Naraka amp settings — Vox VT40+

The Defeated Sanity guitar tone for “Naraka”, dialed in for a Vox VT40+ with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Passages Into Deformity (2013), recorded at Soundlodge Studios

Original rig

Peavey 5150 / 6505 high-gain head into 4x12 cab with Celestion Vintage 30s, Ibanez Tube Screamer boost, Jackson/Ibanez bridge humbucker guitar

Raw, aggressive, mid-heavy technical brutal death metal tone with tight low-end slam

Amp settings — Vox VT40+

CHANNELUS HIGAIN (Soldano/5150 model)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Boost in front of amp to tighten bottom end and enhance pick attack

Drive 1 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Vox VT40+ is a modeling amp without a physical presence control, so select the high-gain 'US HIGAIN' model to replicate the saturated 5150 grit. Run your TS9 as a clean boost with Drive low and Level high into the front of the amp to tighten the bass response for fast technical riffs and slam sections. Keep the amp's mids pushed around 7 to replicate the distinct Soundlodge death metal mid-forward cut.

PRO TIPUse heavy downward palm-muting right at the bridge saddles and hit the strings with a thick, stiff pick (1.5mm+) to get the percussive, immediate attack required for brutal death metal chugs.

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