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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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. 👍🏼
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 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.
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 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!
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.
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.
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 use a death metal pedal but I stack it with a boss overdrive/distortion pedal to take out some of that soupy sound and it gives it more of a bite on the mid and treble end when doing pinch harmonics and squeals and it sounds kick ass
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 have the Dunlop's MXR Fullbore Metal distortion and I think that this could give me a lot of adjustments and different kinds of metal distortion if I ecualize them well, also if I tunning down my guitar It could give me like a Death/Grindcore distortion as well, nice pedals and nice review man, I'd expect you to have equalized them all as equal in order to be able to compare them better, but told me, what's your favorite one? Regards 🤟🏼!
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.
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 find them all to have a very scooped sound however it could be the settings, I have the Metal Zone, you can play with the tone quite a bit but I find most heavy distortion pedals to be a bit "piercing" when at higher volumes. I'm still looking for that special distortion pedal for a secondary rig but had to break down and buy an EVH 5150iii 50w head to get my main sound. (i'm glad I bought the head, it sounds amazing just plugging straight in)
Hey bud. A very informative video and you certainly have skill; thank you for posting as I own an MT-2, and wanted to see the potential of it. One little question; sorry if you covered this one. What guitar are you using?
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.
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.
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...!
+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
Friends please can you help me, I have a friend who has a Line 6 IV 30 amp. He likes to play Death metal. What pedal do you recommend buying. Then I will buy you a better amp. You recommend a pedal from this video. or maybe the blackstar or a trimetal zoom if they are not very expensive. Thanks
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 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? 🤣
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
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.
I liked all of them, each one adds its unique sound
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
mxr fullbore metal and boss metal zone captured my heart ..lol haha thanks for the comparing vid.
Metal Zone for me.
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.
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.
First one is a MONSTER!
Wow! Nice! \m/ I like the Boss ML-2 Metal core and the DigiTech Death Metal Pedal.
oscar king Thanks Oscar
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.
This was really good. Of these, i think the metal core and mxr had the best sound for me.
I have the boss metal core and it's a great pedal
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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! 5 great distortion pedals, but my favorite is the Uber Metal Line 6.
Great demonstration.. I liked the line 6 & MXR the most, I felt them more "harsh" & aggressive tone!
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. 👍🏼
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 🤘
Someone will definitely hate on me, but I love the sound of the Fullbore
Hey Simon, thank you!! I have been looking for a metal pedal and the Digitech Death Metal sounds perfect. Metal!!!!!!
Ryan Bender Good stuff!!
I Love the Sound ! Extradordinary
+Ryan LoveGood Thanks Ryan
I like the MXR, sounds Great🤘
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!!
I'm digging the way that metal core pedal sounds.
Vinny Raptor I love that pedal!
that dismember riff , nice one
Metal and that entombed riff, clearly a man who knows the finer things in life
MXR, impressive quality !!!
Uber and Death Metal for me!
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 need the first one in my life
Good comparison. Adequate info - good delivery.
Andy Mueller Thanks Andy
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.
I can't see what the fascination with the MXR is on CZcams. Every video I see makes it sound like someone put their hands over my ears.
you my friend are a life saver you saved me so much time lol
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 :-)
MXR just naturally takes the win, the feeling it gives of is chilling, that solid metal vibe😈
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.
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.
bro i fucking love how youre playing dismember as your first song
The metal core shakes walls running it into a 100 watt head ( half stack ).
Nice review
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.
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
uber metal sounds great before and after tweaking!
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.
Mxr fullbore metal all the way \m/!!
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
I use a death metal pedal but I stack it with a boss overdrive/distortion pedal to take out some of that soupy sound and it gives it more of a bite on the mid and treble end when doing pinch harmonics and squeals and it sounds kick ass
Line 6 3:20
ML2 3:52
MT2 4:24
MXR 4:58
Digitech 5:33
ML2 is the most tight low end
I used to have a Line 6 Uber Metal. Wicked pedal. Hated getting rid of it.
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 for real ? Fuck
@@sethharris2112 bullshit
Metal core for the win
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.
4:00 the metal core sounds killer right here
I have a full bore but I can’t get the heavy/thrash metal tone that I want with what should my amp and pedal settings be?
Love the dirtyness of the mxr
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
Mxr is definetely the best. Getting it soon.
Btw nice playing, Simon!
Marc Aytona Thanks Marc :0)
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
I have the Dunlop's MXR Fullbore Metal distortion and I think that this could give me a lot of adjustments and different kinds of metal distortion if I ecualize them well, also if I tunning down my guitar It could give me like a Death/Grindcore distortion as well, nice pedals and nice review man, I'd expect you to have equalized them all as equal in order to be able to compare them better, but told me, what's your favorite one?
Regards 🤟🏼!
Mxr by far was the pedal that stood out to me.
Uber. BEFORE he "tweaked" it.
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.
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 😓
I find them all to have a very scooped sound however it could be the settings, I have the Metal Zone, you can play with the tone quite a bit but I find most heavy distortion pedals to be a bit "piercing" when at higher volumes. I'm still looking for that special distortion pedal for a secondary rig but had to break down and buy an EVH 5150iii 50w head to get my main sound. (i'm glad I bought the head, it sounds amazing just plugging straight in)
Hey bud. A very informative video and you certainly have skill; thank you for posting as I own an MT-2, and wanted to see the potential of it. One little question; sorry if you covered this one. What guitar are you using?
Daniel Eccles It's in the description bud :0) A Vigier Excalibur Supra. Dimarzio Pickups
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.
Metal core hands down!
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.
Was this video made with pedals plugged into the front of the amp, or an effects loop? Thanks
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...!
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.
kudos for the carcass riff!
that line 6 has a warm sound love it
BOSS Metal Zone MT-2 - BEST OF THE BEST FOREVER!!!
hii guys need help can somebody tell me which pedal is that on the right side i mean the name of the pedal
the MXR through a Mesa would crush everything if you have some emg 81/85 to go with 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.
Mxr is awesome!
Friends please can you help me, I have a friend who has a Line 6 IV 30 amp. He likes to play Death metal. What pedal do you recommend buying. Then I will buy you a better amp. You recommend a pedal from this video. or maybe the blackstar or a trimetal zoom if they are not very expensive. Thanks
thank for ur video, what about metal muff?? could you help me about it? because I saw some clips and I think it's cool!
I'll look into getting one and do a demo!
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.
What’s the name of the song you played while trying different pedals?
Hey dude, in your opinion, for old school Heavy Metal songs (Crazy Train for an example), which pedal would you prefer?
I had the death metal pedal and it was ridiculous lol. It was great for literally, death metal. Nothing less
I have the metal core pedal and I love it to death!
How do you think an older digitech RP200 compares to these?
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
Repped the Digitech Death Metal for our first demo. Looking to get an HM-2 for the full length.
Cool.
MXR fullbore hands down. More upfront sound. I'd record a guitar track with that, and it will sit nicely in the mix.
nice pedals you have there :)
Painkiller Snoopydoggy Thanks my friend!!
Thx! Great! This first riff is from? Is it cool.
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
I personally enjoy the grit coming from the Boss pedal.
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 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
boss metal core has the weight!!...BOSS still rules...\m/