Download IK Multimedia’s $100 AmpliTube Metal software for free: heavy guitar amps and effects for all

IK Multimedia has another free software giveaway for subscribers of its newsletter, and if you’re a fan of heavy guitar tones, you’re in particularly good luck.

AmpliTube Metal is described as “the ultimate distortion powerhouse,” and comes with 48 gear models. These include modern and vintage high-gain amps and cabinets, stompboxes and rack effects.

Specifically, you’ll find models of the ProCo RAT, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, Digitech Whammy, several vintage BOSS effects, Randall Warhead, Peavey 5150 and the Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, among others.

Usually retailing for $100/€100, AmpliTube Metal is free until 15 July. It’s available to both new and existing newsletter subscribers, with full details on how to download and install it on the IK Multimedia website.

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.