Description
The Metal Shaman is Rivera’s most aggressive distortion offering, pushed further into overdriven territory than the other pedals in its line. It’s designed for players who need thick, saturated gain that still cuts through a dense mix rather than collapsing into mush.
- Bass, Mid, High, and Gain controls shape the core distortion tone, letting you scoop or push frequencies to match your amp and cab
- A dedicated “Brutality” switch widens the low end, filling out the sound for a bigger, more three-dimensional wall of gain
- The Disintegrate footswitch layers on an extra hit of gain with pushed-up harmonics — think of it as a boost within the boost for solos or breakdown sections
- Level control sets your overall output so you can match volume between clean and distorted signal chains
- A switchable noise gate, adjustable via Sensitivity and Release, clamps down on hiss and hum that tends to creep in at extreme gain settings
On a metal-oriented pedalboard, this sits comfortably as your primary high-gain drive stage, running into a clean or moderately dirty amp for maximum control over the final voice. The onboard gate means you can dial in brutal amounts of saturation without turning silence into a wash of noise — a real advantage when tracking or gigging with palm-muted riffs and tight rhythmic patterns.
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