The Black Dahlia Murder bassist

slapinandpopin7 · #1 01-21-2006, 12:28 PM

hey there.

started listening to this amazing death metal/speed band not to long ago, and during breaks where its just bass/drums/vox i noticed that he has amazing tone. its kinda difficult to hear with everything else. does anyone know what gear he uses? pedals/bass.
one good break where you can hear it quite well is in the song 'spite suicide' at 2:10.

it has alot of bite, and a good amount of clarity compared to other death metal bassists.

thanks in advance
andy

Stachio · #2 01-22-2006, 10:52 PM

I dig BDM a lot, but I definitely don't listen to it for the bass. Not exactly the most memorable bass lines. I think Spite Suicide might be the only song where you hear the bass for a few seconds. Sort of muddy to me.
Dave is out of the band as of a month or 2 ago, too. According to Brian it was because he couldn't keep up...it was sort of an ugly split.

slapinandpopin7 · #3 01-23-2006, 07:38 AM

yea i heard bout that, their drummer is gone 2.
but they just got a new bass player, mayb he will be able to do the job right.

well anyways, do u know what kinda gear he used? i agree its alittle muddy, but the basic tone of it i think sounds good.

thanks
andy

Stachio · #4 01-24-2006, 09:27 PM

He used an LTD through the standard Ampeg rig the last time I saw him.

Tom · #5 01-24-2006, 11:39 PM

I saw them over the summer... The bass player didn't stand out, but then again it was a live, outdoor venue.

The singer looked like a very belligerent, screaming, overweight nerd. I was amused.

gravaged · #6 01-25-2006, 08:41 PM

I got into a discussion about that guy somewhere. I saw a pic of him and he was playing the bass like it was a guitar, with the picking and fretting techniques and all... someone informed me it was impossible to play BDM's songs without using a bass pick because of the speed.. derr... I must have been cheating all this time, I gotta quit.

Not that I'd want to listen to or learn their songs anyway, new heavy metal bands are annoying

Halftooth · #7 01-30-2006, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by slapinandpopin7

yea i heard bout that, their drummer is gone 2.

IMO, the drummer was the main attraction for the band. I had heard that there was talks he was leaving, but never heard definitively.