Most DISTORTED Guitar Tone Possible?!

I attempt to make the most distorted metal guitar tone possible
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#Guitar #Metal #NikNocturnal

[@NikNocturnal]

*Smash like for more fun metal things*

[@Mai.Apenas]

brazil

[@musicbychanc3]

Among Us

[@kazzy7318]

Person named Like:

[@euanmarshall3685]

Guitar store employee: how much distortion do you want? Nik: yes.

[@MrJakestain1x]

FUN METAL THINGS O.O

[@ikeatable1]

You almost reached the perfect djent tone

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

*almost*

[@kawasakininja112]

Maybe next time

[@Trollolololol69]

More like slam tone

[@leechick]

Pair that with the 50 semitones down

[@ijoeldiavlo4871]

He needed more strings and 15 semitones down

[@rafaelbriceno5599]

I feel like the out of focus camera really helped with the distortion experience 😂

[@eldudeico]

It was literally all I could focus on

[@jebus456]

You must have a distorted sense of reality and I couldn't agree more.

[@amygdalios]

yeah, now both my eyes and ears hurt 👍

[@lukasznowosielski]

At this moment Nick becomes an ultimate boss for Ichika and other Polyphias playing only clean

[@zekesguitars]

tbf, Polyphia uses some gain a lot of the time. G.O.A.T comes to mind

[@goner.9989]

@@zekesguitarstheir new album has some heavy thall-y shit on there.

[@philipschlaepfer9866]

Not to mention that all the compression in the world isn’t my definition of clean

[@kirbyculp5448]

Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts in the middle of the day. Makes it entirely better.

[@kaakelimuki3509]

Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts at 0.20 am.

[@FrankYooToob]

Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts at 23 :20.

[@ytua1236]

Gotta love when Mr Nocturnal posts in 1:07

[@kwrk77]

Gotta love when nik nocturnal posts at 05:20

[@MrChopsticktech]

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]

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

[@differentbutsimilar7893]

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]

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.

[@TrueChaoSclx]

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

[@psych4003]

You've almost reached the perfect Black Metal guitar tone. Just need to record through a headphone microphone.

[@manicdataminer]

Placed in a wooden shed at the other side of the fjord

[@VoVilliaCorp]

Get that burzumness in there

[@jehuveronica4546]

Max treble and 144p quality

[@careful__Icarus]

A partially submerged shed with a woodpecker randomly pecking slowly on the burning thatched roof

[@anomymouse5043]

You have clearly expertise in sound production! Do you have video tutorials?

[@louisburley1597]

Not going to lie, I want to see this again but with a Boss HM2. The ultimate Swedish chainsaw

[@Snaw]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@serrisdaylor1015]

Chain chainsaws 8)

[@l.147]

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]

YES combine this with the all the way down pitch shifted guitar paired with some pitch shifted all the way up leads

[@HarptoHeart69]

Nik is absolutely killing it right now! I always look forward to his videos, much love from NC! 🤟🏼

[@clenchedfistsyndrome1439]

Same here, also located in NC!

[@HarptoHeart69]

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

[@clenchedfistsyndrome1439]

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

[@HarptoHeart69]

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

[@HawlHeed]

Can you turn this into a series? I want 12 wah wah pedals next😂

[@dudeyeetofficial3270]

3:00 that riff was beautiful

[@michaellrakes5521]

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!

[@Felix-sq1qw]

i always forget what a amazing guitar player nik is

[@Tirryna]

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]

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]

Did you have your friend turn the midsweep while you played to make weird wah noises

[@kevinzagar9252]

That wasn't camera focus, mate. That was distortion🤘

[@professorpedropontes4402]

Indeed!

[@mrseaweed88]

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

[@JCaleb]

literally

[@ji604]

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

[@danha3107]

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

[@XSicarriiX77]

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

[@unaipad1128]

Sacrificing his hearing for metal guitar science… what a djentleman

[@yashchigurupati1653]

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

[@swarthygiant1463]

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

[@Lilith_Reaver]

this editing is top tier.

[@JCaleb]

thanks

[@SlyHikari03]

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

[@RenVasTerul]

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

[@LoneConkorror]

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

[@ZL1LoVeR]

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

[@DOOMERSEMPAI_0392]

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

[@philthypig02]

0:04 yes you are indeed

[@valorjoz]

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.

[@lucky1173]

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

[@darkinertia2]

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

[@michaelfox1432]

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.

[@Rowanexen]

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

[@phenomenomnomZ]

It's so distorted, it's like Elden Ring's difficulty mixed with Dark Souls bosses and they had a Doom baby

[@spfadden082711]

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]

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.

[@OzLovell]

Yo that riff at 2:22 was sick! Does anyone know if thats a real song or if Nik just improvised it?

[@JCaleb]

I think he improvised it? he is just doing the classic 00's metalcore noises

[@CyRanger]

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

[@tzon6802]

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

[@CyRanger]

@@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]

@@CyRanger Peace m8

[@The_Los04]

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

[@adamduncan123456]

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]

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.

[@Anthabolic]

As an avid slam listener, I approve

[@sammwich4160]

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

[@njsteere]

That tone actually works for the “low fi version of the riff before the whole band joins in” at the start of a song

[@JimsMusicDungeon]

6:14 trve kvlt

[@jamesnorthup7717]

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

[@professorpedropontes4402]

HAHAHAHAHA😂

[@ege2289]

Wtf loool

[@sudsiership8]

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

[@legendaryzibbo9146]

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

[@princealigorna7468]

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.

[@JesusAriasAvila]

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

[@clinteverett4729]

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

[@RelentlessRage]

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

[@alexandercorey850]

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

[@pigeonarmstrong]

Thank you for conducting this experiment!

[@ultrabike3699]

7:03 its so stepi

[@regor5150]

Your auto focus is KILLING me bro 😂

[@That1DummyHead]

distortion so good the camera was never able to focus

[@Maybeabandaid9]

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

[@inflamesfan03091993]

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

[@Peron1-MC]

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

[@wil.makesmusic]

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

[@mikulaslamac7179]

That's literally "How to make industrial metal only with guitar"

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

"Bro, I paid for all the gain up to 10, so I'm going to use all the gain up to 10"

[@Stinkus17]

Now you can play endless nameless

[@bean_soup2.0]

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

[@taczpat5610]

NOT ENOUGH

[@Seven7Pain1]

hey the metalzone was my first pedal noise gate was second 🤣

[@jebus456]

5 actually sounded dope

[@MemphisGal2003]

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

[@KSE828]

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

[@Tyius420]

even your camera was DISTORTED

[@jmokiedm]

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

[@s0ngm4ker86]

3:40 Was that the Nintendo Wii dead sound? 💀

[@eliwessler19]

swag

[@paragonca9736]

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

[@Crtcl_Bhvr]

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

[@icaroallysson6667]

Can you write a song with that tone?

[@The-Biggest-D]

The average modern guitar setup

[@OinkOinkOinkOink]

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

[@kenoesse]

still need 10 more metalzones

[@CrysolasChymera2117]

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

[@janaxelblomberg7768]

Him forgetting to dime them hurt my soul

[@Tarkhun]

This video is what astigmatic people see without glasses

[@joaquintomorrowwefall8856]

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

[@voltz22]

2 Metal zones sounds a lot like Killswitch Engage lol, great video

[@AmazeMe4]

Man, do some covers on Lorna Shore. We need it

[@GarretYoung-iu2fz]

Woah

[@liamblack4840]

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

[@samcrorie]

Nik opening a portal to Guitar Center 😂

[@svveetsveta]

“we’re gonna keep the gate on”

[@flake8382]

"Sounds like aliens dying."

[@NihilsticFeeling]

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

[@thesm1l3y]

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

[@PugLifeProductions]

3:30 - This broke me 😂

[@allan3315]

One of my favorite experiments you've ever performed:p

[@last8267]

Finally someone who get Rammstein du hast tone😊