Metallurgy: Thrash

Name: Metallurgy: Thrash
Price: 74.99 USD
Author: Line 6

by Line 6 · Amp Sim · Thrash metal amp and effects suite

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A Line 6 amp and effects plugin built for thrash, with four HX-derived amp models, cabinets, mics and a set of period-appropriate pedals.

Its amps are modeled on a Roland JC-120, Mesa/Boogie Mark IV, Friedman BE-100 and Diezel VH4, aimed at tight, mid-scooped rhythm tones.

Best for: Guitars. Genres: Metal, Rock & Indie.

Keywords: electric guitar, tight, aggressive, hardware emulation, 70s, tracking, classic, 80s, clean, digital classic, impulse-response based, room mics, set-and-forget, simple, skeuomorphic, spring, utility, vintage.

What it does

Metallurgy: Thrash is the thrash-focused title in Line 6's Metallurgy series. Line 6 says it "focuses on the tight, mid-scooped, hyper-aggressive tones deployed by thrash guitarists."

Four amps: Rivet Clean, Cali IV, Placater Dirty and Das Benzin, which Killer Guitar Rigs identifies as a Roland Jazz Chorus 120, Mesa/Boogie Mark IV, Friedman BE-100 and Diezel VH4.
Effects: Throaty Wah, Pillars OD, Stupor OD, 70s Chorus and Hot Springs (with the Rivet Clean amp), Automatic Double Tracking and Vintage Digital Delay.
Cab and mic section: eight speaker cabinets and a virtual mic locker of eight microphone types; pick two mics, blend in a stereo room mic array, position them, or swap in up to two third-party IRs, then shape the result with a 4-band parametric EQ.
Utilities: four pre-amp and three post-amp effect slots, polyphonic pitch shifting (a virtual capo), a noise gate and a chromatic tuner, with photorealistic amp and pedal graphics.

All three Metallurgy plugins support sample rates of 44.1 to 96 kHz and have a fully working 15-day trial. They are also sold together as the Metallurgy Collection.

Source: Line 6 product page

When to use it

Metallurgy: Thrash covers classic metal rhythm tones, as do Neural DSP's Fortin Cali Suite and Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite and Overloud's THU Metal, and Helix Native holds its same HX models among many more. Pick Metallurgy: Thrash if you want a Mark IV, BE-100 and VH4 in one small, preset-friendly plugin with overdrive boosts and double tracking already in place.

Best for: tight rhythm guitars in the Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth mold, boosted high-gain leads, and a usable clean channel from the JC-120 model.
Genres: thrash, classic heavy metal and hard rock.
Look elsewhere if: you need a wide range of amps or modern djent tones; Metallurgy: Modern or Helix Native fit better.
Standout: the Cali IV model paired with the built-in Automatic Double Tracking.

What producers say

Reviewers found the Thrash amps tight and fun to play; forum users mostly compare it with Helix Native.

Killer Guitar Rigs (2023) said tones from the Cali IV were "exactly as tight and aggressive as you’d expect" and that the Placater Dirty offered modded-Plexi character with plenty of gain.
The Gear Page (2022) users welcomed the simpler, more plug-and-play approach, with one noting it is harder to make these sound bad than Helix Native.
Gripe: one Gear Page user (2022) felt the series "Just seems a more limited version of Helix Native with a snazzy GUI."

Where to buy

Line 6: $74.99

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