Death Metal Tone Recreation For Rookies: Top Recommendations for a Killer Sound

Death Metal Tone Recreation For Rookies: Top Recommendations for a Killer Sound, updated 7/26/25, 5:21 PM

Want to achieve that evil-sounding death metal tone? You'll need high-output humbuckers, solid-body guitars, strategic EQ scooping, and more. The experts at Sam Ash explain how to get that ominous, aggressive sound just right.

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Death Metal Tone Recreation For Rookies: Top
Recommendations for a Killer Sound
Tired of your metal music sounding a touch more dull
than death?
Death metal is defined by an all-
consuming, darkness-devouring,
exquisitely evil sound… and it can
be tricky to pull off.
Unless you ask the all-music experts at Sam Ash.
These pros know the right guitar features, amp
setups, and distortion pedals to help you start
melting faces.
Follow these tips to take heavy metal up a notch… so it
sounds like it comes from the underworld.
From humbuckers to high-gain, here’s how to bring death metal from decades past right here into the
present.

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