Most DISTORTED Guitar Tone Possible?!

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Most DISTORTED Guitar Tone Possible?!

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I attempt to make the most distorted metal guitar tone possible
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@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

@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.

@TylerPilizota Жыл бұрын

"Money can't buy happiness but it can certainly buy sick tones!" -Kmac2021

@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 Жыл 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?

@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.

@TrueChaoSclx Жыл бұрын

That Unholy Confessions riff sounded like it was recorded on a brick phone in the early 2000s

@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.

@serrisdaylor1015 2 күн бұрын

Chain chainsaws 8)

@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

@HarptoHeart69 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!

@HarptoHeart69 Жыл бұрын

@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 What part? I'm from Greenville, NC. 🤘🏼

@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 Жыл бұрын

@@HarptoHeart69 Pinehurst. Not many Metalheads here as many people move to Pinehurst when they retire lol

@HarptoHeart69 Жыл бұрын

@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 It's a beautiful city, it's near Raleigh right?

@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 11 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@Felix-sq1qw Жыл бұрын

i always forget what a amazing guitar player nik is

@michaellrakes5521 Жыл 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...

@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

@ji604 Жыл бұрын

Ola: Will it chug? 🤘 Nik: Will it explode? 💥

@danha3107 Жыл бұрын

honestly the slightly out of focus camera really added to the artistic experience

@unaipad1128 Жыл бұрын

Sacrificing his hearing for metal guitar science… what a djentleman

@dudeyeetofficial3270 Жыл бұрын

3:00 that riff was beautiful

@yashchigurupati1653 Жыл бұрын

we have officially discovered what the inside of a black hole sounds like. thanks Dr. Nik

@mrseaweed88 Жыл бұрын

Some Swedish black metal band called, they want that tone 😂

@JCaleb Жыл бұрын

literally

@SoleConqueror Жыл бұрын

That tone was audibly bearable, just felt like an LSD trip 😂

@swarthygiant1463 Жыл бұрын

Between the camera and the metal zones this looks and sounds the way a hangover feels

@SlyHikari03 Жыл бұрын

It slowly gets chunkier over time. Also, Harmonics are the only things that come through once more gain gets added.

@XSicarriiX77 Жыл бұрын

7:48 this must be how Fantano hears A7X's Life is But A Dream

@Lilith_Reaver Жыл бұрын

this editing is top tier.

@JCaleb Жыл бұрын

thanks

@RenVasTerul Жыл бұрын

HEY Nik, just popped in to say I appreciate your content ❤ Keep up and stay hydrated 😊

@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

@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.

@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.

@The_Los04 Жыл бұрын

Alternate title: Turning my guitar tone into static using an uncanny amount of distortion petals

@lucky1173 Жыл бұрын

At some point chugs started sounding like open chords and that scares me

@Rowanexen Жыл бұрын

I'm excited to see what more metal science Nik creates 😂😂😂

@DOOMERSEMPAI_0392 Жыл бұрын

Made it threw till the end, love your videos Nik your vids are getting me to pick up my 🎸 again 🖤

@njsteere 4 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 11 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.

@darkinertia2 Жыл бұрын

honestly id watch nick just noodle on the guitar, love the metalcore riffs

@JesusAriasAvila Жыл бұрын

Legends say that at 18 metal zones, a wormhole will transport you to a parallel universe.

@jamesnorthup7717 Жыл бұрын

It's too bad they didn't have more slots available, you almost got to that sound I've been looking for

@professorpedropontes4402 11 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA😂

@Anthabolic Жыл бұрын

As an avid slam listener, I approve

@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 Жыл бұрын

@@JCaleb Sounds like 80s metal to me. Peace

@tzon6802 11 ай бұрын

@@CyRanger You havn't listened to 80s metal then

@CyRanger 11 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 11 ай бұрын

@@CyRanger Peace m8

@legendaryzibbo9146 Жыл бұрын

The last one sounds like I’m listening to someone listening to metal in the other room.

@sammwich4160 Жыл бұрын

He don't miss (I'm still watching the preroll ads)

@philthypig02 Жыл бұрын

0:04 yes you are indeed

@KSE828 Жыл бұрын

2 metal zones sounds 1000% than 1. 1 sounds like an early 2000’s hardcore demo tape.

@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 11 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.

@alexandercorey850 Жыл бұрын

You have opened the gates of hell and now we hear all the pain that created metelheads

@sudsiership8 Жыл бұрын

1 to 3 just sounds like classic bullet for my valentine lmao

@RelentlessRage Жыл бұрын

From 2 to 4 it was in fact very good. Warm and fuzzy, ears melting in a good way

@Maybeabandaid9 Жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't want a metal zone 2 into another metal zone 2?

@bean_soup2.0 8 ай бұрын

"What happens if we turn off the gate?" *Sounds of suffering*

@joaquintomorrowwefall8856 Жыл бұрын

Me, an electronic music producer: all these sounds are very usable.

@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"

@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

@paragonca9736 Жыл бұрын

That's about the level of distortion you need to not get copyright claimed for smoke on the water

@pigeonarmstrong Жыл бұрын

Thank you for conducting this experiment!

@clinteverett4729 Жыл бұрын

I miss running my MT-2 through a Mesa Walkabout and 2 vintage 30 full stacks

@jmokiedm Жыл бұрын

Noisecore bands: "We're 4 universes ahead of you"

@lautarothepro420 Жыл бұрын

Not as louder as Leper Messiah (1985, James' Riff Tapes)

@wil.makesmusic Жыл бұрын

*sees video on recommended* *turns volume down on computer* *sighs* *clicks on video*

@MemphisGal2003 Жыл бұрын

Literally doing a puzzle in my college library half watching this with a blank face

@regor5150 Жыл бұрын

Your auto focus is KILLING me bro 😂

@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.

@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.

@CrysolasChymera2117 Жыл бұрын

From this point, 3:11 this is how I like my old-school-emo-screamo-post-hardcore to sound.

@inflamesfan03091993 Жыл бұрын

Man, I love how crips that poster in the background looks.

@thesm1l3y Жыл бұрын

"what happens if I turn of the gate?" loved that XD

@NihilsticFeeling Жыл бұрын

I dont trust the apps.. get 12 actual peddles chained up for science.

@BigBadMadden95 Жыл бұрын

"What happens when I turn off the gate"... According to KZfaq; Heineken

@OinkOinkOinkOink Жыл бұрын

there will be a band doing it for REAL BECAUSE OF YOU

@morningstarrecords259 Жыл бұрын

eight and a half minute tutorial on how to get Dimebag's guitar tone (totally worth it)

@Tarkhun Жыл бұрын

This video is what astigmatic people see without glasses

@themes5956 Жыл бұрын

Every guitar teacher knows the pain of seeing the kid with the metallica shirt walk in with his 17 metal zone pedal set.

@corbinsmith6777 Жыл бұрын

Controversial opinion: the metal zone actually kicks butt, but most guitarists eq profiles using it sound like one

@KrmtDfrog Жыл бұрын

So that's how you can play Deep Purple w/o copyright strikes. Good to know

@janaxelblomberg7768 11 ай бұрын

Him forgetting to dime them hurt my soul

@The-Biggest-D Жыл бұрын

The average modern guitar setup

@moonboogien8908 Жыл бұрын

These are the fun metal things we were promised? Deal.

@liamblack4840 Жыл бұрын

Made it all the way through, fun times. First few actually didn’t sound too bad

@cartersvhscorner50 Жыл бұрын

The first part of three metal zones is so beautiful it made Lisa simpson cry

@Tyius420 Жыл бұрын

even your camera was DISTORTED

@Peron1-MC Жыл бұрын

this reminds me of when eliminate does the OCTAGON aka 8 OTT compressors(he does EDM stuff)

@rizvanahmedrafsan Жыл бұрын

4 metal zones without the gate should sound pretty good ngl

@Itjustgotserious 11 ай бұрын

You will probably never read this Nik, but I would really like to see this experiment again but with a new high pass filter in between each individual instance of your metal zone plugin.

@thatponybro6940 Жыл бұрын

Nik: "Can we do pinch harmonics?" Me: ah yes, i too love After The Burial

@svveetsveta Жыл бұрын

“we’re gonna keep the gate on”

@peanutarbuckle179 Жыл бұрын

Eventually, if you add enough metal zones, it returns to a Fender-level clean tone.

@Stinkus17 Жыл бұрын

Now you can play endless nameless

@JimsMusicDungeon Жыл бұрын

6:14 trve kvlt

@fettuccinealraver Жыл бұрын

5 metal zones sounds like the sweet spot

@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