(I'm in a music rut!)Prog Metal/Prog Rock/Hard Rock bassists

[plastik-bass[?]]

Like the title says I'm in a musical rut and cant find any good new bands to listen to, with good bassists. So I come to my trusty TB brethren to help me on my quest to find some new bands with good bassists.

Please help me, I've been listening to the same bands OVER and OVER and OVER again recently and its getting really annoying

So hit me up with some that that Prog Metal/Hard Rock/Prog Rock

old or new bands are good, but I perfer new(so that way my theory about most bands now-a-days sucking wrong)

oh and please no Tool or Dream Theater...got enough of them already :/

I'm looking for bands like Tool or Dream Theater but not them XD

i dont want EXTREME hardcore metal where the singer is just yelling at the top of his lung and you cant understans anything..even if the bass is good i cant focus on it

i want the deep heavey bass sound of tool but also so nice heavy guitar


Thanks in Advance



bands prefibly on the heavey side XD i like my metal heavey

[jollygiantchris]

isis, jesu, mastodon, priestess, down, corrosion of conformity, opeth, rollins band, the mars volta, you could always try sleep/om/high on fire

ive also never heard jesu just heard OF them but a lot of people seem to really like them =x

[Spinal Tapper]

Definitely check out MUSE. those guys are simply amazing...and even more amazing live. Their bassplayer is the real deal and writes KILLER lines and bassist should appreciate. I started listening to them a few years ago and have since become a better musician.
They're aren't exactly metal, but they rock hard!

[plastik-bass[?]]

Originally Posted by Spinal Tapper

Definitely check out MUSE. those guys are simply amazing...and even more amazing live. Their bassplayer is the real deal and writes KILLER lines and bassist should appreciate. I started listening to them a few years ago and have since become a better musician.
They're aren't exactly metal, but they rock hard!

IMO muse is the suck :/ but thats just IMO

i guess what im looking for is something with heavy bass kinda like tool. or maybe like Psychotic Waltz but with deeper,not growling, just deeper vocals

[Last call]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x8Y06qTprIA&feature=related


Bass player (Ryan Stasik) starts with a mean progressive metal type structure that fades into some nasty mean funk around 1:30.
The tone on his Lakland 55-94 is undeniably killer at this part, some nice fades into some fingerfunk and a climactic ending that leads into a harmonic outro.

Some of the best improvisational music ive seen in a while

a must watch

[LowsThatKill]

The Apex Theory, Primus (of course), and surprisingly alot of Nonpoint's stuff has good ass basslines

[El-Bob]

symphony x - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLHp0koLbJQ
nevermore - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsE4ykHKWnA
Opeth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CizHbyJSP78
Death (recent stuff is progressive) (RIP Chuck Schuldiner) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i38m-xGX7io
Fates Warning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32d3s8xQYo
Queensryche - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZlfTPJdKw
Sonata Arctica (i don't like them) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zkXdqcajk
Stratovarius - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNLdTfwx5ZQ
Arcturus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1QW5ZDhLM8
Outworld - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RNA1LfYbg
Sun Caged - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTLQFbzulE
Voivod - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5XrfPMx1WQ
Zero Hour (awesome band, hard to find good clips) (ridiculous bassist) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgA0Cz529O0

that should keep you occupied for a while (especially if you're on dial up)

[El-Bob]

zero hours bassist playing arpeggios - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chD81eC-H2k

• Blue Murder
• Cynic
• Gordian Knot
• Aghora
• Sadus
• Quo Vadis
• Spiral Architect
• Borknagar
• Cannibal Corpse (not "accessible" music, but Webster has some interesting parts)
• Watchtower
• Racer X

Hopefully that's helpful.

[Mr.Chucklebunny]

Originally Posted by jollygiantchris

isis, jesu, mastodon, priestess, down, corrosion of conformity, opeth, rollins band, the mars volta, you could always try sleep/om/high on fire

ive also never heard jesu just heard OF them but a lot of people seem to really like them =x

Can't argue with anything on this list. And yes, Jesu does indeed rock. If you ever enjoyed Godflesh, it's the same guy.

I would also add the Melvins, Big Business, Lightning Bolt, Russian Circles, Pelican, Kylesa, Beard, Shellac (or any Albini project), and Disrhythmia to name a few. Also, check out Oxes. No bass player, but they still do some interesting stuff. Hell, while you are at it go get some Jesus Lizard. David Wm. Sims has awesome tone.

[Anti-Product]

Most of what I was thinking of was mentioned already, but I'd recommend Between the Buried and Me. They get very heavy, even though there are occasional sort of quasi-metalcore breakdowns, if you really listen to it, it's very good stuff. Check out the newest album Colors (the only one I have, but I've heard some of the other stuff as well, which is quite good).

[theNoseBleedKid]

Spock's beard aren't heavy prog, but their basslines are amazing and song structure impeccable.

If your into Neo Prog or feeling for something less heavy definately try "snow", "The light" or "beware of the darkness"

[jollygiantchris]

i forgot to mention kyuss, scott reeder does a great job on bass for them and to the guy that said the melvins they are <3 as well!

[theNoseBleedKid]

Not really prog though, there's A LARGE difference between stoner and prog, LARGE.

[*smb]

Originally Posted by theNoseBleedKid

Not really prog though, there's A LARGE difference between stoner and prog, LARGE.

That's the acid to weed ratio, right? Kyuss seriously are awesome though.

Originally Posted by jollygiantchris

isis, jesu, mastodon, priestess, down, corrosion of conformity, opeth, rollins band, the mars volta, you could always try sleep/om/high on fire

Big +1 to all of these.

[SirCanealot]

Forgot about it needed to be heavy! Then you're missing out on some great prog bands. Here's a couple of gems not too many people know about (even though one of them have been touring for 30 years!)

Marillion -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P89yCN1zVyg -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeoxxpVUQgs -- these guys have been around for more or less forever and have more sides and sounds than more or less anyone. Basically the best guitarist and frontman ever. I saw them live yesterday and it was the best gig I've ever been to. Never laughed so much too

Dredg -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Hn0yv5148 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJwgdaisio -- not really heavy (though they have some heavy songs), but they're more bits of metal and prog rock mixed with bits of jazz and... stuff.

Check them both out!!!!

[Phantopeth]

Originally Posted by Anti-Product

Most of what I was thinking of was mentioned already, but I'd recommend Between the Buried and Me. They get very heavy, even though there are occasional sort of quasi-metalcore breakdowns, if you really listen to it, it's very good stuff. Check out the newest album Colors (the only one I have, but I've heard some of the other stuff as well, which is quite good).

+1 Between The Buried And Me

Ayuh, Dan's the Man. His work on Colors is great, and the same goes with Alaska. He's more noticable on Colors, I'd say. I can't remember if he recorded Silent Circus or not, he may have joined the band after album was cut.

If you like Prog Metal, pick up Colors now!.

Also, check out A Wilhelm Scream, Protest The Hero, and The Red Chord.

Furthermore, and I do really hope this suggestion is unneccesary: Pantera, and Down might as well be thrown in there.

And just for the hell of it (as far as I know, there is no bass player in this band ): Pig Destroyer

So you know, all links go to the band's MySpace page.

[DZIB]

Not all metal or prog, but you might like a diversion -

YES: Close To The Edge (Squire is the king)
YES: Relayer
YES: The Yes Album
YES: Fragile
YES: Going For The One
Chris Squire: Fish Out Of Water
GENESIS: Selling England By The Pound (Rutherford is also a king)
GENESIS: Live
GENESIS: Foxtrot
GENESIS: Nursery Cryme
GENESIS: Seconds Out
STARCASTLE: Starcastle (Gary Strater is Squire, Jr.)
Tim Finn: Tim Finn (Tony Levin is great on this)
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe (Tony Levin on bass)
Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light (Jaco's best - IMO)
Animal Logic: Animal Logic (Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland)
Barenaked Ladies: Gordon
Dave Matthews Band: Under The Table And Dreaming
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Dee Murray was great - RIP)
Elton John: Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago: V
Chicago: Chicago At Carnegie Hall
Bobby Caldwell: Cat In The Hat
Boston: Boston
Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour
Brand X: Livestock
Return To Forever: Romantic Warrior (Wow!!)
Elvis Costello: Girls, Girls, Girls
XTC: Oranges And Lemons
The Who: Quadrophenia
The Who: Who's Next
Uriah Heep: Live 1973
Steely Dan: Aja
Peter Gabriel: Us (Tony Levin)
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds Of Fire
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Worlds

That's a start!!

[magneezius]

+1 for Isis

I saw them open for Tool.....

Oh and another great band that never gets any mention on TB is MASSIVE ATTACK.

another great band that i saw open for TOOL....

[magneezius]

This is the most NON prog metal list i've ever seen....granted I love Yes and all...im just saying

Originally Posted by DZIB

Not all metal or prog, but you might like a diversion -

YES: Close To The Edge (Squire is the king)
YES: Relayer
YES: The Yes Album
YES: Fragile
YES: Going For The One
Chris Squire: Fish Out Of Water
GENESIS: Selling England By The Pound (Rutherford is also a king)
GENESIS: Live
GENESIS: Foxtrot
GENESIS: Nursery Cryme
GENESIS: Seconds Out
STARCASTLE: Starcastle (Gary Strater is Squire, Jr.)
Tim Finn: Tim Finn (Tony Levin is great on this)
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe (Tony Levin on bass)
Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light (Jaco's best - IMO)
Animal Logic: Animal Logic (Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland)
Barenaked Ladies: Gordon
Dave Matthews Band: Under The Table And Dreaming
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Dee Murray was great - RIP)
Elton John: Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago: V
Chicago: Chicago At Carnegie Hall
Bobby Caldwell: Cat In The Hat
Boston: Boston
Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour
Brand X: Livestock
Return To Forever: Romantic Warrior (Wow!!)
Elvis Costello: Girls, Girls, Girls
XTC: Oranges And Lemons
The Who: Quadrophenia
The Who: Who's Next
Uriah Heep: Live 1973
Steely Dan: Aja
Peter Gabriel: Us (Tony Levin)
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds Of Fire
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Worlds

That's a start!!