Just so we're clear here, the equipment used to **record** a metal band is a lot different than the gear used to **amplify** a metal band on stage.
On stage, its not uncommon for the guitarist to have a fairly low powered tube amp and is relying on the house for the volume apropos at a metal concert. A Shure SM58 might be the microphone used to mic the amp. The '58 is a terrible sounding mic.
In the studio, the same amp might be recorded using a Neumann mic, that costs about 100x more than the Shure! Think about that- the recording is going to sound better than the live amplified sound. It will sound a lot more like if the band were playing a personal concert for you in your home.
Why mess that up with speakers with the limitations common in PA speakers?? You won't get as much of the power of the drums and cymbals, less of the impact of the bass, and so on.
I play in one of the louder bands in the Twin Cities, and we've played on a number of metal bills and in metal clubs: I'm not making this stuff up. We're not metal, but we can easily hold our own with our particular brand of heavy prog space rock... Here is our third album (more cuts can be heard on our Bandcamp page):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg0l25nmGuY
On stage, its not uncommon for the guitarist to have a fairly low powered tube amp and is relying on the house for the volume apropos at a metal concert. A Shure SM58 might be the microphone used to mic the amp. The '58 is a terrible sounding mic.
In the studio, the same amp might be recorded using a Neumann mic, that costs about 100x more than the Shure! Think about that- the recording is going to sound better than the live amplified sound. It will sound a lot more like if the band were playing a personal concert for you in your home.
Why mess that up with speakers with the limitations common in PA speakers?? You won't get as much of the power of the drums and cymbals, less of the impact of the bass, and so on.
I play in one of the louder bands in the Twin Cities, and we've played on a number of metal bills and in metal clubs: I'm not making this stuff up. We're not metal, but we can easily hold our own with our particular brand of heavy prog space rock... Here is our third album (more cuts can be heard on our Bandcamp page):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg0l25nmGuY
