Bands with only bass guitars

[BishopCapricornus]

Hello All,

I am new to this site. I was wondering if anyone knows of any bands that use bass guitars (4,5,6...string) exclusively instead of conventional guitars. For example, one bass to play a regular bass line, one tuned to play rhythm, and another to play lead. Has anyone heard of anyone trying this?

Thanks,

Bishop Capricornus

 

[mutantllama]

Om


My band is also doing just bass and drums at the moment but we haven't been able to record anything yet and there aren't crazy bass lines, just a bunch of noise type shit similar to Godflesh or early Swans with some stonery type parts.

 

[romanticism]

Obviously Necromantia.

Also, metal archives says Ride For Revenge have guitars, but as I recall, you won't hear them really, if they're even there. Sounded pretty worthless the one time I heard them though, so stick with Necromantia.

 

[Krow]

Horse Latitudes, I think.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

http://www.metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=101353

Just checked out a few, Bell Witch was thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[BishopCapricornus]

Wow, thanks for the suggestions!! So far I've listened to Om and BellWitch and they sound incredible! I will be sure to check out Necromantia and Horse Lattiutudes.

I'm not a bass or guitar player, but I bet 3 bass guitars with high/low tunings would sound phenomenal!

 

[Bloopy]

Crawler (sludge/hardcore)



Skuldom, just the one bass:

 

[BishopCapricornus]

Those are really great, Bloopy! Thank you for letting me know about them!

 

[MasterOLightning]

Geryon. Members of Krallice.

http://geryon.bandcamp.com/

 

[ProphetofHatred]

Bell Witch

 

[BishopCapricornus]

Thank you ProphetofHatred. I had no idea that this has been explored by so many!

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Man is the Bastard, one of the kings of power violence

 

[MotherEel]

Zu
The Cunt Offensive
Cunt Butcher

All bass and drum only