Swedish Death Metal tone
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frostopsy
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
This pedal is a good recreation of the original, and then some. If there’s none in stock, it might take a while to order. I also have the Texas Chainsaw pedal by the same company, which is the Left Hand Wraith plus the Black Mesa in the same pedal (dual distortion plus a blend knob) that I’m looking to sell.
http://www.lonewolfaudio.bigcartel.com/product/left-hand-wrath-pre-order
This pedal is a good recreation of the original, and then some. If there’s none in stock, it might take a while to order. I also have the Texas Chainsaw pedal by the same company, which is the Left Hand Wraith plus the Black Mesa in the same pedal (dual distortion plus a blend knob) that I’m looking to sell.
http://www.lonewolfaudio.bigcartel.com/product/left-hand-wrath-pre-order
PFDarkside
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
I like his videos, and that shirt is awesome.
God that sounds terrible in isolation. Works well for the application though!
I like his videos, and that shirt is awesome.
EDX
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
i'm more towards the entombed/at the gates tone, i'm almost there after tweaking the pedal a lot, i really got mas when the super straight forward turn it to 11 method only gave me high gain fuzz with cocked wah tone, i read that at the gates used and still do to date is to run an od in front of the hm-2 with little to no gain on it, so i've tried that and from the 3 od's i have the hotone golden touch really does wonders, i don't have it set for a clean boost but rather a warm and crispy overdrive and it really brings some clarity to the behringer pedal while keeping the swedish chainsaw, whatever odd freq that the dimebucker puts out and gives the wah like tone with the hm300 the golden touch evens it out, i have to keep tweaking the hm300 with more volume but i'm close to what i want
i'm more towards the entombed/at the gates tone, i'm almost there after tweaking the pedal a lot, i really got mas when the super straight forward turn it to 11 method only gave me high gain fuzz with cocked wah tone, i read that at the gates used and still do to date is to run an od in front of the hm-2 with little to no gain on it, so i've tried that and from the 3 od's i have the hotone golden touch really does wonders, i don't have it set for a clean boost but rather a warm and crispy overdrive and it really brings some clarity to the behringer pedal while keeping the swedish chainsaw, whatever odd freq that the dimebucker puts out and gives the wah like tone with the hm300 the golden touch evens it out, i have to keep tweaking the hm300 with more volume but i'm close to what i want
BenPerkins
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
As an HM-2 owner who has done that sound before, I have to echo the people who say that a lot of it is the rest of the band -- a huge part of that sound is the bass, and also the mic technique (Sunlight Studio used open-back cabs and mic'd from behind).
You *don't* need a tube amp to get the sound, though -- in fact, Nihilist, Carnage, Dismember, and Entombed ALL used solid state amps on their most iconic albums. You DO, however, need to run it into a distorted channel to get "that sound". A lot of ugly, messed-up, solid state clipping is *good* when you're trying to get this ugly, messed-up sound, so don't be shy. Crank every knob on the pedal to 10, and crank the distortion on the amp as well. You also need a ton of mids on your EQ; the "classic" way of doing it doesn't just have all of the knobs on the pedal at 10, but also all of the EQ knobs on the amp (other than presence, if your amp has one) at 10 as well. Yes, it's going to feedback like crazy when you aren't playing -- stomp the pedal off between songs (if you watch live vids of Dismembered, they have to do this, and they squeal like crazy when they get too drunk and forget to).
https://soundcloud.com/user848864560/ultra-v-demo-2/s-L6Yhi -- sorry about the terrible playing here (I did this clip on a guitar I had gotten literally just earlier that day, and I wasn't used to its bridge yet, so I was struggling to find a good spot to rest my wrist and couldn't tremolo pick properly), but it's a good example of the sound. It was just guitar -> HM-2 -> Laney Linebacker (the old '80s solid state one, not the new modelling one) -> Marshall 4x12. All EQ settings were dimed other than presence (which was at 0), and gain on the amp was also dimed on the overdrive channel.
As an HM-2 owner who has done that sound before, I have to echo the people who say that a lot of it is the rest of the band -- a huge part of that sound is the bass, and also the mic technique (Sunlight Studio used open-back cabs and mic'd from behind).
You *don't* need a tube amp to get the sound, though -- in fact, Nihilist, Carnage, Dismember, and Entombed ALL used solid state amps on their most iconic albums. You DO, however, need to run it into a distorted channel to get "that sound". A lot of ugly, messed-up, solid state clipping is *good* when you're trying to get this ugly, messed-up sound, so don't be shy. Crank every knob on the pedal to 10, and crank the distortion on the amp as well. You also need a ton of mids on your EQ; the "classic" way of doing it doesn't just have all of the knobs on the pedal at 10, but also all of the EQ knobs on the amp (other than presence, if your amp has one) at 10 as well. Yes, it's going to feedback like crazy when you aren't playing -- stomp the pedal off between songs (if you watch live vids of Dismembered, they have to do this, and they squeal like crazy when they get too drunk and forget to).
https://soundcloud.com/user848864560/ultra-v-demo-2/s-L6Yhi -- sorry about the terrible playing here (I did this clip on a guitar I had gotten literally just earlier that day, and I wasn't used to its bridge yet, so I was struggling to find a good spot to rest my wrist and couldn't tremolo pick properly), but it's a good example of the sound. It was just guitar -> HM-2 -> Laney Linebacker (the old '80s solid state one, not the new modelling one) -> Marshall 4x12. All EQ settings were dimed other than presence (which was at 0), and gain on the amp was also dimed on the overdrive channel.
Rex_Rocker
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
Rex_Rocker
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
That was way back. I'm pretty sure they use 5150's or ENGL Savages nowadays.
If you're going for the At the Gates sound rather than Entombed, then be aware they used the HM-2 as well as an MT-2 cascading... dunno if HM-2 into MT-2 or the other way around, though.
That was way back. I'm pretty sure they use 5150's or ENGL Savages nowadays.
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Re: Swedish Death Metal tone
I'm not sure what most of them were using, but one of my favorite tones from that genre was Carcass on their Necroticism album.
From what I remember they claimed that their main "trick" on that tone (besides a strong bass guitar) was to go through several totally different cabs and then blend them all.
They were even using open-back Peaveys and micing the backs IIRC, which the Swedish guys also did.
I'm not sure what most of them were using, but one of my favorite tones from that genre was Carcass on their Necroticism album.
From what I remember they claimed that their main "trick" on that tone (besides a strong bass guitar) was to go through several totally different cabs and then blend them all.
They were even using open-back Peaveys and micing the backs IIRC, which the Swedish guys also did.