Immortal Gutiar Tone

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[4th Horseman]

I'm looking for some suggestions here. I think "At The Heart of Winter" is the best Immortal album ever recorded. Their post ATHOW material has the guitar tone I like, but they are not as good as their 90's stuff. Does anyone know of any other band that uses exactly that kind of abrasive and rough guitar sound that Immortal did on ATHOW? It doesn't have to be BM...

[Worm]

I've never heard that particular album, but I can tell you that lot of black metal type bands really like the combination of a fuzzbox with a relatively cheap amp. Just plug in a Big Muff or something similar, turn the tone all the way to the 'trebly' side, and let rip with some big fizzing black metal octave chords. This is the 'Dunkelheit' type sound.

If you're talking about the Swedish DM sound though -- and I know that this is mostly common knowledge, so forgive me if you already know this -- just pick up a Boss Heavy Metal or Metal Zone, scoop the mids, and crank the lows and highs, like a normal thrash metal tone except on crack.

Hope this helps 

[Lars]

I've never heard that particular album, but I can tell you that lot of black metal type bands really like the combination of a fuzzbox with a relatively cheap amp. Just plug in a Big Muff or something similar, turn the tone all the way to the 'trebly' side, and let rip with some big fizzing black metal octave chords. This is the 'Dunkelheit' type sound.

If you're talking about the Swedish DM sound though -- and I know that this is mostly common knowledge, so forgive me if you already know this -- just pick up a Boss Heavy Metal or Metal Zone, scoop the mids, and crank the lows and highs, like a normal thrash metal tone except on crack.

Hope this helps 

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick dude, he wants to know of other bands that use the same guitar tone, rather than how to emulate the guitar tone himself....

[Worm]

D'oh. Sorry. I spend way too much time on guitar forums. I'm a fucking moron 

[Sargon the Terrible]

I'm a fiend for tone.  Hmmm.  Immortal's tone is pretty distinctive, I don't know if there's anyone who uses a tone exactly like them.  Morrigan got an *awesome* tone on Celts, so check that out if you can find it.  Graveland's later albums all have that sort of Bathory tone, very cool.  Berserk's Rites Of Supremacy is really good, a snarly tone.  Skyforger have a great tone.  You might dig up God Dethroned's The Grand Grimoire - that's the best tone they ever had, rather similar.  Trimonium's Blow The Horns is quite Immortalish.

If you're looking for a similar tone to what Immortal use, they're gonna be BM, because Immortal didn't really use downtuning.  Off the top of my head I'd suggest Morrigan maybe more than any other band.

[4th Horseman]

Will check out Morrigan. I don't think the other bands mentioned have the tone quite like Immortal's (the one's I've heard anyway). I assume you are going to review it soon.