Your favourite bass tones?

[LSD-Studio]

Masterplan Aeronautics (check the beginning of Headbanger's Ballroom)

 

[schismatic]

+1 to Lateralus. Best album ever written imo.

 

[beyond dead]

Lacuna Coil (Karmacode album)

crushing bass tone, partly due to the sound of the guitar

 

[[UEAK]Clowd]

I think everyone can pretty much agree on Tool.

I'm surprised I didn't see any mention of Soilwork... stabbing the drama has some incredible bass.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

crushing bass tone,

+1

 

[Jaymz]

Exodus - Atrocity Ex

 

[xFkx]

I'm always amazed when people get amazing super-low-end from fender p/j basses. I can never make it happen.

 

[lordcthulhu]

I'm suprised some guys said Tool, in which you're right on, but I thought there was too much Tool-hate on this board...

As for others, I've got to say Angra - Temple of Shadows (glad to see someone else said it too haha), Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination, Scariot - Momentum Shift (the hi's of Steve DiGiorgio's fretless are emphasised - GODDAMN it sounds thrashy), and some Lemmy too for the unmistakeable grit.

Mind you, I just like the bass...loud. Even not too flash tones can do it for me, such as on Sodom's Agent Orange and Kreator's Pleasure to Kill.

 

[abyssofdreams]

Edit: see below

 

[abyssofdreams]

Lacuna Coil (Karmacode album)

+2

 

[mondocane]

Lemmy.

Cronos.

oh yes, Skinlab "the art of suffering", check beginning of the song...

 

[AXI]

I love the tones on Deadwing and In Absentia.
Damnation too.

Steven knows his bass.

I'm also a sucker for the distorted Meshuggah bass sound. It adds so much punch.

 

[Sloan]

As much as I despise KORN, my friend was playing one of their albums in his car and I liked the bass sound.

But, basically, if it fits the song, I like it!

 

[lordcthulhu]

I'm also a sucker for the distorted Meshuggah bass sound. It adds so much punch.

Same here, makes the whole thing supremely headbangable. Seeing Meshuggah next week

It is definitely not amongst my "favourite" bass tones, but what do you guys think of Henkka's distorted bass tone in COB? Since the rest of the band's sound is very clean, I actually think it fits in quite well.

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Haven't really thought about this, but Darkane - Layers of Lies deserves a mention.

 

[colonel kurtz]

ratm - evil empire

i noticed someone else mentioned the s/t album...the bass on that sounds good, but EE is goddamned PERFECT bass tone

 

[Splat88]

Prong - Prove You Wrong

Listen at approximately 1 minute in. And no comments on the gated snare!

 

[abyssofdreams]

What makes you think the snare sound is gated? Sounds good to me
Yep, that bass growls quite nicely!

 

[K Odell]

Any of the Killswitch cds. I love Mike D's tone.

 

[Deus.exe]

Moonspell - Darkness and Hope (the song "Nocturna" especially)