Best/favorite distortion pedal for metal tones?

[nexion218]

Front

I guess its just simply not my cup o' tea then...

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I guess its just simply not my cup o' tea then...

It happens, I have never liked the RAT and most people worship that one.

 

[jeremy]

i really need to try a rat again. ive used em a few times over the years and it was never my thing, but i was also dumb and more biased and less apt to spend time twisting knobs in a real environment

 

[misterwhizzy]

Front

I find it much, much better bypassing the preamp altogether.

 

[Demanic]

I find it much, much better bypassing the preamp altogether.

Try a Metalzone into a power section. I think that the complaints most people have about it is a result of running through the pre amp into an already distorted amp.

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[RevDoom73]

Not just saying this because it's the SD forum, but honestly one of the best distortion pedals I've used for a while now through an ultra-clean amp has been the SD Diamondhead pedal.
Really fat and full sounding without getting too harsh or mushy, and has a great sounding boost function on there as well. I've used it to good effect with everything from 70s hard rock on to more extreme stuff like doom/death metal even. I'm kind of surprised this pedal seems to be overlooked so often, honestly.
Aside from that, another pedal that I've used successfully with clean Fender amps is the Wampler Sovereign, nice articulate and not mushy sounding pedal with a variety of settings capabilities.
Not quite as versatile for my needs as the Diamondhead but close.

 

[Mincer]

I had been curious about the Diamondhead, but I hadn't tried it, Happy to know it works great into a clean amp for metal tones.