br00talz?

[devouredremains]

I see this word on other forums lots when people are asking questions about amps.

ex: "r u sure this amp does mega br00talz?"

Now I know what people mean when they use the word brutal while referring to certain types of metal but how can it be used as a general term to describe the sonic properties of an amplifier?

IDIOTS.

 

[Zack Uidl]

hahah, i only play through b00talz amps.

I know what you mean....

 

[Metaltastic]

Well I dunno, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that an amp has a brutal tone, or brutal gain, or is perfect for brutal styles of music. Give it the 1337-speak treatment, and voila - br00talz!

 

[devouredremains]

Well I dunno, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that an amp has a brutal tone, or brutal gain, or is perfect for brutal styles of music. Give it the 1337-speak treatment, and voila - br00talz!

That would make sense if that was how they were using the term. Take this direct quote from ultimate guitar for example.

"I liked the tone it put out, but I wasn't really impressed with the Br00talZ it produced."

Here is another from a different thread,

"Well if only t3h br00t4lz, then 6260"

I'm just wondering if the "br00talz" they are referring too is gain or what? I can't even follow the threads.

Maybe I'm getting old or something and tell me if I'm wrong by saying this but it makes absolutely no sense and sounds absurd.

 

[xFkx]

As i understood they refer to a sound that involves a low-tuned guitar, a high-gain modern amp (5150, recto, cobra, uber, whatever) and some deathmetal/metalcore riffage.

So.. providing they (as users) can deliver the right components (good techniqe and good riffage), they are asking if the hardware component can deliver the rest (massive, but tight low-end, defined grindy mid-range, and enough gain) also known as 'br00talz'.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Brootals (er Brootalz) = Modern metalcore/hardcore sound.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

If I was ever to start an amp company, the name would most definitely be Brutal Amplifiers. "Brutal Amplifiers - br00t4lz next to none!"

 

[cobhc]

1 4R3 8R007412?

 

[Skinny Viking]

I really hate people sometimes

 

[LSD-Studio]

itäs teH Br0othulz, n003 !11!!1twentyfour

 

[SocialNumb]

I've actually heard kids talk this way. "I loled so much" <---- I don't remember being that stupid when I was a kid.

 

[Metaltastic]

The ONLY internet speak I say in person is "IMO"

 

[hoehlentroll]

I cannot read this thread, is this because I'm old?

 

[grywolf627]

I cannot read this thread, is this because I'm old?

If you are, then so am I! It's like I've stepped into a black hole that devours people's language skills.

 

[hoehlentroll]

so true

 

[CatharsisStudios]

brutal stands for. i want white chapel or emmure tone.

 

[abyssofdreams]

The ONLY internet speak I say in person is "IMO"

No asap?

 

[abyssofdreams]

Hmm, for me the definition of a brutal amp tone would be a somewhat "cold", edgy, metallic tone that cuts and has lotsa harmonics and attack going on, e.g. the Chimaira one Andy mixed...

 

[Metaltastic]

No asap?

Eh, ASAP has been around long before the internet got big, so that one doesn't count AFAIC

 

[abyssofdreams]

okies