Its good but not as good as the HM2, it sounds great at the start and better because its higher gain, but once you put them through an overdriven amp the HM2 only sounds better as you turn the distortion up, where the HM3 just gets Muddy. HM3 is a cool distortion but doesn't get the Chainsaw tone, BOSS didn't mean for that tone to come about and that's why they couldn't make it better, HM2 isnt the greatest by itself but once you put through the right amp you have one of the best Heavy Metal guitar tones in the world.
From what I can infer from their sounds the HM-2 is great for Swedish Death Metal while the HM-3 will sound great for Black/Death Metal (Blasphemy, Connqueror, etc).
Niiice, your background in the intro is much better now, no flickering lights, sharp image and you act way more natural. I have to catch up with your latest stuff but you get better and better! :)
The Hyper Metal may not chainsaw, but it's actually pretty close to the early Chuck Schuldiner sound. It's pretty much a DOD Death Metal with a gain knob and no mid controls
I always thought it was funny how hm-2 came out 5-6 years before the first wave of death metal in Sweden and America and is iconic, yet most of the iconic albums are early 90s and mid 90s. You’d think there would have been more hm-3 tones mixed in. Maybe I just haven’t listened enough to the blueprints of death.
I play the hyper metal in a shoegaze band. It's a super fucking thick distortion which I really like. For more metallic stuff I like the HM-2 a bit more, though it's only got 1-2 good tones into it
All right, the video I have been waiting for, and a very good one it is! Interesting how similar the pedals sound in your amp's distortion channel! The HM-3 is definitely not a bad sounding pedal in the clean channel either, although I find that depends much on the amp. Sounds great in the clean channel of a Marshall Valvestate. And it is actually supposed to be a higher gain pedal than either the HM-2 or MT-2, actually the highest gain Boss pedal until the ML-2 came along. \m/
My first ever pedal was a Hyper Metal pedal and somewhere along the way it was switched, accidentally or maybe not accidentally, with someones Heavy Metal pedal. I don't even know how long it was before i noticed because they look so similar lol.
been going down a huge rabbit hole looking for gear that might yield a 'big' metal sound without the gain consuming all the notes and the low gain setting HM2 sounded something like what im after
@@DomeNightbearer The eq section is actually three tansistors, but you can build a HM-2 eq section on a perfboard with a pair of op amps and tap into the HM-3 bypassing the transistors. I've done it with a couple pedals as an experiment.
I came here to say the same thing. The HM2 sounds like a lo-fi version of the HM3. The HM2 sounds neutered in comparison. I’ll keep my HM2 around but I’ll be snatching a 3 off Reverb soon.
I'm no expert at all on this but seemed to me that the HM-2 has a more "unique" sound while the HM-3 soundd like a "stepping stone" towards a MT-2. Great video btw :)
Your demos/vids always thank you I have owned both of these at some point in my life I’m sorry but I don’t see what everyone believes about the HM-2 I’ll go back out and get HM-3
HM-3 can replicate the HM-2 for 1/3 of the price on the used market. The HM-2 clearly can't reach the HM-3. Even Dod/digitech Death Metal does the job... Forget the hype!
i own a hm-2 and i dont see a reason to own a hm-3 its just a hm-2 with a tweeted sound effect, which you can do that easly with any guitar amps these days, but mt-2 even the waza craft are weak, i use the hm-2 mostly for black metal
No way in Hades the hyper metal matches the HM-2. I thought I was "upgrading" when I traded my Heavy Metal for a Hyper/still regret it 3 decades later !!!###
Hm3 actually sounds pretty Damn good
Its good but not as good as the HM2, it sounds great at the start and better because its higher gain, but once you put them through an overdriven amp the HM2 only sounds better as you turn the distortion up, where the HM3 just gets Muddy. HM3 is a cool distortion but doesn't get the Chainsaw tone, BOSS didn't mean for that tone to come about and that's why they couldn't make it better, HM2 isnt the greatest by itself but once you put through the right amp you have one of the best Heavy Metal guitar tones in the world.
The HM-2 sounds like a chainsaw
The HM-3 sounds like a lawnmower
And the metal zone sounds like a vacuum because it sucks 😉
Your comment is so precise
Then what does the metal core sound ?
@@ellisduggyou obviously have no clue.
From what I can infer from their sounds the HM-2 is great for Swedish Death Metal while the HM-3 will sound great for Black/Death Metal (Blasphemy, Connqueror, etc).
Niiice, your background in the intro is much better now, no flickering lights, sharp image and you act way more natural. I have to catch up with your latest stuff but you get better and better! :)
I’m falling in love with HM-3, so glad I own one.
It’s indeed a giant gap if the whole of China fits in there! 😂
I had to laugh hard at your description, but it’s spot on! 🤘
I’m a fan of the HM-3. 😉
The HM-3 into the clean amp almost sounds like a heavier version of the later Schuldiner Death tone to me!
Picked up a 1997 HM-3 the other day, such an awesome unit. And very appropriate for my band name 😁
The Hyper Metal may not chainsaw, but it's actually pretty close to the early Chuck Schuldiner sound. It's pretty much a DOD Death Metal with a gain knob and no mid controls
Huh, interesting comparison
I always thought it was funny how hm-2 came out 5-6 years before the first wave of death metal in Sweden and America and is iconic, yet most of the iconic albums are early 90s and mid 90s. You’d think there would have been more hm-3 tones mixed in. Maybe I just haven’t listened enough to the blueprints of death.
I play the hyper metal in a shoegaze band. It's a super fucking thick distortion which I really like. For more metallic stuff I like the HM-2 a bit more, though it's only got 1-2 good tones into it
All right, the video I have been waiting for, and a very good one it is! Interesting how similar the pedals sound in your amp's distortion channel! The HM-3 is definitely not a bad sounding pedal in the clean channel either, although I find that depends much on the amp. Sounds great in the clean channel of a Marshall Valvestate.
And it is actually supposed to be a higher gain pedal than either the HM-2 or MT-2, actually the highest gain Boss pedal until the ML-2 came along. \m/
Don't just love how these companies like to break what doesn't need fixing. But then again, Behringer makes a great copy with their HM300
Just bought an HM-3 this morning for $45. Pretty excited to try it
Good deal you made!
My first ever pedal was a Hyper Metal pedal and somewhere along the way it was switched, accidentally or maybe not accidentally, with someones Heavy Metal pedal. I don't even know how long it was before i noticed because they look so similar lol.
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I just bought the Hm3 for bass and it sounds incredible! I’m prob gonna use it to replace bass big muff pi 😄
1:50 the hm-2 with distortion at 0 sounds menacing af
been going down a huge rabbit hole looking for gear that might yield a 'big' metal sound without the gain consuming all the notes and the low gain setting HM2 sounded something like what im after
@@fleshmotorcycle9427what do you use it for?
Kinda dig the HM-3.
The HM-3 is virtually the same circuit. You can get a HM-3 for $50 and put $3-5 worth of components in it to make it a HM-2.
Has it the same chip as well? Sounds like an interesting mod
@@DomeNightbearer The eq section is actually three tansistors, but you can build a HM-2 eq section on a perfboard with a pair of op amps and tap into the HM-3 bypassing the transistors. I've done it with a couple pedals as an experiment.
@@micahj9828 You can do a tutorial?
May the force be with you too!
Varg Vikernes used the HM3 for the recordings he did in jail.
I get it, people want that lo-fi hm2 sound
You think it sounds lo-fi? Huh, for me it's more brutal and "dirtier" compared to other sounds.
I came here to say the same thing. The HM2 sounds like a lo-fi version of the HM3. The HM2 sounds neutered in comparison. I’ll keep my HM2 around but I’ll be snatching a 3 off Reverb soon.
both are super aggressive but in very different ways, i might have to track down an HM3 when i get the chance
The hm2 sounds like a half cocked wah.
I'm no expert at all on this but seemed to me that the HM-2 has a more "unique" sound while the HM-3 soundd like a "stepping stone" towards a MT-2.
Great video btw :)
i like both. for my sound better hm3 but i have two hm2 clones that i use sometimes
unfortunately what sounds good in your room doesn't cut through in a band, the wormhole continues............
This is wrong though. Almost any tone can work in a band context as long as you have the headroom to amplify it.
Your demos/vids always thank you I have owned both of these at some point in my life I’m sorry but I don’t see what everyone believes about the HM-2 I’ll go back out and get HM-3
HM-3 can replicate the HM-2 for 1/3 of the price on the used market. The HM-2 clearly can't reach the HM-3. Even Dod/digitech Death Metal does the job... Forget the hype!
Damn i nearly had an hm2 earlier for crazy cheap, sadly someone got it first.
There will be another chance. If not, opt for some clone or improved pedal 😉
Wait. Was there a clean tone? I thought I heard a spot where the amp was all gained out?
BIG Difference.....how about the mxr fullbore?
Soon ;)
Running the level on full kind of ruins the comparison. The amp seems to be overdriven anyway, covering up what the pedal is doing.
I got given one of these for free and don't play metal but for a free pedal it's tons of fun.
HM2 for Swedish death metal, HM3 for American death metal :)
Can you take say the metal zone or the ds1 and get the same tone with a 10 band eq?...by the way...I really enjoy you videos
I think I've done a quick video with a GE7 and either MT2 or DS1, just search through my channel content, you'll find it eventually :)
i own a hm-2 and i dont see a reason to own a hm-3 its just a hm-2 with a tweeted sound effect, which you can do that easly with any guitar amps these days, but mt-2 even the waza craft are weak, i use the hm-2 mostly for black metal
dimed it sounds pretty good tbh, just different
exactly! Totally usable in the right context!
Run a 2 through one amp and a 3 through another in stereo.
No way in Hades the hyper metal matches the HM-2. I thought I was "upgrading" when I traded my Heavy Metal for a Hyper/still regret it 3 decades later !!!###
I’ll never get rid of my MIJ HM-3
I very much prefer the less muddied lows of the hm-3
I have both. Hyper metal all the way.
You forgot to stack them 😁
I have no friends hahahaha
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