Bass in Metal

[Matt]

Obviously Dream Theater as well

 

[Rumpole]

Atheist

 

[Life Sucks]

btw, this should be in the musicians forum.

Actually, it should be in the recommendations forum, since he is after all asking for recomendations; in this case, metal with prominent or complex bass. That is actually the first thing I thought when I saw this thread, but I decided not to say anything.

 

[genocide roach]

cynic- focus. that entire album has epic bass work. also check out anything digiorgio has done. he always adds some flavor to what ever band he's in at the time
~gR~

 

[genocide roach]

Pantera

youre kidding... right?
~gR~

 

[The Ozzman]

youre kidding... right?
~gR~

No.

If he's looking for fairly decent bass lines to play, Pantera is one of the ones I would say immediately.

Walk, 5 Minutes Alone, I'm Broken

You can't deny that Rex Brown is an absolute monster on the bass.

 

[genocide roach]

yes i can. watch:

rex is a generic bass player and pantera sucked.
~gR~

 

[The Ozzman]

yes i can. watch:

rex is a generic bass player and pantera sucked.
~gR~

Wrong

 

[Hatebreeder]

Rex Brown fit well into his band's music and nothing more. Compared to bassists like Jack Bruce or similar bass players, he is shit.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

goddamn it you idiots, the thread should have ended with the control denied suggestion

no metal album has better bass performance than stevie digiorgio on "fragile art of existence"

 

[Mort Divine]

Pain of Salvation has some great bass work, be it the "in the face and obvious" slap bass of Entropia or the more subtle but very there lines that are on TPE and Remedy Lane, all of it is great but I don't quite know if that is what you're looking for.

Another great band for bass work is Stargazer. The Scream That Tore The Sky is absolutely fantastic bass wise.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

augury

 

[Evil?]

I actually really love the bass work on Mercyful Fate-Melissa and Don't Break the Oath.

 

[CF87]

Iron Maiden-killers.

entire album

Acid Bath has a lot of great bass lines.

 

[genocide roach]

augury

fo sho! i cant believe i forgot augury. add unexpect and cryptopsy too.

the trifecta of killer kanadians...
~gR~

 

[genocide roach]

Rex Brown fit well into his band's music and nothing more. Compared to bassists like Jack Bruce or similar bass players, he is shit.

he speaks the truth
~gR~

 

[The Ozzman]

Rex Brown fit well into his band's music and nothing more. Compared to bassists like Jack Bruce or similar bass players, he is shit.

Jack Bruce played upright bass in a jazz band (before being in Cream), of course he's better.

That's a horrible comparison.

 

[genocide roach]

ok, compare rex brown to digiorgio or malone. even local bands have better bass players. like jean baudin (sp?) who played for nuclear rabbit/element of suprise.

dont even make me break out the list of non metal bass players
~gR~

 

[The Ozzman]

ok, compare rex brown to digiorgio or malone.

dont even make me break out the list of non metal bass players
~gR~

Jesus fucking h christ on a crucifix...

No, Rex Brown is not as good as digiorgio or malone.

He's good, not great. I would put him up against any bassist in any groove metal band and he would destroy them (also bands like Crowbar and Down).

He is a monster bassist for the genre in which he played.

 

[genocide roach]

lol, comparing groove metal bassists?! who the fuck cares about bands who can barely play their instruments

groove metal = guys who want to play thrash but cant
~gR~