Most DISTORTED Guitar Tone Possible?!
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Жыл бұрынI attempt to make the most distorted metal guitar tone possible
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#Guitar #Metal #NikNocturnal
@NikNocturnal Жыл бұрын
*Smash like for more fun metal things*
@Mai.Apenas Жыл бұрын
brazil
@musicbychanc3 Жыл бұрын
Among Us
@kazzy7318 Жыл бұрын
Person named Like:
@euanmarshall3685 Жыл бұрын
Guitar store employee: how much distortion do you want? Nik: yes.
@MrJakestain1x Жыл бұрын
FUN METAL THINGS O.O
@ikeatable1 Жыл бұрын
You almost reached the perfect djent tone
@Gameboy-2007-yt Жыл бұрын
*almost*
@kawasakininja112 Жыл бұрын
Maybe next time
@Trollolololol69 Жыл бұрын
More like slam tone
@leechick Жыл бұрын
Pair that with the 50 semitones down
@ijoeldiavlo4871 Жыл бұрын
He needed more strings and 15 semitones down
@rafaelbriceno5599 Жыл бұрын
I feel like the out of focus camera really helped with the distortion experience 😂
@eldudeico Жыл бұрын
It was literally all I could focus on
@jebus456 Жыл бұрын
You must have a distorted sense of reality and I couldn't agree more.
@amygdalios Жыл бұрын
yeah, now both my eyes and ears hurt 👍
@lukasznowosielski Жыл бұрын
At this moment Nick becomes an ultimate boss for Ichika and other Polyphias playing only clean
@zekesguitars Жыл бұрын
tbf, Polyphia uses some gain a lot of the time. G.O.A.T comes to mind
@goner.9989 Жыл бұрын
@@zekesguitarstheir new album has some heavy thall-y shit on there.
@philipschlaepfer9866 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention that all the compression in the world isn’t my definition of clean
@TylerPilizota Жыл бұрын
"Money can't buy happiness but it can certainly buy sick tones!" -Kmac2021
@kirbyculp5448 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts in the middle of the day. Makes it entirely better.
@kaakelimuki3509 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts at 0.20 am.
@FrankYooToob Жыл бұрын
Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts at 23 :20.
@ytua1236 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts in 1:07
@kwrk77 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love when nik nocturnal posts at 05:20
@MrChopsticktech Жыл бұрын
You do know there are different time zones, right? Where l live in the US is 12 hours behind China, so if l want to chat l need to plan.
@psych4003 Жыл бұрын
You've almost reached the perfect Black Metal guitar tone. Just need to record through a headphone microphone.
@manicdataminer Жыл бұрын
Placed in a wooden shed at the other side of the fjord
@VoVilliaCorp Жыл бұрын
Get that burzumness in there
@jehuveronica4546 Жыл бұрын
Max treble and 144p quality
@careful__Icarus 11 ай бұрын
A partially submerged shed with a woodpecker randomly pecking slowly on the burning thatched roof
@anomymouse5043 11 ай бұрын
You have clearly expertise in sound production! Do you have video tutorials?
@TrueChaoSclx Жыл бұрын
That Unholy Confessions riff sounded like it was recorded on a brick phone in the early 2000s
@differentbutsimilar7893 Жыл бұрын
I did this stacking different kinds of delay plugins when I was ~17, had a buddy over at the folks as a witness when mom called us for dinner. After that, we got within 20ft of my room and it already sounded like a Peterbilt was idling in my bedroom. Opening the door was like walking inside of a diesel engine, with the positive feedback making it increasingly louder until it became deafening.
@harleyfields1664 Жыл бұрын
3 - 4 maxed out metal zones actually sounds usable ngl, kinda gets this weird, over compressed type sound (espcially doing leads) that i kinda dig in a weird way.
@louisburley1597 Жыл бұрын
Not going to lie, I want to see this again but with a Boss HM2. The ultimate Swedish chainsaw
@Snaw Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing.
@l.147 Жыл бұрын
i feel like there should be a challange for nik to write a song that includes all of the weird noises he made (the ultra low tuned the ultra high and this one ). I could imagine a breakdown for each noise. Would be interesting to see what he comes up with
@Elytra_Space Жыл бұрын
YES combine this with the all the way down pitch shifted guitar paired with some pitch shifted all the way up leads
@HawlHeed Жыл бұрын
Can you turn this into a series? I want 12 wah wah pedals next😂
@kevinzagar9252 Жыл бұрын
That wasn't camera focus, mate. That was distortion🤘
@professorpedropontes4402 10 ай бұрын
Indeed!
@dudeyeetofficial3270 Жыл бұрын
3:00 that riff was beautiful
@drewharper1891 Жыл бұрын
Nik is absolutely killing it right now! I always look forward to his videos, much love from NC! 🤟🏼
@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 Жыл бұрын
Same here, also located in NC!
@drewharper1891 Жыл бұрын
@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 What part? I'm from Greenville, NC. 🤘🏼
@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 Жыл бұрын
@@drewharper1891 Pinehurst. Not many Metalheads here as many people move to Pinehurst when they retire lol
@drewharper1891 Жыл бұрын
@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 It's a beautiful city, it's near Raleigh right?
@ji604 Жыл бұрын
Ola: Will it chug? 🤘 Nik: Will it explode? 💥
@Felix-sq1qw Жыл бұрын
i always forget what a amazing guitar player nik is
@mattoquinn3884 Жыл бұрын
The MetalZone sound transports me back to being 15 and in my buddy's room jamming and talking about life. I lowkey love hearing it nowadays
@Durkhead Жыл бұрын
Did you have your friend turn the midsweep while you played to make weird wah noises
@michaellrakes5521 11 ай бұрын
Lmao i loved this way more than i should have. There was a meme of a pedalboard with nothing but Metal Zones and it being essentially a Gate To Hell. You made this meme a reality and im pretty sure the Apocalypse is upon us now!
@Tirryna Жыл бұрын
The black metal part killed me!😂😂😂!!! It's funny that around 8 made me think of trying to tune into a metal station when I lived in the middle of the desert...and the higher you went, the further into the desert I got...
@danha3107 Жыл бұрын
honestly the slightly out of focus camera really added to the artistic experience
@mrseaweed88 Жыл бұрын
Some Swedish black metal band called, they want that tone 😂
@JCaleb Жыл бұрын
literally
@XSicarriiX77 Жыл бұрын
7:48 this must be how Fantano hears A7X's Life is But A Dream
@unaipad1128 Жыл бұрын
Sacrificing his hearing for metal guitar science… what a djentleman
@yashchigurupati1653 Жыл бұрын
we have officially discovered what the inside of a black hole sounds like. thanks Dr. Nik
@SlyHikari03 Жыл бұрын
It slowly gets chunkier over time. Also, Harmonics are the only things that come through once more gain gets added.
@Lilith_Reaver Жыл бұрын
this editing is top tier.
@JCaleb Жыл бұрын
thanks
@DOOMERSEMPAI_0392 Жыл бұрын
Made it threw till the end, love your videos Nik your vids are getting me to pick up my 🎸 again 🖤
@swarthygiant1463 Жыл бұрын
Between the camera and the metal zones this looks and sounds the way a hangover feels
@RenVasTerul Жыл бұрын
HEY Nik, just popped in to say I appreciate your content ❤ Keep up and stay hydrated 😊
@LoneConqueror Жыл бұрын
That tone was audibly bearable, just felt like an LSD trip 😂
@ZL1LoVeR Жыл бұрын
Thank you Caleb for saving our ears… also, 12 MZs kinda sounds like the Insane setting on the Line 6 Spider amp with a wah in front of it
@valorjoz Жыл бұрын
You could probably write a song with up to 2 or 3 of these going as your "main" tone, and then get to the breakdown and blast the 12. Like. Riff, riff, riff, chorus, riff riff, chorus, clean ambient bridge, DISTORTION DESTRUCTION, chorus, outro. 3:32 of majesty. Can't wait for it.
@darkinertia2 Жыл бұрын
honestly id watch nick just noodle on the guitar, love the metalcore riffs
@michaelfox1432 Жыл бұрын
Emily Hopkins did a video last year: The Heaviest Distortion Pedal. But you have taken it to the next level. Yes!! This is the tone I've been looking for. One that will cover for my every mistake playing guitar.
@spfadden082711 Жыл бұрын
Metalzone was one of my first pedals. I only had one though. I got the metal master from digitech not long after and have been using that once since but had a lot of fun with the metalzone
@Patrick-857 10 ай бұрын
I have Digitech Hardwire TL2 metal distortion. It's like a really refined and modernised Metalzone. The chugs are awesome and it makes all your playing sound super smooth.
@Rowanexen Жыл бұрын
I'm excited to see what more metal science Nik creates 😂😂😂
@pigeonarmstrong Жыл бұрын
Thank you for conducting this experiment!
@lucky1173 Жыл бұрын
At some point chugs started sounding like open chords and that scares me
@phenomenomnomZ Жыл бұрын
It's so distorted, it's like Elden Ring's difficulty mixed with Dark Souls bosses and they had a Doom baby
@Anthabolic Жыл бұрын
As an avid slam listener, I approve
@The_Los04 Жыл бұрын
Alternate title: Turning my guitar tone into static using an uncanny amount of distortion petals
@princealigorna7468 Жыл бұрын
I have never used the Metal Zone. My pedal is the Death Metal. Which I have never maxed out the settings I'm honestly afraid it's going to blow my amps up if I do. I usually keep the settings on like a 6. I'll drop down to a 4 if I want a clearer tone. Otherwise, the feedback is just unwieldy. I like a little feedback in my tone. Do that whole Eyehategod thing where they use feedback as an effect in itself. But if I'm getting feedback while muting the strings, that's too much man.
@njsteere 3 ай бұрын
That tone actually works for the “low fi version of the riff before the whole band joins in” at the start of a song
@adamduncan123456 Жыл бұрын
But you merely adopted the Metal Zone; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the Axe FX until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!
@Patrick-857 10 ай бұрын
I too had my awakening knowing nothing but the metal pedal. Except mine was a Zoom Trimetal. God what a terriblely over the top pedal that was. The EQ on it couldn't NOT destroy the sound and the distortion went from too much to something around the 4 Metalzones mark of this video. I loved it. It made me feel like a rock star. But nobody could hear me above the drummer.
@robochrish Жыл бұрын
Brutal! This reminds me of "Elimate" using the OTT octagon
@jamesnorthup7717 11 ай бұрын
It's too bad they didn't have more slots available, you almost got to that sound I've been looking for
@professorpedropontes4402 10 ай бұрын
HAHAHAHAHA😂
@sammwich4160 Жыл бұрын
He don't miss (I'm still watching the preroll ads)
@JimsMusicDungeon Жыл бұрын
6:14 trve kvlt
@benthecartoonist3518 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love these metal science experiments
@legendaryzibbo9146 Жыл бұрын
The last one sounds like I’m listening to someone listening to metal in the other room.
@OzLovell Жыл бұрын
Yo that riff at 2:22 was sick! Does anyone know if thats a real song or if Nik just improvised it?
@JCaleb Жыл бұрын
I think he improvised it? he is just doing the classic 00's metalcore noises
@CyRanger 11 ай бұрын
@@JCaleb Sounds like 80s metal to me. Peace
@tzon6802 10 ай бұрын
@@CyRanger You havn't listened to 80s metal then
@CyRanger 10 ай бұрын
@@tzon6802 I've listened to most all of it, in real time. I've played quite a bit of it (guitar), as well. I'm also an engineer, and have been producing music for decades. My comment/opinion stands. Peace
@tzon6802 10 ай бұрын
@@CyRanger Peace m8
@stikdik Жыл бұрын
Bro these are hard to watch 😂 i feel a sense of accomplishment pushing through the whole thing
@RelentlessRage Жыл бұрын
From 2 to 4 it was in fact very good. Warm and fuzzy, ears melting in a good way
@JesusAriasAvila Жыл бұрын
Legends say that at 18 metal zones, a wormhole will transport you to a parallel universe.
@liamblack4840 Жыл бұрын
Made it all the way through, fun times. First few actually didn’t sound too bad
@Maybeabandaid9 Жыл бұрын
Who wouldn't want a metal zone 2 into another metal zone 2?
@clinteverett4729 Жыл бұрын
I miss running my MT-2 through a Mesa Walkabout and 2 vintage 30 full stacks
@allan3315 6 ай бұрын
One of my favorite experiments you've ever performed:p
@TheBearmoth Жыл бұрын
This speaks to my interests
@sudsiership8 Жыл бұрын
1 to 3 just sounds like classic bullet for my valentine lmao
@mikulaslamac7179 Жыл бұрын
That's literally "How to make industrial metal only with guitar"
@That1DummyHead Жыл бұрын
distortion so good the camera was never able to focus
@bean_soup2.0 8 ай бұрын
"What happens if we turn off the gate?" *Sounds of suffering*
@alexandercorey850 Жыл бұрын
You have opened the gates of hell and now we hear all the pain that created metelheads
@KSE828 Жыл бұрын
2 metal zones sounds 1000% than 1. 1 sounds like an early 2000’s hardcore demo tape.
@ultrabike3699 8 ай бұрын
7:03 its so stepi
@paragonca9736 Жыл бұрын
That's about the level of distortion you need to not get copyright claimed for smoke on the water
@Lilith_Reaver Жыл бұрын
i cant wait to be deaf.
@Jens_Roadster Жыл бұрын
What?!
@Lilith_Reaver Жыл бұрын
huh?! you say something?!
@Peron1-MC Жыл бұрын
this reminds me of when eliminate does the OCTAGON aka 8 OTT compressors(he does EDM stuff)
@ilovebutterstuff Жыл бұрын
You're the best, Nik
@chrisshuler100 Жыл бұрын
48k more subs LETS SEE THAT 1 MIL BRO LFG
@The-Biggest-D Жыл бұрын
The average modern guitar setup
@Crtcl_Bhvr Жыл бұрын
12 Metal Zones remind me of that one time when i got a MXR 5150 Pedal and plugged it into my first amp (Marshall MG15CF) and forgot that i was in OD channel with gain at max. good times
@thomasbowen2006 Жыл бұрын
Distortion added to the camera too, it's a nice touch
@inflamesfan03091993 Жыл бұрын
Man, I love how crips that poster in the background looks.
@lautarothepro420 Жыл бұрын
Not as louder as Leper Messiah (1985, James' Riff Tapes)
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Жыл бұрын
"Bro, I paid for all the gain up to 10, so I'm going to use all the gain up to 10"
@regor5150 Жыл бұрын
Your auto focus is KILLING me bro 😂
@icaroallysson6667 Жыл бұрын
Can you write a song with that tone?
@kennyb8260 Жыл бұрын
My dogs have lost their minds thanks Nik really appreciate that one
@wil.makesmusic Жыл бұрын
*sees video on recommended* *turns volume down on computer* *sighs* *clicks on video*
@LifeHawkeye Жыл бұрын
This made me happy lol
@AmazeMe4 Жыл бұрын
Man, do some covers on Lorna Shore. We need it
@clarencemarsh5533 Жыл бұрын
It's gorgeous
@therealdestroylonely Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the Mortician tone tutorial!
@joaquintomorrowwefall8856 Жыл бұрын
Me, an electronic music producer: all these sounds are very usable.
@Stinkus17 Жыл бұрын
Now you can play endless nameless
@theerectus2004 Жыл бұрын
It’s nice to see the science settled. Here I thought my boosting a metal zone with a metal zone was the final form.
@cambriakilgannon12 5 ай бұрын
2 of them reminds me of the insane setting on the line 6 spider amps 😂
@NihilsticFeeling Жыл бұрын
I dont trust the apps.. get 12 actual peddles chained up for science.
@CrysolasChymera2117 Жыл бұрын
From this point, 3:11 this is how I like my old-school-emo-screamo-post-hardcore to sound.
@MemphisGal2003 Жыл бұрын
Literally doing a puzzle in my college library half watching this with a blank face
@thesm1l3y Жыл бұрын
"what happens if I turn of the gate?" loved that XD
@jebus456 Жыл бұрын
5 actually sounded dope
@Seven7Pain1 Жыл бұрын
hey the metalzone was my first pedal noise gate was second 🤣
@janaxelblomberg7768 10 ай бұрын
Him forgetting to dime them hurt my soul
@voltz22 Жыл бұрын
2 Metal zones sounds a lot like Killswitch Engage lol, great video
@Tarkhun Жыл бұрын
This video is what astigmatic people see without glasses
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