Mostly for nostalgia, I have my HM2 just for those times I wanna jam Clandestine lol. I've never used that tone on any practical project....it's a one trick pony, and a specific one at that.
I'm not sure I'd agree. If you back off the Hi and the Gain knobs a bit it's not bad for 80's metal sounds. Nevertheless, yeah, it's mainly for that chainsaw starved-voltage Swedeath sound.