PFM BLACK – Quad Cortex Preset | Metallica Black Album Inspired | 8 Scenes + 1 Custom IRet

PFM BLACK Album – Quad Cortex Preset

Metallica Black Album Inspired | 8 Scenes + 1 Custom IR

Get the powerful, tight and aggressive guitar tones inspired by Metallica’s legendary Black Album with this professionally crafted Neural DSP Quad Cortex preset.

PFM BLACK is designed to cover the main tonal territories of the album, from the clean and atmospheric sounds of Nothing Else Matters to the heavy, tight rhythm tones and powerful lead sounds that define the Black Album era.

8 carefully crafted scenes

The preset includes 8 ready-to-use scenes, giving you a complete Black Album-inspired rig without the need to build or tweak everything from scratch.

• A – Enter Sandman inspired
• B - Enter Sandman   tight & powerful 
• C - Rhythm 2 + chorus and reverb
• D - Solo  Enter Sandman
• E -  Clean Nothing Else Matters
• F - Distorted Nothing Else Matters with Doubler
• G - Brutal distortion - Sad But Ture 
• H- Nothing Else Matters lead tone

The four rhythm scenes provide different levels of gain or EQ, tightness and aggression, while the two solo scenes are designed for more sustain and, presence and definition.

1 Custom IR Included

The preset comes with 1 custom IR specifically selected and processed to complement the Black Album-inspired tones.

The IR is an important part of the sound and helps deliver the tight low end, aggressive midrange and controlled high frequencies needed for this style of Metallica-inspired tone.

Perfect for

🎸 Metallica / Black Album-inspired tones
🎸 Enter Sandman-style rhythm and clean sounds
🎸 Nothing Else Matters-style clean tones
🎸 Heavy rhythm guitar
🎸 Metal lead and solo tones
🎸 Live performance
🎸 Recording and direct-to-PA setups (use dedicated last EQ Block for live)

Please note: This preset is inspired by the guitar sounds of Metallica’s Black Album. It is an original PFM preset and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Metallica.