HT5 Metallica Blackened tone

[Shredz]

Heres my Blackened tone, kind of/sort of like it...sounds killer anyways!

HT5 head,
ISF fully counter clockwise
treble 1:00
mids 9:00
bass 11:00
vol to taste
gain 3:00
MXR 10 band eq thru loop
31.25hz +6
62.5hz +8
125hz +4
250hz +1
500hz -3
1khz -3
2khz +1
4khz+4
8khz +8
16khz +6
gain +3
Bad Monkey into front of amp
level cranked
low 2:00
high 3:00
gain 0
Using my jackson soloist (alder body, maple neck) very bright
sounding guitar with single brootal emg81 in the bridge
I must say the eq and bad monkey have really transformed the
HT5 for the better, really pulls off the brootalz now!

[Vinchester]

Thanks for sharing!

So your set up is Guitar -> EQ pedal -> OD pedal -> Amp right?

I've been thinking of putting the EQ pedal in front too since I have a little problem dealing with my guitar tone.
I use a Jackson Rhoads equipped with WCR IceBuckers, excellent pickups but they sounds VERY beefy and thus need more brightness for a saturated distortion I want.

I play a lot of Metallica songs too and my current HT5 head settings are;

ISF : full counter clockwise - I think for most metal tones, this is essential. Generally makes the sound tighter. Otherwise the low-end would go all over the place.

Treble : 4pm (I used to turn this to MAX but when played loud I lower the treble)
Mid : 9am
Bass : 10:30 am

Gain : 1pm + 8am gain on my OD pedal.
OD channel Volume : I found that the optimal volume (that doesn't disturb my family) is around 9am. Yeah it's still quite low but I'm satisfied with the tone I get.

[Shredz]

Heya Vinch, no i run the eq thru the loop, makes a huge difference
compared to putting it thru the front, give it a go, i'm sure you
will be amazed
Yeah, i have a family too and run my volume @9 as well
still get awesome tone at that level though aye,
thinking of getting a Gus G Blackfire to run into the front of
the amp, ultra high gain!