Recommend best metal amp sim

[Rowan88]

Hi.

Ive been using BIAS FX Free for a while now. Ive tried out Fortin Nameless and STL Tonality Howard Benson.

Can anyone recommend the best amp sim to buy for metal? I mainly just jam in the house its not for full studio productions. I use a Scarlett 2i2 with Digitech Drop pedal.

Looking to spend around £100.

Thanks

[Shangsean]

I don't have one that I rely on for everything, but the Mercurial SS-11X is great and pretty cheap.Kuassa make sone good stuff.

The free Lepou amp sims are just as good as many paid ones too.

[zentatonic]

I like Overloud THU's new amp profiles. The Neural DSPs and Amplitube Mesas are good.

[neverbeeninariot]

Emissary by Ignite is also free and comes with an IR loader with some impulses. It was custom made for a metal guitarist.

https://www.stltones.com/products/stl-i ... -in-bundle

Sound demos available via the link

[acousticglue]

Kuassa Creme and Kazrog Nightmare paired with impulse IR cabs

[Cooker]

Emissary by Ignite is also free and comes with an IR loader with some impulses. It was custom made for a metal guitarist.

https://www.stltones.com/products/stl-i ... -in-bundle

Sound demos available via the link

+1

This is the amp sim. that ruins the experience of payware others imho;

Bias; for me either elite or nothing, which is very expensive
Mercuriall; My fav. company but it does require more cpu power if you want the full quality
THU; As good as it comes for low cpu usage.

[Teksonik]

Johnson J-Station's Rectified Sim. I've never found an in the box solution that sounds nearly as good and I've tried just about everything. There's a J-Station on Craigslist here for $45. I'm thinking of picking it up as a backup.

[Arp_]

After a lot of amp sims (I have BIAS, TSE X50, most of Kazrog stuff, most of Plugin Alliance, and have tried demos of pretty much everything else available), I have settled down on Mercuriall Reaxis coupled with SinMix IRs. I should say that I am John Petrucci fanboy, so I tend to want to imitate his sound, and (after some tweaking) Reaxis does the job so perfectly that I have stopped being excited about amp sim news anymore, I just don't want or need anything else (even though I check out new plugins every now and then, just in case). It even halted my thoughts about buying an actual hardware Mesa.
Also I should note, that cabinet models/IRs are just as important as amp simp itself. I don't think I would be so satisfied with Reaxis if I hadn't found nicely matching IRs for it. It still sounds nice with stock IRs, but not as magical as with the SinMix ones.

[Forgotten]

Depends what you play as "metal" is a very broad definition. If you're talking about high gain I would say check out the free Ignite Amps plugins as they're fantastic!

[donkey tugger]

As the reigning KVR 'Most Metel' contest champion it is only right that one gives a view.

An oldie, free, and strangely oft neglected amplifier simulation. Great for those manly, beefy Tony Iommi stylee sounds. And after all, what could be more metel than Mr Iommi?

http://www.soft-amp.com/flextron

Death to false metel.

[perfumer]

And after all, what could be more metel than Mr Iommi?

[Forgotten]

And after all, what could be more metel than Mr Iommi?

I think the question was intended to be rhetorical

[donkey tugger]

And after all, what could be more metel than Mr Iommi?

I think the question was intended to be rhetorical

Indeed, but at least it has given one the opportunity to see a photo of Ian McKellan widdling.

[Forgotten]

It’s actually is taller and more evil counterpart Mr Christopher Lee, but still equally as impressive.

[perfumer]

I think the question was intended to be rhetorical

The answer was intended to be educational.