Metal bands with a overdriven, pickstyle bassist

[NeverIsNow]

Title says it all, through me some names if you know any so I can look them up

 

[anechoic]

What's considered "metal" these days? I'd throw Motorhead and Type O Negative out there, who don't sound even remotely similar.

 

[pedroims]

Do you want overdrive only or any kind of distortion? Almost all metal bass player use some type of distortion, just listen to any band really.

 

[thrasher666]

Do you want overdrive only or any kind of distortion? Almost all metal bass player use some type of distortion, just listen to any band really.[/QUOTE
I wouldn't say that. There are TONS of metal bassists who have a clean tone. Steve Harris, Frank Bello, Dave Ellefson, Joey Vera to name a few...

 

[kleinenenten]

Fear Factory, At The Gates, The Haunted, just tons of them out there. I never paid much attention to pick/fingerstyle in the bands I like. If it's good, it's good!

 

[Duckwater]

Truckfighters aren't really metal but their bassist/singer has possibly my favorite heavy distorted pick tone.

http://youtu.be/Cpz-pDwDWWM?t=41m48s

 

[chuck norriss]

August Burns Red
Norma Jean

I have no idea if they use a pick or not they're just really really good.

 

[NeverIsNow]

Do you want overdrive only or any kind of distortion? Almost all metal bass player use some type of distortion, just listen to any band really.

Any kind of distortion

 

[NeverIsNow]

August Burns Red

I thought Dustin uses a clean tone that's really treble, I could be wrong though

 

[Right_Butterscotch64]

Do you want overdrive only or any kind of distortion? Almost all metal bass player use some type of distortion, just listen to any band really.[/QUOTE
I wouldn't say that. There are TONS of metal bassists who have a clean tone. Steve Harris, Frank Bello, Dave Ellefson, Joey Vera to name a few...

Frank Bello's tone up until recently has been cranked SVTs....to get his old tone currently I believe he uses the VXL hartke pedal.

 

[NeverIsNow]

What's considered "metal" these days? I'd throw Motorhead and Type O Negative out there, who don't sound even remotely similar.

Death-metal, Nu metal, core-genres and everything in between

 

[Unrepresented]

Does Big Business count?

 

[Korladis]

I wouldn't say that. There are TONS of metal bassists who have a clean tone. Steve Harris, Frank Bello, Dave Ellefson, Joey Vera to name a few...

Harris's isn't that clean if you listen to the solo'd tracks.

But I digress.


Pick players in metal who use an overdriven tone...

Lemmy of Motorhead, to start with.
Peter Steele of Type O Negative
Ron from Bongripper
Dave Edwardson from Neurosis uses both fingers and pick.
Sharlee D'Angelo of Arch Enemy
Jason Newsted, of course
Grutle from Enslaved
Ted from Amon Amarth
Tom Araya from Slayer

The list goes on.

 

[Right_Butterscotch64]

Timi Hansen of Mercyful Fate/King Diamond
Jon Leon of White Wizzard

 

[Hamlet7768]

Church of Misery. Tatsu Mikami has a FANTASTIC tone.

 

[AaronVonRock]

Two thumbs up for Big Business and Church of Misery. Two of my favorite bassists right now in the heavy music genres.

 

[BioWeapon]

WHY has nobody mentioned Periphery? Nolly is actually a member here, IIRC!
He did a rig rundown for youtube and his sound is ultra gritty, I really love his tone.
Check it out! Gear Rundown - Nolly of Periphery - Live Rig 2013

 

[CrayZee_One]

Metal (grunge metal?)

The Ruby Doe
Akimbo
Sandrider

Not classic metal, but heavy, riffy, rip yer face off grungey stuff. Great pick tones on some of their stuff!

 

[AdamR]

Frank Bello's tone up until recently has been cranked SVTs....to get his old tone currently I believe he uses the VXL hartke pedal.

Bello's tone is all Sans Amp Bass Driver. Look up the interview at Bass Player live from a few months ago.

Ellefson tone on Rust in Peace sounds like it has a very small amount of distortion and a ton of compression if you listen to the isolated bass tracks.

 

[billgoodwin]

the master - Jean-Yves '"Blacky" Theriault of VOIVOD and his infamous 5-string Liberatore blower bass...nothing compare's.
http://www.theriault.net/