90s swedish Death Metal with Boss HM-2 pedal

r_u_sirius · Sep 9th 2012

Hi,

on the Rig Exchange you can now find a new profile.
Today I stumbled upon my old Boss HM-2 distirtion pedal, which was the secret weapon of the scandinavian Death Metal attack in the 90s. Bands like Bloodbath, Dismember, Entombed, Evocation etc used it in front of a already distorted Marshall JCM 800 or 900 to get that very special sound directly out of hell It sounds more like a destroyed fuzz tone, with a pretty strange attack feel. They usually maxed all the four pots.

So why not capture this sound for the Kemper?
I used it with my Marshall JCM 800 combo, miced with a Heil PR40 and a SM57.
I believe I came pretty close to those some kind of classic tones
Don´t expect it to sound nice

Unicursal · Sep 17th 2012

Very cool profile dude! It comes very close to old Entombed!

r_u_sirius · Sep 17th 2012

thanks a lot for checking it out!

VESmedic · Sep 17th 2012

r u sirius this is an absolutely KILLER profile man. I have only used it with my VHT 2902/Deliverance 4x12, but holy shit man, pretty nasty sounding. Alot of profiles sound similar with my setup (ultimately because of the 4x12 probably obviously) But you can really tell this is a nasty sounding profile, and perfect for the old school swedish sound. I can't wait to try and record with it, anyone have any recorded samples of it in a mix? Again, awesome profile, just plain cool as hell.

possie · Sep 17th 2012

Splendid ! Not home right now but I'll be checking it out for sure. Left hand path is one of my favorite albums of that era.

r_u_sirius · Sep 17th 2012

haha, the awakening of the death metal heads!
thanks!
I don´t think Boss had a new style of Heavy Metal in mind when they came up with this ugly sounding HM-2 pedal, which is completly unable to produce a nice and singing distortion. And then someone found a way to make use of it..

Unicursal · Sep 20th 2012

Hey sirius! I made a record with your great profile. It sits perfect in the mix
http://soundcloud.com/unicursal/dead-fo

r_u_sirius · Sep 20th 2012

great!
thanks a lot for the demo!!!

londonjeepster · Sep 20th 2012

Quote from Unicursal

Hey sirius! I made a record with your great profile. It sits perfect in the mix
http://soundcloud.com/unicursal/dead-fo

Sounding good

possie · Sep 22nd 2012

Played with this profile for 2 hours straight - so much fun

Great for D-beat as well (Disfear, Wolfbrigade, etc) - thanx !

Unicursal · Sep 23rd 2012

Quote from possie

Played with this profile for 2 hours straight - so much fun

Great for D-beat as well (Disfear, Wolfbrigade, etc) - thanx !

The same by me
It's very cool jamming to old Entombed, Dismember, Unleashed with the original sound!

Sirius made a very good job. I like also his other profiles

dirtyprotest · Sep 24th 2012

hey man,could u tell me the name of the profile u made?,ive been searching the rig exchange for it,,thanks;)

guitarnet70 · Sep 24th 2012

Quote from dirtyprotest

hey man,could u tell me the name of the profile u made?,ive been searching the rig exchange for it,,thanks;)

Should be the Marshall JCM800+HM2, on RE he's r.u.sirius

possie · Sep 25th 2012

Could not help myself and snapped up an HM-2 pedal for next to nothing.

dirtyprotest · Sep 28th 2012

thats a wicked sounding profile dude,,big thanks!!

r_u_sirius · Sep 28th 2012

muchas gracias

PBGas · Oct 10th 2012

Sirius....thanks a bunch for your VH-4 Diezel Profiles. Channel 3 and 4 are spot on as I am comparing my own VH-4 to the mix.

Well done!

r_u_sirius · Oct 10th 2012

glad you like them!

LIQUIDAETHER · Dec 27th 2012

Quote from possie

Played with this profile for 2 hours straight - so much fun

Great for D-beat as well (Disfear, Wolfbrigade, etc) - thanx !

Yeah, this is the shit!! I also like the sound of SKITSYSTEM (Nar Ska Ni Fatta) pretty much. Which albums from WOLFBRIGADE do you prefer? I like the older ones under the name of WOLFPACK way more as they are not soooo dirty and a bit more metal. Haha.

possie · Dec 28th 2012

I am not a connaisseur of their oevre - just hit upon a few songs of them on Youtube. I like the low end so Skitsystem is also right up my alley. Get a HM-2 pedal - it is great fun.

I have to thank R.U Sirius again for releasing the Inner Swede in us all

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