Technical Death Metal bassists

[deathbassist]

I listen to alot of technical death metal and I havn't seen a thread like this so just wanted to know what some of your guys favorite bass players that play this genre. If you could name the bassist/band. And maybe some underground tech death bands that maybe someone doesn't know about. And if you do comment lets not call anything wank if we could.

My favorites-No specific order
Stephan Fimmers/Necrophagist
Scott Plummer/Viraemia
Jeroen/Obscura
Mike Flores/Origin
Brandon Giffin/ex-The Faceless
Past Spawn Of Possession Bassists allthough I'm sure Erlend Caspersen will fit in just fine.

You might not know this one
Ioann Komkov/Monumental Torment

I like the tech death bassists who sweep and tap alot!

 

[DoomandHeavy]

Mike Flores is the man!!! I also really like Roger Patterson of Atheist, he did some really sick stuff back in the day! Petr Svoboda of !T.O.O.H.! is also awesome, I can't even tell what he's doing in any of his lines!

YouTube - ‪!T.O.O.H.! - Kali‬‏ I think some of this might even be fretless, the bass solo near the end is simply brain-splattering!!!!

 

[SMILEYSIXX]

How can you not mention Athiest's bassist?! Dude's a monster!

 

[ShredderMaximus]

Then theres always the the dude from Braindrill

 

[lokikallas]

Steve Digiorgio, Death
Alex Webster, Cannibal Corpse- yes I consider his bass playing technical.
Sean Malone, Cynic
As said before, pretty much anybody who has played bass in Athiest

 

[Tituscrow]

Death metal? No. Technical? Absolutely. You need to experience the all round awesomeness of Dick Lovgren, Meshuggah.

 

[shadow_FIX]

Death metal? No. Technical? Absolutely. You need to experience the all round awesomeness of Dick Lovgren, Meshuggah.

I dig this. I saw a video of someone covering "Bleed" fingerstyle...it's part of what made me vow that I would make my fingers move that fast. I'm almost there! For a while it was the rhythmic complexity that I had to overcome before I could even start thinking about speed. Their patterns in that song destroy the traditional concept of four, but the drummer's hands stick to the basic concept of four most of the time. That while machine-gunning the rhythms in his feet. Love it!

 

[bassface73]

Death metal? No. Technical? Absolutely. You need to experience the all round awesomeness of Dick Lovgren, Meshuggah.

While I absolutely love Meshuggah, Dick is simply a guitarist playing bass, sorry, and there is nothing wrong with that, of course. Check out Evan Brewer from The Faceless. That is bass playing!!!!

YouTube - ‪Slap Bass Evan Brewer‬‏

 

[BullHorn]

Yeah, Atheist. That's the stuff. Tony Choy and Roger Patterson.

 

[bassface73]

Yeah, Atheist. That's the stuff. Tony Choy and Roger Patterson.

+1, and Darren McFarland, who now exclusively plays Jazz here in the Tampa area.

 

[Tituscrow]

I dig this. I saw a video of someone covering "Bleed" fingerstyle...it's part of what made me vow that I would make my fingers move that fast. I'm almost there! For a while it was the rhythmic complexity that I had to overcome before I could even start thinking about speed. Their patterns in that song destroy the traditional concept of four, but the drummer's hands stick to the basic concept of four most of the time. That while machine-gunning the rhythms in his feet. Love it!

Bleed with fingers? For the full duration of the song? I doff my cap to you sir. Dead right though, that band just nail those rhythms, anchored by the machine that is Tomas Haake. And they do it live too.

 

[djaydjay]

Bleed with fingers? For the full duration of the song? I doff my cap to you sir. Dead right though, that band just nail those rhythms, anchored by the machine that is Tomas Haake. And they do it live too.

YouTube - ‪Meshuggah - Bleed Bass Cover by Martin Rygiel‬‏
I was quite impressed by that video too. In the video description he says he "was Decapitated bass player during 1996-2007 period"

he probably deservs to be on that list ;-)

 

[nrssab]

Please please don't forger to check out the french technical death metal band "Link Removed". For me it's the best TDM band with a huge talent for composing.
The bassist is named Benoit Claus, I met him recently at the last show here in the place I live. He is currently using a 5 string Yamaha bass for which he got a custom 36 inch Neck made by a french instrument builder named (as far as I can remember) Lucia. That neck is a beauty, the first five positions are fretted, the rest is all fretless. Great sounding bass all together!
After summer they are bringing out a new album, and the guitarists and bassist will get custom instruments from Lucia.

Enjoy!

 

[Tituscrow]

Thought you were going to mention the mighty GOJIRA!!! Again, not death metal, but deceptively technical with an awesome bass player.

 

[BELLATOR]

Some of my favourites are:

Alex Webster - Cannibal Corpse
Martin - Decapitated
Eric Giguere, Steve Cloutier - Gorguts
Niklas Dewerud - Spawn of Possession

 

[BurnedEdge66]

Eric Langlois - Cryptopsy
Dominic Lapointe - (unfortunately ex) Augury
Sean Beasley - Dying Fetus
Colin Marston - the new guy in Gorguts, also in Dysrhythmia and plays Warr Guitar in Behold... The Arctopus

I'm sure I'll be back with more.

 

[Antares]

Not death metal but if you like metal bassists that tap and sweep alot.

Troy Tipton from Zero Hour/Death Machine.

 

[Eater_of_Birds]

Nick Schendzielos from Cephalic Carnage. his stuff on the new album is simply mind blowing.

 

[J-O]

I'll state the obvious: Alex Webster. He is one of my biggest influences, and one of my favorite bassists from any genre. I think Orion from Behemoth is very underated. I love threads like this, now I've got a bunch of new bands to check out.

 

[Erlend]

Past Spawn Of Possession Bassists allthough I'm sure Erlend Caspersen will fit in just fine.

I think I might be in the clear by now, even though the new album isn`t out: YouTube - ‪Spawn of Possession - Spawn of Possession‬‏