ! mxr wins for me..
Mxr has nice articulation, followed by Line 6 and Digitech, more rounding on the Metal Core, and the Metal Zone sounds like it's filled with angry bees.
Hey Simon, thank you!! I have been looking for a metal pedal and the Digitech Death Metal sounds perfect. Metal!!!!!!
Ryan Bender Good stuff!!
Metal core hands down!
The ML-2 sounds best to me, followed by the Death Metal. I have an ML-2 and it's a great pedal for playing high-gain stuff at home with a small solid state amp like my Marshal MG-15. However, my Peavey 6505+ makes the ML-2 redundant, that amp is a Metal beast on its own
Metal core sounds pretty good to me
You get the tightest most desirable sound from that mxr. Then the mid scoop switch gives you much more variety. Great for thrash and industrial rythm sections. I don't like any distortion pedals for lead. They seem to kill sustain.
I have most of these and in a way they are all cool pedals to play with - but at the same time I personally feel that none of them are bottom heavy enough? Would you say that's a fair comment? The one I think sounds the best out of all of these is the one that I don't have - the MXR. When I'm using these pedals they do sound different because my amp has EQ , I also have an EQ pedal and a Tone driver - lots of factors can change the way a pedal sounds so even if it doesn't sound great on it's own, when mixed and changed, I get cool sounds out of them still and they are worthwhile pedals to have. These pedals also have settings which can be changed to make them sound better.
+David Dexter The MXR has so much bottom, that Kim Kardashian is jealous!!
lol I'm sure it does when using it, but just from this demo I didn't find it sounded like it. I should buy one to try it out! I have a lot of distortions. My favorite is my ZVEX Box Of Metal right now! :) \m/
I personally enjoy the grit coming from the Boss pedal.
Great vid!
For me in order of best: MXR fullbore metal (Blows them all out the water), Line 6 uber metal, Digitech Death metal, boss metal zone, boss metalcore.
Think I'll be adding the MXR to my shopping list haha
Love the dirtyness of the mxr
1. Uber Metal
2. Metal Core
3. Fullbore Metal
4. Death Metal
5. Metal Zone
boss metal core is by far the best of those 5
I have the Fullbore Metal and Metal Core pedal myself. From personal experience and watching this video, Fullbore is the best. I think it has the best range of sound (From a Pantera sound to a more modern 'Djent', if you will, sound). It works great with other pedals and my amp. Plus it has a very nice noise gate built in that can be turned on or off. Just my opinion though.
Michael Gaudreau Agree! Great pedal!
+Simon Smith so simon which do u perfer, fullbore or ml2?
great vid btw
Been a little while since I first saw this video, I only had the Metal Zone then, but I have since collected all the others except the Metal Core, which ironically sounds the best here with the settings on this video. I must say that I have heard all the other pedals sound much better with different settings, but they surely must sound different live in the room at the time of recording. Good video 🤘
Metal Core wins hands down!
I have one, and paired with the right amp it provides that hard rock saturated wet tone in such a small package.
Unfortunately I haven't got quite the right amp for me yet, once I get a job that'll change, and I'll have a much larger selection.
For leads that MXR did great.
I use a Blackstar HT Club 40 tube amp. It has given me the most beefy metal sound I like. You can switch to a more British sound as well. I can run it into my audio interface and into my computer and record.
Neil Aspinall I have the HT Club 50, any pedals you really like that go good with the Blackstar? I'm constantly sampling all types of pedals to find a tone that I love. (I'm into metal if that helps at all)
Absolutely agree. The sound on it is thicker and richer than on a Metal Zone. Don't know why everyone raves about the latter. It's very versatile, too. I was really impressed at the 60's/70's style lead tones he was getting out of it on the solo here. If it has a weakness I'd say it's almost too versatile, and it can be tricky dialing in the sound to exactly where you want it to be.
I just looked up "Vigier Excalibur Supra" wow that's an expensive guitar! Great demo. I vote for the MXR. Very nice bottom end and smooth gain sound to it. Metal Core sounds nice too. Thanks for the comparison!
+TheJofrica No probs :-)
Repped the Digitech Death Metal for our first demo. Looking to get an HM-2 for the full length.
Cool.
Metal Core all the way!!
More people should do pedal shootouts with Carcass and Entombed riffs god damn it! Well done sir.
tehnagabakti what's the song at 3.30?
Corporal Jisgore Quandary by Carcass. Great track. Cheers!
Cheers! I'll check it out
The mxr and death metal ones sound the gnarliest to me \m/
3:27 gotta love some Carcass!!
Mxr is awesome!
I love my digitech death metal pedal, but you can always tell when it turns on haha
Noise floor go fooooooossshhhhh
bro i fucking love how youre playing dismember as your first song
I've been using the metal zone pedal for years. Love it. Also have had the death metal pedal and didn't get as much crunch out of it.
MXR Fullbore! Does much more than is shown in this video. You're welcome...