Swedish Death Metal tone

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okay i've bought this pos pedal cuz it's a cheap clone of the mythical pos used by the whole swedish Death scene, you know the infamous boss hm-2.

I've done everthing i had read or saw on YouTube and still can't get that chunky thick entombed tone, i even have a red stripe peavey transtube (which seems to be the ultimate amp for that tone as everybody says it works better with a solidstate Peavey specially red stripe ones) so i'm completely clueless what i'm doing wrong :scratchch
 
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From what I've read those tones were achieved by maxing all the HM-2 dials and running it infront of an already distorted tube amp head.
 
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Van Noord said:
From what I've read those tones were achieved by maxing all the HM-2 dials and running it infront of an already distorted tube amp head.
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Okay, this is probably the 5th post i've seen that recomends a tube amp over a ss amp for the swedish tone but trust me, i've dimed the pedal and even ran an od before and after ir with amp gain dimed and the best i get is a cocked wah fuzz like tone with a ton of feedback
 
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For Swedish death metal, you want an MT-2 Metalzone. You run it into a clean SS amp. Volume at 3 o clock, bass at 3 o clock, treble at 3 o clock, mid shift at 9 o clock, mids at 9 o clock, distortion at 2 o clock. Don't run it into a dirty amp setting, you'll just get mush and fizz.

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No, use the HM-2 not the MT-2...into a distorted clean signal from a tube amp. Not distortion... distorted...as in heavy overdrive/breakup.
 
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The thing about the swedish deathmetal chainsaw tone is that it generally sounds terrible by itself.
It's when it's in a full, loud band context that it becomes something more. Not a metal tone I strive for personally.
 
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The thing about Swedish death metal tone is that it's supposed to sound nasty, ugly and painful. Not sweet, smooth and creamy.

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I'd go with the Fangs out of the newer tc pedals.

 
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Thought this was fitting here for reference. I'm so stupid for selling mine way back. It would have been dated mid/late-80s so probably MIJ.
I always thought it was too loose and undefined, even weak, but I was just starting guitar and hadn't a clue nor descent amp or cab.

Mainly posting this for the awesome shirt!

 
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Okay so i've been dicking around with this thing and i'm still not on the sweetspot but i'm close to it

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dave74 said:
Didn't realize this was specifically for SDM-tone. Eyemaster name makes no sense to me. I wonder why they called it that.
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"Eyemaster" is the name of the opening track of Entombed's 1993 album "Wolverine Blues". Its basically what put them on the map, and with that, popularized the HM-2 Swedish Death sound.
The pedal in question is Behringer/TC's recreation of the HM-2.
 
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dave74 said:
Thought this was fitting here for reference. I'm so stupid for selling mine way back. It would have been dated mid/late-80s so probably MIJ.
I always thought it was too loose and undefined, even weak, but I was just starting guitar and hadn't a clue nor descent amp or cab.

Mainly posting this for the awesome shirt!

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That was awesome! Long time owner/user. This guys understands this pedal!!! There are other uses however....I have a setting called Mr. Growley.
 
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Don't have a use for the sound in the video, but the shirt is awesome!

I used one back in the 80s as and EQ/boost into whatever amp I was using then.
 
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I've got that pedal too. I find it weird you can't quite dial it in. As soon as I plugged it in, I thought it was instant Swedish Death Metal, even with the dials not maxed.

I do find that it does need the treble knob being run pretty high in order to really get that chainsaw thing going, though.
 
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I too own the HM300 and the HM-2 (Taiwan). Personally, I found the HM300 is lacking in recreating the HM2 sound. It definitely has to do with the clipping stages within the pedal itself I think. It lacks that thicc meatiness HM-2's have but it gets close.
 
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Coma said:
"Eyemaster" is the name of the opening track of Entombed's 1993 album "Wolverine Blues". Its basically what put them on the map, and with that, popularized the HM-2 Swedish Death sound.
The pedal in question is Behringer/TC's recreation of the HM-2.
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Heck I was already over them before that lol.
 
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I’ll be honest I bought a hm-2 for that death metal but actually use it as a fuzz pedal with all the low end and gain dialled in, its honestly a crap pedal for the death metal sound but it’s a iconic historic crap pedal so I’m going to keep it
 
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