All user reviews for the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal

This is an analog distortion pedal.

It has 4 settings:-Level (for the noise level of the pedal)
Color-L (low setting)
H-Color (set high)
-Distortion (distosion rate setting)

Connection input / output jack 6, 35 and activation of the pedal through the footswitch. Socket for supplying the pedal 9V but it also works with a battery.

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is very distinctive. For those who know the band Dismember (Swedish Death Metal) is the pedal they used on the album "Death Metal" and I think they always use. This distortion has been widely used by the Sunlight Studio in suede which is quite a standard Swedish Death Metal.
But it also works well to rock.

The pedal has no medium and it means but it is the character of the beast.

When you push the treble and bass background, his turns. I personally love this color and pushing the volume is directly obtained more punch. However, it generates a little breath which is normal when you push distortion.

I use it only on my guitar.

OVERALL OPINION

This is one year that I have, it cost me a misery (33 euros) so I find it value for money very good.

I love the character of this pedal, distortion it provides. If you have the opportunity to try, it's worth cuts out.

I also have a Rocktron Metal Planet home and nothing to do with the boss HM2, the Metal Planet has a better definition with its parametric mid and sonic possibilities but I like again the color of the HM2.

Please note that the color of this pedal will not please everyone.

Overdrive / Disto analog at Boss, In and Out jack input power supply, not true bypass.

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration, a volume knob, a knob for gain, an equalizer two bands (Low and High).
I never had the manual.
Editing effects could not be easier.

SOUND QUALITY

The distortion in a strong personality, it sounds oddly, more like an overdrive pushed hard but its dry and precise, the distortion is not fat; Also it has less gain than most current distos see overdrives present.
In fact I think this is because, as the DS-1, it was designed to boost the already saturated channel amps and not to sound good on a clean channel like most modern distos. She is very strong push for the sound of his gear overdrive channel upstream of an amp or pedal overdrive / distortion modern ... a bit in the manner of a TS808 but with more gain.
An interesting effect to use, I lent it to me to try and I made it if I liked her gift, I would have kept as interesting to use and experiment with different situations but I did no room on my board and not the heart to redo my config ... Domage!

OVERALL OPINION

I tested it for about two weeks, I like its ability to pushed the gear used but only on the clean is just too feeble.

I do not know what it's worth now ...

If I had the place, I would integrate well with my story board to have enough to renew the sound of my distos and overdrive and add a different color.

My Uncle had a ton of pedals and he gave me this one for nothign it was brand new but he just started playing with a Rock band that didn't need all the distortion.

I don't like to play with a lot of Tone, as a mater of fact I keep my Tone controls off so I get a more muted sound, The pedal has a nice distortion however it sounds better with my tone turned up.

I play on a Crate GFX-65 and to be honest I can get better Distortion off of that than I can with the Boss.

Can't complain about it.

Its Decent if your playing off a AMP without a lot of effects, but seriously if you want really good distortion or nice Overdrive get the Medal Zone and Super Overdrive.

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I wanted a heavy tone that would also let me be very versitile. I got this one used at a Music-Go-Round for about $35.00.

I liked how it was all metal and the color. It was black w/ orange lettering. It was very easy to use like most Boss pedals. It was very easy to switch on and off too.

I didn't like some of the noise I was getting out of it. It would hum a lot and I would have to turn the volume knob down a bit on it. I also did not like the fact that it had to real chunkiness to the overdrive. There was no real mid-tone in it. So whenever I would palm-mute things the distortion would become very bassy and it would be hard to tell some notes that I was playing. This particular model is hard to find now, Boss replaced it w/ the "Metal Zone."

It was light yet very sturdy and hard. I liked the metal casing that it had. It was really small and easy to carry around.

The bottom line is that this pedal is for more of the crowd that wants quieter distortion over another overdrive. I would say that this pedal would work better if mixed w/ a good amp overdrive.

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Anybody who has ever listened to old school melodeath has heard this pedal. We're talking everything from At the Gates to In Flames to Entombed and more. It's not your daddy's distortion pedal, and it's not for everybody. Hell, it's debatable as to whether it even sounds good. The one I'm reviewing is the Taiwan version, but after trying both of these side-by-side, they really do sound roughly the same. The pedal has knobs for level, contour high, contour low and distortion.

UTILIZATION

I never read the manual for this pedal, so I can't say how well it's written. However, I have read many other Boss pedal manuals, and they're always super helpful. I can't imagine this one being any less helpful. They tend to give you example sentences and clearly explain what every knob is. Thankfully, they're also easy to understand just by looking at them, so you can simply figure out what's going on by messing with the knobs. The housing is super tough, and these have taken some extreme abuse throughout their lifetime. I constantly see them beat up without any flaws what-so-ever. The pedal is FET bypassed, and if I recall correctly, it kinda leaks a bit with the gain cranked, but it's been awhile since I last tried one, so I could be wrong on this.

SOUND QUALITY

The HM-2 is very controversial as to what sounds good or not. First of all, these knobs are crazy touchy. You can get some extremely different tones by just moving the knobs a hair. If you've ever played a Mesa style amp, you'll know what I'm referring to. It would help to have tape to fix your settings in one spot as it can take awhile to find them again. The pedal is brutal, and it works great at slamming a clean amp into outrageous distortion. My favorite usage of this pedal is to get that Bloodbath style tone. To me, they have the best HM-2 style sound, and that's really what the HM-2 sounds like. Entombed is another good representation as to what this pedal is like.

OVERALL OPINION

Don't expect to use this as a clean boost. It doesn't really work the way a tubescreamer does, and the distortion in this is extremely brutal. It's almost too over the top for most people, but if you want that old school melodeath tone, this is what you're going to have to go with. I wouldn't bother too much with the differences between the Taiwan and Japan versions as they're both roughly the same, sound wise. It's not like the DS-1, SD-1 and others where it kinda matters.

Of distortion pedals BOSS
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UTILIZATION

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SOUND QUALITY

used with humbuckers of course. The sound is agrssif. Be careful, the word heavy mtal should not fool you. We are much closer to the sound of Iron Mainden than Metallica. It resembles a lot the old marshall sound. It is even possible to have sound that recalls the passages most agrssifs of "Appetite For Destruction" of guns. It sounds like no one TFW JCM 800 either (considering the price it's not thundering) but still less as a MESA. If we hack the amp or if we add a graphic equalizer derrire I think the pedals should be much more versatile. With a drive and we arrive rglages adquate bring out the harmonics without too much trouble. Even when there a buzz for a non ngligeable drive lev. The sound is still quite cold which is usual in this brand, I do not know what happens on an amp lamp but totu case transo ca lack of heat still ...

OVERALL OPINION

Bin .. says it all! Bourin for rock but it is almost the only rock Bourin. in fact I was offered this PDAL I did not choose knowingly!
I love the most: a right to his trs price. A small ct marshall who dplait me at all.
I do not like: the wayward drive (not enough shades), the buzz.

Distortion pedal what is most basic.

UTILIZATION

2 jacks: input, output, gain controls, level, bass and treble EQ. The grip is immediate, the settings are very intuitive and very easy. No need for a manual to get there.

SOUND QUALITY

This pedal is for all fans of the Metal-Death Sauce Swedish old-school. This is the effect used by Entombed and Dismember, with the famous grain on the edge of fuzz, very overwhelming.

The equalizer very effectively allows easy adjustment.

The gain is highly variable and progressive: we can go from clean to distortion significantly. So, we can use this as a distortion pedal is classic or as a kind of "boost" amp, and add the grain to the sound of an amp already saturated.
I recommend this use in an amp JCM800 type to get the sound of Entombed.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal for almost two years.

It's a pedal that does little but does extremely well. By measuring the effect well, it can be used on some musical passages to make the guitar sound overwhelming, or simply to find the sound of Swedish death metal of the early 90's. It sounds hard to believe that his studio is associated with the sunlight in this pedal, but it's the truth!

Distortion is the Boss ...
Indestructible housing

UTILIZATION

4 knobs, Level, color mix (low / high) and distortion
Easy to adjust, really do not need manual

SOUND QUALITY

To be clear, I will not repeat what was said earlier but advise a particular purpose, in my opinion, where it is most effective. I play a Steinberger, and I use to boost my HM2 his solo (I recently learned that the late-Shawn Lane used it that way). Level setting in depth, bass and treble to 11 and dist. between 0 and 1 depending on whether you have a noise gate or not. And then, miraculously, no breath and long held notes (almost twice). Indeed, if used in real distortion, the power is not the foot, the more I do not like the marshall its type, and it blows as soon as you send the puree. So for six sustain excellent but it is not the first use

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 months and I can not get enough. I repeat myself but the sustain I like most, but inevitably, I recommend more MT2 really looking for those type of distortion stack (without it drool etc ...)
I bought it for € 30 OCCAZ therefore a sustainer booster, it will ...
I do it again because this choice at that price, if it kills a MT2 would be easier to tame and more versatile because it is particularly HM2 typed.

Much more than a basic distortion is a set of sounds heavy, hard or trash, metal etc. .. it blows very little, and add gain and sustain ..

UTILIZATION

by against mine is a former JAPAN 80's .. it is not the same as the recent Taiwan or China .. beautiful pupuce of old have been replaced by screaming cockroaches .. against the big box by iron remained the same, but there is no sound.

SOUND QUALITY

very hard to find in JAPAN. just sold a lepok, germanium transistors .. it's an impossible .. you can even use it live on a console, it serves as a di box .. never seen that. I advise everyone. (For fans of big beautiful sounds)

OVERALL OPINION

the sound comes from the old egg prod Japan, they had a component that time of very high quality .. Thus .. and found in China or Taiwan version. bjr the abeillles !!!!!!!

Grose analog distortion
level, bass, high, dist

UTILIZATION

Trs good dynamic (unique boss) and rich in harmonics and bass.
Type plutt fuzz but with remarkable versatility, from blues to death ...

SOUND QUALITY

Only problem: the palm mute are not terrible, for a bite against the distortion of the walls!
Watch out

January 2008 NOTE: I put 10 out of 10! The new use that I've found Exceeds my expectations by far:
- Peavey amp Microbass, eq V (low and high to max, mediums zero)
- Fender Start scratching
- Chain effects: scratch>> BOSS SD-1 (10 level, tone noon, drive back)
>> BOSS HM-2 (level 10, max low, high varies from 9 14h, dist 9)
>> Bass amp (hhh you should try!)
RESULT: the mtal, palm mute riffs, low in noise orgy, delirium!

OVERALL OPINION

I got a copy in Russian 90s, now I use one made in Taiwan without serial number and a green LED (probably change ???).
PDAL is a very musical, which does not cease to inspire me.
In comparison to the Metal Zone 2 is the casserole, a honeycomb ...

-This is a distortion numrique.

-The connection could not be more basic: input / output and plug adapter.

UTILIZATION

-The handling of this distortion is very simple: we have 4 knob: Level, Distance and two knobs "Color Mix" that roughly correspond to an adjustable treble and bass SETTING THE.

-There is a very easy or good sounds.

-I did not have the manual (bought used) but I do not see what could have brought me so much config is simple.

SOUND QUALITY

So this is disto-trs particulire: the grain is bold and rocky, trs saturation level is actually rather low for a Hi-gain pedals.

"I used the pedals in a branch head Randall G3 (hybrid) directly on the light or in conjunction with an Electro Harmonix Metal Muff, all with an LTD Eclipse 500 (mahogany + EMG)

'Then we can use the pedals alone on the clean sound of the amp but my humble opinion, this lack of intrt config and I was not convinced even knock, the distortion plutt remains low (I play mostly Black / Death Metal) more grain is really fat and imprcis, and tends his "rounded" when playing fast (eg tremolo picking Black Metal.)

I personally branch together a Metal Muff Electro Harmonix:
With the equation of the two pedals or nearly neutral (almost all knobs 12), the saturation of the ELH 4 and that of the Boss 3, and volume 12, there's a very s nice to play Black Metal or Death: the sound is really dense, and the cot of the rocky Boss gives super rsultat for big power chords and other big riffs, more everything remains pr cis net can play prcis and net (but has, I trusts you!)
Mention specially for picking riffs trmolo: the sound is so dense they sound really big and as I said above, the trend lgrement rounded while remaining fairly rpeux This gives good rsultats trs.

The pedals are legendary for their key Old School Death Sudois (ingrdient obviously essential to the sound of tnors like: Entombed, Dismember and Co.) and well we can say that it is not rat even if personally remember the sound of bands like Dissection (I have a sound that is very close to that of Unhallowed or Soulreaper!) but must be because I am in agreement and Mi not in Si

-In calmer areas, the pedals are well dmerde frankly: the thickness of its natural grain and gives super rocky trs rsultats Blues in good fat and Stoner Rock.

I put the maximum, BUT THIS WARNING pedals will not fit EVERYONE AS ITS GRAIN IS INDIVIDUAL.
Personally it is exactly what I wanted, which is why I put such a good note, but everyone will not find his account.

OVERALL OPINION

I use only a few hours but I think I've been around, if I change my mind or I add something else, I'd be told.

The extreme-Grain Metal Sudois of the old school is in this beast ... I think it's an indispensable seeking this type of sound: Entombed, Dismember, Dissection, Amon Amarth. (For cons, recess, the gear derrire to follow ... but is it ncessaire to prciser?)

Level of Disto-pedals I tried many a thing before, but I do not use it in the main distortion, only to color the sound of my Metal Muff.

-I got used to cheap can trs (thirty euros) that the price is a bargain!

-I do not know, in any case, the pedals are and will remain of good quality APRS, do I always sound so particulire signature in a few years?

input-output
effect of high distortion but insufisant for certain styles of metal
-Gain
-Treble
Bass
-Level

UTILIZATION

uitlisaton simple as most of these boss pedals

SOUND QUALITY

then the sound is very ugly, it sounds very rough
However, it is really original sounds are rarely found as ca
I use mostly my vox pedals but when I spring, I am always amazed by his super dirty and strong saturation

OVERALL OPINION

I therefore had the 20th c not a great investment, it was my first distortion pedal
I was more disappointed by the BCP and the second last that I bought from boss: ds2

This goes into WTF are they thinking category. I mean what do they expect this to sound like a hyped up Marshall JCM 800. This pedal is so bad that I find myself thinking why did I spend anytime with this pedal knowing full well ahead of time that this pedal is not going to sound good at all. Back when trying out the guitar for the first time it seems like a lot of beginners try out pedals like this. So I had number of friends who had metal type pedals to which every single one of them sounded horrible. This pedal is no exception. Running my fork across the plate sounds about what you get out of this pedal. It may even sound better. I know that Boss is tailoring to the metal market but come on this thing sound like garbage!!

It has four control knobs consisting of Level, two Mix knobs, and a Gain control.

UTILIZATION

It is easy to use but the sound you get won't be pleasing. I can't find one way of getting this pedal to get anything worth listening to no matter how you attempt to dial in the controls.

The best thing you can do I suppose is set the thing to OFF and buy a decent amp. Then take the pedal and throw it off your roof. The sound of it breaking against the wall will bring joy to your ears. So you want to sound like Randy R or Warren D or Mick M ......don't buy this pedal.

SOUND QUALITY

There really isn't any way you can throw a guitar or amp in front or behind this thing to have any workable sound. Try using a Les Paul or a Super Strat and you won't sound like CC Deville. Try using a Marshall JCM 800 and Kerry King is not an option. You know what is an option....not buying this pedal.

This thing sounds thin and metallic to which sounds nothing like a tube amp at all. No active EMG pickups or Dean guitar will help you at this point.

OVERALL OPINION

So I think I made it pretty clear how I feel about this useless pedal. The only thing I think it has going for it is that Boss made it and it will last forever. So you'll have garbage tone forever if you so choose to waste your money. Listen to some youtube videos before you decide. You can pick the pedal up on ebay for about $50 but I can think of a lot of things to spend $50 on.

I would not recommend this pedal to anyone. Boss makes good OD boxes but not high gain boxes. This is a big old pass for me and it should be for you as well.

As said before, this is a distortion, or I do not even know mine was made ..

UTILIZATION

General configuration rather simple, proper after, you need to spend time to tweak a little, like any pedal .. Overall, there is no need to use a dictionary .....
I use it to get closer to the sound of Gilmour's tour Delicate Sound of Thunder (its main distortion of the tour) .. Use the rock so I do not play absolutely no heavy metal or metal ... The sound

SOUND QUALITY

me more at the outset, initially, I would pack at 2 .. With a Start, it went pretty good, we can have nice sound, but I always talk about being inspired by Gilmour .... Actually make sounds good in the treble, but I really like the bass response ....
on the other hand I tried a few (out of floyd), to play AC / DC, and its not really me liked me or is that evil hacked, this pedal is not made why ..
I have pasted a GE7 equalizer to boost certain frequencies and more, and with a chorus, it looks very good! This is my first

OVERALL OPINION

distortion, and I'm not really disappointed, we can have quite a warm sound, etc. ..
For audio pink floyd 1988, is the sound, unlike others who say it is the big muff (which has been used on a song for that matter) ..
I got to level 20-25 € so value for money .. (Although it's missing the cap of two knobs, but it's on the net).
In addition, it's solid, it's the boss .. I would do without this choice problem, at least as many times as I am fascinated by the sound of floyd 88, and is not about to stop ..

The Boss Heavy Metal HM-2 is an analog distortion guitar pedal. It has a 1/4 inch input and a 1/4 inch output and is powered by a 9 volt battery or 9 volt power supply. Like all Boss pedals, it is sturdy and is built like a brick. It is not rackable as it is a stomp box.

UTILIZATION

The setup of the Boss HM-2 is quick and it is easy to edit the sound to get a few different sound from it. The parameters you can control are level, distortion, color mix high and color mix low. The high and low are basically tone or EQ knobs and are good to use after you have set your level and distortion. Since I bought this pedal used, I don't have a manual for it and I don't know how helpful it is or not. However, the pedal is easy enough to use that I never needed a manual.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound quality from this pedal pretty good, but is limited in its use. By this I mean it is probably only suitable for metal music, and that is what it is intended for, hence the name "heavy metal." Because of the name this pedal will attract the right users as it will work best for this type of music. Since I don't play too much heavy metal, I was hoping this could also sound good as just a general thick distortion. While it works to some degree on this, you can find better options when play other types of music like indie rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using the Boss Heavy Metal HM-2 for about three years. I acquired it from a friend and thought it would be helpful to have another color in my set up. While I found it useful in some situations, it isn't too versatile and you can only really get one good sound from it. While it is good at what it does, I look for more versatility when I buy guitar pedals. If you can find one used, you can get one of these really cheap. I don't know how these would compare to the modern Boss Metal Zone series pedals, but I can imagine that they have more versatility and a better overall tone quality. For those interested in playing metal, this pedal is worth a look, but probably won't blow anyone away.