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Best metal for bass?
- Thread starter lousybassplayer
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Yeah, I was willing to accept the dig against modern metal as having no melodic structure etc (really a dig against that rocks-in-a-washing machine grindystuff), but Tool=Metal? Not in my math class. I don't mind Tool, but not metal by any stretch.
Well, don't worry about wikipedia, I'll go change that right now 
And it's not fair to compare a vintage pioneer metal act with a band like Tool. They are pioneering, interesting, talented, etc, but metal to me has to be completely ignored by mainstream US radio or it doesn't have enough guts.
And it's not fair to compare a vintage pioneer metal act with a band like Tool. They are pioneering, interesting, talented, etc, but metal to me has to be completely ignored by mainstream US radio or it doesn't have enough guts.
If Black Sabbath is metal, then Tool is metal IMO. Also, wikipedia says so
This just reminds me of a friend who told me that 5 Finger Death Punch was the "heaviest **** he's ever heard".
Open your ears a little and listen to some of the bands in this thread, you'll see that Tool is really a different category.
See that was whatI was hoping to avoid with using the M word. That radio rock nu-metal junk is not for me, although there one can find some pretty narly bass stuff in there if you can take the lousy singing and generic riffage (all IMO). The point of this whole thing was that the common answer for the old "what bassfor metal" question has always been pretty much any bass will work if it sounds right. I was hoping to get a good compilation of serious metal recordings a new metal player could listen to in order to get some tone ideas.
This just reminds me of a friend who told me that 5 Finger Death Punch was the "heaviest **** he's ever heard".
Open your ears a little and listen to some of the bands in this thread, you'll see that Tool is really a different category.
Look, I just think "Metal" means something different to me. To me it's a wide genre, like rock. In which any bands from Tool to Behemoth(and all sorts of music that I don't even like) fit in.
It doesn't have to be extreme, it just needs to have certain qualities to it that (IMO) makes it metal. To me.
I can see that, and I would never get seriously bent out of shape in disagreement. Metal is a wide brush to paint with. However, Tool's bass stuff in the Chancellor days doesn't do much for me. I know it's semi-sacreligious to say so, but with a few notable exceptions, I find it kind of dull playing with too many effects.
How many bassist out there play or have played in a metal band; and their band gets stuck playing with a so called metal band on the bill that sounds more like watered down Sevendust?
I was just wondering because it always seemed to happen to my last band. Out here in the midwest they have a hard and heavy night and they book Metal bands with rock bands. I always find this very interesting.
I was just wondering because it always seemed to happen to my last band. Out here in the midwest they have a hard and heavy night and they book Metal bands with rock bands. I always find this very interesting.
Cynic - Traced in Air. the bass is a bit buried in the mix, but if you can lock in on it the tone (and playing) is amazing
I've also always thought Martin Mendez of Opeth has a great tone. it doesn't always jump out at you but its always very present and supportive.
I've also always thought Martin Mendez of Opeth has a great tone. it doesn't always jump out at you but its always very present and supportive.
That happens a lot I'm afraid. Watered down sevendust? That's kind of like watered down Coor's light.
I find that to be very frustrating...just wanted to see how many other metal bands had to deal with this?
Our local venue that does a Metal Thursday show has strict guidelines for who they will book. The guy who runs it has a small manifesto on what will be considered "metal" that doesn't seek to exclude anyone just points out that they have other nights for punk and nu-metal shows. Kind of cool actually because you can be sure you won't be playing with other bands that are too unlike your own. They may be a slightly different style but one that won't seem out of place.
New Demiurg?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1undlq5lKPU
What style of metal are you looking for in general?
You referenced God Forbid, but then mentioned death/grind. Which confused me. So do you want to stick with Soilwork, Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn type stuff?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1undlq5lKPU
What style of metal are you looking for in general?
You referenced God Forbid, but then mentioned death/grind. Which confused me. So do you want to stick with Soilwork, Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn type stuff?
What genre is Tool then, if not progressive metal? Progressive rock? Psychedelic rock? (I'll have to settle for "psychedelic awesome" 
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Anyway, good (and non-obvious) metal bands with great bass, let's see:
- Dir en Grey have something crazy going on on the Uroboros album: are good examples.
(EDIT: Gah, sorry about the quality on the "Here We Are Juggernaut" video, I can't find a version on Youtube that's not full of sound compression artifacts. It sounds much, much better on the CD
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)Anyway, good (and non-obvious) metal bands with great bass, let's see:
- Dir en Grey have something crazy going on on the Uroboros album: are good examples.
(EDIT: Gah, sorry about the quality on the "Here We Are Juggernaut" video, I can't find a version on Youtube that's not full of sound compression artifacts. It sounds much, much better on the CD
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