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Rabea Massad Bass Extraordinaire!

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#NB: I am just a fan this is not a commerical promo

If you don't know Rabea is an awesome Youtuber and Modern Metal guitar (was in Toska) player but his new release where he plays bass has some seriously incredible bass tone and playing done by him. What I love about Rabea is his taste and the way he can add so much texture to music. His bass playing in this EP has so much texture and nuance that is melded in with his own guitar playing so well.

This is not a man who just slapped in an octave lower copied bassline underneath the guitars and called it done.

In the first song I really love how he kept in all the string noise of the bass and the way that he uses the heavy distortion of the bass but played softer alongside the ambience of the guitars. That is a guitar move and one I have rarely ever heard by a bass player.


Anyway any red blooded bass tone junkies out there this is how it is done! and from a stinking cheese grating cat scratcher!

massively enjoyed!
 
I found the "noise" intro a bit off-putting, too early for that (no coffee yet lol), but once it hit the groove, pretty kewl, I'm digging it. Really thick, gnarly bass tone, doesn't surprise me to hear it's a Warwick. A pity I've never really bonded with my Warwick Corvette.
 
It was good enough that I listened through the whole EP while getting breakfast and coffee. I love breakfast and coffee. Just sayin'. ;)
 
I left Amazon music on autoplay after it ran through the EP to see what their "music like this" algorithm is like, and man, it's leading me to good stuff I didn't know. Currently listening to a progmetal-ish band named Dragonfly - quite good also! Reminds me a touch of Muse. Edit: the song is Dragonfly, the band is Caligula's Horse. Now it's Karnivool with C.O.T.E - also good.

Given these examples, I may be using Amazon Music more...
 
Ah nice to see you fall down the modern prog metal rabbit hole man! Caligulas Horse and Karnivool are awesome Aussie bands! Karnivool is my favourite band of all time.

I may not be Amazon music but some other suggestions would be:
Wheel
The Contortionist
Toska
Sikth
Leprous

cheers! Glad you enjoyed!