Alternatives to the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal

Behringer HM300

Shared character: noise, full, thickness

Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

Shared character: metal, noise, durable_construction

Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal

“Look for serious distortion in the HM-2, RAT or even a modded DS-1”

ProCo RAT 2

Shared character: warm_tones, noise, full

Demon FX Gladiator

Shared character: distortion, metal, gain

Demon FX YJM308 Multi-Toggle Overdrive Preamp

Shared character: pedal, metal

Boss DS-1 Distortion

similar tone character

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

similar tone character

MXR Fullbore Metal

similar tone character

MXR Eric Gales Raw Dawg

similar tone character

DigiTech Metal Master

similar tone character

Boss DS-1 Distortion (Japan, 1980s)

similar tone character

Wampler Dracarys

Shared character: noise, aggressive_playing, amp

Boss HM-2W Heavy Metal Waza

Shared character: noise, studio, mix

A/DA MP-1

Shared character: amp, noise, mix

Universal Audio UAFX Anti 1992 High Gain Amp

Shared character: aggressive_playing, pedal, amp

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe

Shared character: noise, mix, pedal

Horizon Devices Precision Drive

Shared character: metal, durable_construction, pedal

Univox Super-Fuzz

Shared character: metal, noise, full

Empress Heavy Menace

Shared character: aggressive_playing, amp, distortion

Fender Full Moon

Shared character: extreme_settings, full, distortion

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal

Shared character: noise, pedal, distortion

Fortin Amplification Meshuggah Signature

Shared character: aggressive_playing, metal

Dunlop MXR® Wylde Audio Overdrive WA44

Shared character: aggressive_playing, metal

MXR M104 Distortion+

Shared character: metal, guitar_tone, durable_construction

Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Distortion

Shared character: metal, noise, aggressive_playing

Revv Northern Mauler

Shared character: pedal, full, mix

EarthQuaker Devices Life Pedal

Shared character: pedal, distortion, metal

MXR Distortion + (Script Logo)

Shared character: noise, thickness, distortion

Dunlop Rockma Rockman Metal Ace

Shared character: thickness, amp, distortion

Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Preamp

Shared character: amp, pedal, thickness

MXL MXR Randy Rhoads Concorde Distortion

Shared character: distortion, metal

Friedman Box of Doom Distortion

Shared character: distortion, metal

Catalinbread Katzenkonig 70

Shared character: distortion, metal

Tone City Golden Plexi V3 Mini Distortion

Shared character: pedal, metal

ThorpyFX The Bunker

Shared character: wide_tonal_range, pedal, distortion