Harley Benton Extreme Metal

I bought this pedal to use in front of a solid state amp for a death metal band. The amp i was using wasn't capable of high gain in the slightest and this pedal added more than enough to play death metal.

You have EQ, gain, volume and a boost. Weirdly, the boost seems to affect the tone, but as I always had the boost on for a little extra volume with the gain set around 50%, it wasn't really an issue for me but is something to consider if you plan on using the boost for solos - it will change your tone.

Everything feels nice and solid, it's got a metal housing, the knobs are chunky and solid and turn smoothly and the footswitches have a nice solid click to them. The only problem I encountered is that for some reason I can't quite fit a 9V battery through the battery door as the opening isn't quite big enough. Since the back plate has screws that can be undone I just removed that and swapped the battery out that way, but if you use a power supply its not an issue. All in all, a nice pedal.

I bought this pedal because I was looking for a distortion pedal that gives me a modern and powerful distortion tone and doesn't cost too much. This pedal was perfect!

The tones that this distortion pedal can produce are just incredible. It took me about 5 minutes to find a tone that I loved and I've been using that same tone since.
But thats just my preference, this pedal can do much more than that.
This pedal can produce almost any tone, bright and crunchy for rock or dark and powerful for heavy metal...
The Boost switch is a frequency boost NOT A VOLUME BOOST!
It controls the frequency from 3.5kHz to 4.3kHz (according to the manual)
I use the Boost to get a more digital sounding tone because thats the only thing I found it useful for.

This pedal is made of metal so it should be able to survive almost anything.
Theres a nice little door-like thingy (I have no idea what it's actually called) for the battery so you dont need to have a screwdriver to change the battery. Or you can just use a 9v power supply.

Overall I think this pedal is good for producing almost any type of tone. The only bad thing I can say about it is that I would be nice if the Boost swich was a volume boost instead of a frequency boost.

This extreme metal pedal by Harley Benton is another fantastic buy for any budding metal enthusiast.

The main features on this pedal are extremely versatile ,you have limitless options for random settings at your disposal, most metal genres can be dialled in using the settings available on this pedal.

The build quality is pretty good quite robust, I like the finish on it,the dials are easy to use and do there job well ,there not flimsy at all or cheap feeling,

I think the sound is amazing for the money spent a wise investment into metal madness, another great metal pedal by thomann at an amazing price .

Received this item yesterday. It's sturdy and very easy to dial in your required tone. Some youtube reviews have stated that the boost dial does nothing. This is definitely not true- if you want to peel off a lead break, it works wonders at giving you extra control over certain frequencies.

I am a guitarist who dabbles in various extreme metal styles- and I'm yet to find a style that isn't complimented by this pedal. It's incredibly dynamic. I also use a Digitech DM, which definitely could not be described as dynamic (they turned gain to full and tore the knob off), it's great to have that control back through this pedal.