The Blackstar HT1MH 1W head is a stripped-down, tube-driven metal monster that lets you play full-bore, high-gain metal through your favorite speakers without drawing the wrath of your neighbors. It can handle tones from classic British heavy metal to modern U.S. scooped high gain, and all sonic places in between. Its button-switchable two-channel design (Clean and Overdrive) features easy-to-adjust controls, presenting just four knobs: Volume, Gain, Reverb and EQ via Blackstar’s patented Infinite Shape Feature that gives infinite adjustment over your tone characteristics. Couple that with a rugged construction, true tube power through one ECC83 and one ECC82, stereo reverb, stereo aux. line in and a speaker-emulated line out for recording — and this is a potent tool created to melt faces at home or in the studio, but without the public-nuisance charges.