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Heavy with no guitars

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Dec 18, 2004
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#1
Ok, Im looking for bands that are heavy, immense, intense , epic , a punch in the balls , and don't use any guitars(excluding bass)

Example - Emerson Lake and Palmer- in my opinion heaviest band of the 70s and early 80s simply because of the sheer intensity and hugeness.

- Benevento Russo - can get pretty epic and intense as well



I need more of these bands! Please include a link if you can. Thanks
 
#2
page said:
Ok, Im looking for bands that are heavy, immense, intense , epic , a punch in the balls , and don't use any guitars(excluding bass)

Example - Emerson Lake and Palmer- in my opinion heaviest band of the 70s and early 80s simply because of the sheer intensity and hugeness.

- Benevento Russo - can get pretty epic and intense as well



I need more of these bands! Please include a link if you can. Thanks
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Oh My God has a killer sound for a pop band with no guitars. Trust me on this one. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Om. Al Cisneros' band after Sleep.

Big Business. Bass and Drums. Like a much heavier DFA1979 minus the falsetto vocals and cheese drumming. If I was still in Jacktown I'd let you borrow my vinyl of "Head for the Shallow."
 
#5
Gotta give it up for Clatter. The rig switching is too cool. She can sound like bass and guitar and keys at the same time.

Thrones: Ex Melvins/Current High on Fire bassist's Joe Preston's solo insanity. Some of the weirdest music I've ever heard is his album "Sperm Whale." Really cool tunes. I love it when he sings through a ring mod too. Takes advantage of fake drums and makes them sound really cool.

Lightning Bolt: I have no idea how to describe this band. Really weird. Not overly my cup of tea. Pretty good sometimes.
 
#7
There is a black metal band called Summoning that released an album a while ago with no guitars on it. Its just drums and synth but it still has all the energy and heaviness you'd expect of a black metal band. Really cool, unfortuneatly I've forgotten which of their albums this is.
 
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page said:
Ok, Im looking for bands that are heavy, immense, intense , epic , a punch in the balls , and don't use any guitars(excluding bass)

Example - Emerson Lake and Palmer- in my opinion heaviest band of the 70s and early 80s simply because of the sheer intensity and hugeness.

- Benevento Russo - can get pretty epic and intense as well



I need more of these bands! Please include a link if you can. Thanks
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thunderbolt will blow your mind
 
#20
+1 for Death from Above!
+1 for Lightining Bolt!!
+1 for Om!!!

I actually saw Om 2 nights ago at a Music Festival here in Toronto, and they were nuts. Here's what gear Al had on stage:

Jack 1 -> MXR Distortion -> Ampeg Head (I think it was a 450!)
Jack 2 -> Boss Chromatic Tuner -> Morley A/B Switch; (Both A and B were ON!!)
A: -> Marshall JCM 2000 head!!!
B: -> Boss Distortion DS-1 -> Marshall JCM 2000 head!!!!

I didn't see how he had the heads hooked up, but he had THREE Marshall 4 x 12 Half Stacks and TWO Ampeg SVT 810s on STAGE!!!!!

...and the venue was a chapel, about 8 yards x 12 yards!!!!!!

MY EARS ARE STILL RINGING!!!!!!!
 

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