Reference albums for Guitar Tone

[Cacoph0ny]

I'm sure there's a thread on this but search showed nothing..

I'm in the process of finding the rhythm tone I want but to be honest, I don't exactly know what I want. Just wondering what you guys use for reference guitar tones or what you think is the best.

 

[Sacha]

Carcass - Heartwork
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
Chimaira - Chimaira
Fear Factory - Dehumanized

For newer stuff I really like the new Daath

 

[narcossintese]

Godsmack - Faceless

 

[drew_drummer]

Tool - Lateralus
ISIS - Panopticon
Cult Of Luna - Salvation

That'd be my three.

 

[::XeS::]

Carcass - Heartwork
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
Chimaira - Chimaira
Fear Factory - Dehumanized

For newer stuff I really like the new Daath

Demanufacture I suppose

 

[Sacha]

Demanufacture I suppose

Yeah that!

 

[mick thompson]

Machine Head's The Blackening - a real high gain scratchy mid cut flanger / phaser (slow sweeps) slightly saturated (25-30% mix) tone

Lamb of God's Sacrament or Wrath - a warm lowish gain high harmonic tone

 

[Wolfeman]

Machine Head's The Blackening - a real high gain scratchy mid cut flanger / phaser slightly saturated tone

+1

 

[Sweetnothing]

+1 on Heartwork
Sevendust - Animosity
Bury your Dead - Beauty and the breakdown
Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest

However, depends on the sound I'm looking for...

 

[P-E]

In Flames' Clayman (perfect balance in mix and great tone)
Soilwork's Stabbing the Drama (unique tone though) AND Natural Born Chaos (well balanced, lots of good low-end)
Bloodbath's Nightmares Made Flesh for a great sounding old-school death tone (not as middy as most modern stuff)
Nightrage's Sweet Vengeance for a dry-sounding, great melodeath tone
Dark Tranquillity's Damage Done for a nice more laid-back sounding melodeath tone

 

[Metaltastic]

Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery (has a bit of a solid state character to it that I'm not crazy about, but in terms of frequency balance it's perfection in mids IMO)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (IMO the epitome of that dry crunch that's Jens' trademark)
Behemoth - The Apostasy (Godammit, I can't stop loving it )
Dimmu - In Sorte Diaboli (Engl fury )

 

[JeffTD]

Devildriver - The Last Kind Words
Chimaira - Resurrection
Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion
In Flames - Clayman

 

[monolithsound]

Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (IMO the epitome of that dry crunch that's Jens' trademark)

The tone on that album kills! One of my all time favorites.

 

[K Odell]

Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing
Chimaira - Impossibility Of Reason
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine or Anthems Of Rebellion
Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

 

[lolzgreg]

Gojira- The Way of All Flesh
Breaking Benjamin- Phobia
Textures- Silhouettes

 

[Lasse Lammert]

how can anyone forget about Nevermore's DHIADW???

 

[Nebulous]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/244055-post-your-fave-reference-cds.html

 

[Ermz]

Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
In Flames - Clayman
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis

 

[GarethSE]

SunnO))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye

D:

 

[crazykarl]

I'm probably going to get crucified for this...but Metallica: Load/ReLoad has some pretty good rhythm tones