BASS...

[hibernal_dream]

It should just be an extension of the range of the guitar, so the volume should be around the same. Notes used on the bass in metal are rarely used in a polyphonic fashion, they're mainly there to reinforce chords played on the guitar.

 

[Satanstoenail]

i personaly like being able to identifly the bass clearly lol... as a bass player my selft i lyk make bass riffs tht stand out.. not just a boring 33334444 shit lyk dat.. i love learning technical songs .. C O B asongs are awsum to lear expesialy the 5 sting songs ...

Whoa. :zombie:


IDENTIFLY!!

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

For Death Metal - Yes
For Black Metal - No

Totally agree

 

[Hatebreeder]

For Death Metal - Yes
For Black Metal - No

Yes.

 

[E6V6I6L]

For Death Metal - Yes
For Black Metal - No

i've got to agree with you too.

 

[Astrum]

I voted my grandma is having a seizure.

but really, i dont care. If its there and its good, great. But i dont find it to be an essential part of the music, unless it was an intergral part of a certain band and played a more important role than it usually does. (obviously)

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Bass doesnt really matter much. In most stuff it's not heard, so im not bothered.

 

[genocide roach]

For Death Metal - Yes
For Black Metal - No

i disagree. any decent black metal band can use bass to their advantage to create a larger atmosphere. bass is especially important in clean melodic parts in black metal. it provides the oprotunity to add some harmony. see bands like borknagar.

its a shame we live in a world of darkthrone clones.
~gR~

 

[Babykabob]

I dunno, I always wanna hear the bass...just how present it should be depends on the music.. if i'm listening to Machinehead or Pantera, I want to hear a nice, fat bass sound, but for most other things it can be fairly blended...

 

[Wires & Waves]

BASS!

 

[dill_the_devil]

I like the bass to be clearly audible in pretty much any form of music, especially if the band in question has a talented bass player who writes counterpoints to the guitar riffs rather than following the root notes. I like to hear the tone of the bass as well - really grinding tones make me smile.

 

[MasterOLightning]

You can hear the bass in Darkthrone most of the time. It's sort of hard to separate from the bass drum. It's probably good that you can't hear the bass on any Emperor albums, the mix is so dense on most of them that there probably wouldn't be room for much bass.

Hate Forest - Sorrow has some of the best bass for a black metal album.

 

[CF87]

Aslong as bass does not thump it does not bug me. I just like hearing 2,3 guitars drums and vocals.

 

[Perpetual Catatonia]

Depends on the music.

I was just about to say that.

 

[Phoenix5]

My grandma is having a seizure for sure.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Aslong as bass does not thump it does not bug me. I just like hearing 2,3 guitars drums and vocals.

I think having three guitarists is risky. Oftentimes it seems unnecessary.

 

[Seance]

if you can't hear or feel the bass's contribution then it's obviously pointless to even have one

 

[CF87]

I think having three guitarists is risky. Oftentimes it seems unnecessary.

If you listen to Edge of Sanity unorthodox there is a 3rd guitar in the middle of the right and left guitars always. All the guitars harmonize sometimes causing notes to sound really really low.

A lot of older death metal albums have a 3rd guitar. Not always but at specific moments. Bloodbath is a new band that has a lot of third guitar parts.

On a cd if a right or left guitar cut in and out of rythmn to do harmonies and solos it would sound more like a live band. I think studio recordings are suppose to be more clinical. You rarely hear a left or right channel guitar on metal album playing solos for example. Almost always a third guitar.

 

[Ender Rises]

Loud bass all the way.

 

[swizzlenuts]

I love when the bass is there the background, specially in BM when it's going slow, and the rest of the stuff is fast. Angmar does that really well.

Stargazer

FUCKING OGRE! lead rhythm with bass.

Pavor: technical bass playing.

Weakling

Demilich: even though the bass isn't that high, the bass work on their album is fantastic.

Bass high in the mix is the best.