Boss Metal Zone MT-2

Advantages: Massive smooth sound, nice EQ, built like a tank
Disadvantages: Can be too much

...bit of Sepultura then the Boss Metalzone is the distortion pedal for you. Plug it in and turn up your Marshall stack and you'll soon be chugg-a-chugging away with the best of them. This pedal has the typical Boss build quality i.e. you could pound it all day with a seven pound lump hammer and it wouldn't even show a dent and as with all Boss pedals you can power it from either a 9v battery or an external power supply. When an external power supply ...
...battery to avoid draining the battery for no reason. The pedal has a total of six controls. The first is the level control with can provide a massive amount of volume boost when you switch the effect in. you may want to go easy with this one as it can prove to be a little over the top at times. The next four knobs are the EQ section and unusually for a distortion pedal they feature a parametric mid-range control. These knobs are mounted in two sets ... Read review

Advantages: Great look, durable, nice tones
Disadvantages: Price

The BOSS Metal Zone MT-2 has become one of the world's most commonly used effects pedals, and is the pedal of choice of most of the metal genre's finest guitarists. It has a three-band equaliser and semi-parametric midtone equaliser to provide an optimum range of tones to suit a variety of subgenres. It seems that BOSS are so confident in their product that they have offered a 5 year warranty with their product. Perhaps this is because it is built ...
...pedals myself i can safely say that the UM100 gives a much crisper yet distorted tone. So unless you are more interested in buying a brand name than a product, i would steer clear of all BOSS products and buy yourself 4 Behringer pedals for the price of one MT-2. ... Read review

Advantages: Huge Sound
Disadvantages: Loss of social life

This pedal will convert your small combo into a full on marshall stack. No kidding! There are a range of distortions available from fairly light overdrive type distortions to full-on Metallica-esque distortion. The latter is truely awesome. By setting a scooped setting the sound is second to none. It features treble, bass and 2 midrange tone controls which gives complete control over the sound. For use in metal playing, sustained power chords or ... Read review

Advantages: Great Sound, Extremely Durable, Lasts a lifetime
Disadvantages: None

...then I couldn't recommend this Boss pedal to you enough! it hosts a whole range of distortion levels from light to extremely heavy and let's you customize the EQ levels to fine tune the sound you want. When you buy a Boss pedal you know you're spending your money wisely, because not only are they built out of metal to last a lifetime but the audio quality is exceptional and will never let you down! I do recommend buying an Ac adaptor for this ...
...long time as long as you don't leave the jack cable plugged into it (as this causes the battery to drain). CONCLUSION If you play any form of rock be it punk, metal, grunge or rock n' roll I guarantee you'll get a great sound out of this pedal to fit your exact distortion needs! I can't recommend this pedal enough if your guitar playing style fits into any of the above sub-genres of rock! ... Read review