What are your thoughts on the Metal Zone

[Chistopher]

I could even put it in a different chassis and sell it as a custom, boutique distortion which wouldn’t be untrue..

You wouldn't be the first to have this idea.

 

[devastone]

Not sure how to answer, it doesn't do anything I like, and there are way better high gain pedals (IMHO, YMMV, etc...).

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I don't particularly like it. Even when used as a preamp, the high-end or high mids have this kinda plastic-y voicing to it that sounds so Metal Zone-y.

That being said, I love Slaughter of the Soul, and that pedal was part of that tone. Crowbar and Cannibal Corpse also use it as a boost, no?

 

[Binnerscot]

When I was young and that came out, it was Metallica in a cheap pedal before the amps that do that were available to us poors. I've seen guys run that into a loop return on amps and use it as a preamp and it does that job fairly well there.

I'd say I like it more out of nostalgia than practicality.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Not my cuppa. I get my dirt from a Vox Ice-9 and amp grind, in varying proportions depending on song.