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06-22-2007, 03:16 PM
|  | That's Mr. SpankyPants to you. | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Louisiana for now. | | | Heavy Metal with progressive bassists?
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I'm looking for more metal bands that have a bassist that does more than just hit root notes.
Mudvayne and Nuclear Rabbit are the first that spring to mind.
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06-22-2007, 03:18 PM
| | floppy b strings | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bronx, NY | | | If you don't listen to Tool, definitely give them a listen. Their bassist, Justin Chancellor is one of the best bassists in the modern rock scene, IMO.
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06-22-2007, 03:23 PM
| | | | Not really sure how many consider them "metal" but John Myung from Dream Theater definately hits more than root notes. |
06-22-2007, 03:30 PM
| | That's Mr. SpankyPants to you. | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Louisiana for now. | | | Primus is one too. |
06-22-2007, 03:34 PM
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Moog Artist in Rock/Pop 5th down | | | | | Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is not a strictly root note player. |
06-22-2007, 03:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore | | | Steve Harris usually hits just the roots but he does it pretty well
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06-22-2007, 03:38 PM
| | | | check out psyopus they are unreal |
06-22-2007, 03:44 PM
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06-22-2007, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eunice, La | | | +1 for Tool!
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06-22-2007, 04:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eunice, La | | | Wait Spanky you live in BR and you didnt go to the Tool SHow last month??
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06-22-2007, 04:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Eastern Wisconsin | | Quote:
Originally Posted by distrot  check out psyopus they are unreal | I'd have to agree that Psyopus are unreal, but I don't know if he's leaning towards that kind of a crazy tech prog metal thing.
Spanky, you should definitely give them a listen though.
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06-22-2007, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois | | | KA-ZAP!!
I don't know that one could call them "metal" but I'd have to throw in Lightning Bolt. Brian Gibson makes my head hurt in the best way possible. |
06-22-2007, 05:06 PM
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06-22-2007, 05:08 PM
| | | | There's lots out there, it all just depends on how heavy you want to go. But if you want something more progressive I would check out Scott Krall of Into Eternity on their first 3 albums, or Thomas Miller and Michael Lepond of Symphony X. |
06-22-2007, 06:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Water | | | Since listening to Tool I can say my approach in my 'Heavy Metal' band has changed with regards to how I fill my parts out in a band with just one guitarist. I'm using chords and pedals and a few more effects (verb/delay/chorus) and I find him to be a really tasteful player. Also I've now got a lighter pick in my arsenal that I can really attack the strings with and it helps with the chords and punctuation on the notes. I heard somewhere Justin uses a .71?
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06-22-2007, 08:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas | | | Michael LePond of Symphony X
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06-22-2007, 08:22 PM
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06-22-2007, 08:56 PM
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06-22-2007, 09:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | I'm sorry, but you just can't go past Martin Mendez, who plays for Opeth. I would rate him as probably one of the best progressive death/heavy metal bassists of all time. |
06-22-2007, 09:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Massachusetts, USA | | | Sean Malone is the man you want to hear. Sean Malone is probably best known for playing on "Focus" by Cynic, but he also appears on the first Aghora album (where is playing is better than "Focus" IMO) and albums by Gordian Knot. The third Between The Buried and Me album is also worth checking out, even though they're more of a metalcore band. I can't remember the bassists name on that album though. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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