🎸 Progressive Metal · 2023

The Summoning (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Sleep Token · riff

The Summoning by Sleep Token guitar tone is built on a Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 / Mesa Dual Rectifier, dialed in at gain 6/10, bass 4.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

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Amp settings (0–10)

6
GAIN
4.5
BASS
6.5
MID
6.5
TREBLE
6
PRESENCE
3
REVERB

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

Original gear

Amp: Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 / Mesa Dual Rectifier (high-gain, via Quad Cortex + Neural DSP)

Pickups

Active or high-output humbuckers (Fishman Fluence Modern / EMG 81 / Bare Knuckle) for tight, saturated low-tuned chug

Effects / signal chain

Tube Screamer-style boost (low gain, high level — tightens the low end before the amp), High-gain amp model: Revv Generator / 5150 / Mesa Rectifier (Quad Cortex capture; NDSP Archetype Gojira/Nameless), Noise gate (ISP Decimator) to control the high-gain chug, Reverb (Boss RV-6) for ambient space; flanger on the clean outro

Tone character

crushing, tight, modern djent, articulate low end, ambient cleans, high-gain

Recording context

Modern progressive metal / metalcore, 2023; low-tuned 8-string into a boosted high-gain amp model with ambient cleans

How it’s played

ambient cinematic build into crushing djent groove, mid, syncopated tempo, huge — soft ambient verses to heavy drop chorus dynamics · high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the The Summoning sound.

What makes the The Summoning part tricky

low 8-string / drop tuning with heavy strings, tight palm-muted syncopated djent rhythms, controlling the huge soft-to-heavy dynamic shifts, dialling a boosted high-gain tone that stays articulate. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: Tightness comes from a moderate amp gain (5-6) pushed by a Tube Screamer-style boost (low gain, high level) into a high-gain amp model, NOT from maxing the gain knob. Cut bass, keep mids up for a tight, articulate low end on the low tuning. Knob numbers are community-researched estimates.

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