TONE MATCHED! Top 25 Heavy Metal Guitar Sounds - Vol. 2

Using Bias FX and Bias Amp, I matched the guitar tones of 25 heavy metal/hard rock albums. From best to greatest, this second volume of my guitar tone countdown includes Slipknot, Rush, System of a Down, Arch Enemy, Iron Maiden, Five Finger Death Punch, Def Leppard among others.

You can enjoy the first collection of my top metal guitar tones here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oikO33k_2mk

To download any of the 25 presets I use in this video, type in Bias FX's search box "DMO" plus the name of the album. For example:

. "DMO Cowboys From Hell” for Pantera’s “Cowboys From Hell” preset
. "DMO Master of Puppets“ for Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” preset
. "DMO Dirt” for Alice In Chains’s “Dirt” preset
. "DMO Altars of Madness” for Morbid Angel’s “Altars of Madness“ preset
etc...

I created all my presets with Bias FX 2 and Bias Amp 2.

IMPORTANT: You're more than welcome to use my presets for your cover videos, "What if" creations, etc. All I ask is to give me credit in your video (or video description). It took me a huge amount of effort to create these presets, so credit would be appreciated.

In this video, I matched the guitar tone of the following albums:

. Ace Frehley (Kiss) - Self-Titled Album
. Alice in Chains - Dirt (Jerry Cantrell)
. Arch Enemy - Will to Power (Jeff Loomis and Michael Amott)
. Def Leppard - Pyromania (Phil Collen, Steve Clark and Pete Willis)
. Dio - Holy Diver (Vivian Campbell)
. Faith No More - The Real Thing (Jim Martin)
. Five Finger Death Punch (Zoltan Bathory and Jason Hook)
. Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II (Slash and Izzy Stradlin)
. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (Adrian Smith and Dave Murray)
. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman)
. Metallica - Load, Reload and Master of Puppets (James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett)
. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (Trey Azagthoth and Richard Brunelle)
. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell (Dimebag Darrell)
. Rage Against the Machine - Self-Titled Album (Tom Morello)
. Rush - Hemispheres (Alex Lifeson)
. Scorpions - Face the Heat (Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs)
. Slipknot - Iowa (Mick Thomson and Jim Root)
. Soundgarden - Superunknown (Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil)
. Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution (Rocky George and Mike Clark)
. System of a Down - Toxicity (Daron Malakian)
. The Cult - Sonic Temple (Billy Duffy)
. Twister Sister - Stay Hungry (Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda)
. W.A.S.P. - The Last Command (Chris Holmes and Randy Piper)
. Whitesnake - Self-Titled Album (John Sykes)

My presets are optimized for live playing. If you use them for recording, I recommend the following:

. Use the single path (instead of the dual path, which has a slight delay for a stereo sound)
. Reduce the distortion levels (1.0 to 2.0 units in the distortion pedal is normally good enough)
. Raise the bass levels in the post-amp EQ (if it's part of the preset)
. Record your guitars four times (see my Four Guitars video for further explanation about quad recording)
. If part of the preset, disable the boost pedal

I recommend running Bias FX 2 as a VST in your favorite audio software, so you can better control the audio levels. One known issue with Bias FX is that some presets don’t have enough output. I control the volume of my presets through Reaper.

Some of the presets in this video have their own dedicated video explaining how to use them. Check out my "Classic Heavy Metal Tones" playlist.

I play the following guitars in this video:

. B.C. Rich NJ Jr. V - EMG 81 & 85 Pickups & Original Floyd Rose Tremolo (my number one guitar!)
. Gibson Tribal Explorer - Gibson Pickups (500T & 496R) & Kahler 2215 Tremolo
. B.C. Rich Mockingbird - DiMarzio Pickups (Super Distortion & PAF) & Kahler 2300 Tremolo
. ESP NV - Kahler 2300 Tremolo & EMG Pickups
. Hamer Phantom - Hamer Pickups & Kahler 2300 Tremolo
. B.C. Rich Warlock - DiMarzio Pickups (Super Distortion & PAF) & Kahler 2300 Tremolo
. Dean Razorback - Floyd Rose Special Tremolo, Seymour Duncan Pickup (SH-13 Dimebucker) & Dean DMT Pickup
. B.C. Rich Wartribe - EMG 81 & 85 Pickups & Kahler Hybrid Tremolo
. Jackson King V KV2 - Floyd Rose tremolo and Seymour Duncan pickups

I created all videos using Garageband and Reaper with an iMac and Line 6's UX1 audio interface.

If you like my guitar playing, check out my channel for many other videos.

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