When BOSS discontinued the HM-2 Heavy Metal, it wasn't long before they introduced the HM-3 Hyper Metal. With its "Color Mix" equalizer it's pretty straightforward to tailor your tone for screamin' lead or crunch-filled rhythm. The gain on the HM-3 is capable of producing a lot of distortion, and without care you can find yourself with a messy sound with a too much noisy sustain...which actually may work for you if you're more interested in a Fuzz sort of sound.

Though discontinued in '98, the HM-2 has a subtley unique tone that just has to be part of BOSS's happy family of "metal" pedals.