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The stoner/doom bassists thread...

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The Last Rebel said:
I've listened to Salome before, actually. I've never been able to get into them, but I'll give it another shot.


I've heard that they either broke up or that Kat left the band, not sure which is true. And yes, Black Tusk is awesome live! I saw them open for Crowbar in December.
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They're still good!
And Terminal was much better than their self-titled!
 
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Some shots from our gig last night courtesy of Mr. Andrew Carver (http://natcaprock.blogspot.com/) First time with the Lakland. Loved it! Such a great sounding and playing bass.


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Lazarus.Bird said:
Cool pics man!

Our demo finally got the vocals mixed in this weekend. Unfortunately the one track is like 19 minutes long (it's really 3 songs on one track) so it's too big to upload on to the normal sites... Gonna have to go back and cut it into pieces =P

Here's a couple local bands I found recently that I'm digging!

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looking forward to hearing the tracks with vocals, I was just rockin' the instrumental version in the car the other day...
 
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Not sure if they're much nationally, but Faces of Bayon is pretty set with their new drummer. Good doom metal band, came from the demise of 12th of Never.

My band shares a practice space with these guys and it's really nice to see them get back into it after their drummer (and huge driving force in the band) passed away recently.
 
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bassboysam said:
looking forward to hearing the tracks with vocals, I was just rockin' the instrumental version in the car the other day...
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What a coincidence, I keep the Monobrow album on my phone! :bassist:

Curious, have you guys ever ventured in the vocals territory? Everyone always says our songs sound great as instrumentals, but I think the vocals add a huge element, especially in a live setting. Our singer basically demands your attention, which is important considering we only have 2 real complete moments of silence between songs and at one point play for about 20 minutes straight.

Not that I don't think your stuff sounds awesome or that you should change your style to appeal to more people, just curious if you have tried adding them.
 
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We have had a few offers but most never actually show up. We haven't actively looked for a singer but are always open to it. The main issue we have is when you add a 4th member everything gets exponentially harder as far as schedules and priorities. With the 3 of us we all have the same goals and level of commitment so that makes things so easy. To find the right voice and the right person is difficult in our area. It's not like MD over here, the stoner/doom scene is non-existent.
 
#335
Ah! Not being able to find a good singer is a very legitimate reason to not have vocals =P Like I said, I love your riffs! But a lot of times, especially with stoner type music, vocals can turn a passive listener into an active listener. You guys could really go anywhere with the vocals too I think. Anywhere from Witchcraft/Black Sabbath to some Neil Fallon Clutch all the way to some Dixie Collins Weedeater. Lots of open options there =P

And I know what you mean about not being singers. I'm a big guy with a deep voice, and growing up I always had a good clean singing choir voice but I couldn't sing rock vocals to save my life.
 
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Ok, so I am starting to think my BFD cad is a little too hi fi and if I want to run fuzz, I need to switch up cabs. Not a bad thing but I feel weird spending all that time and money on something then my musical interests/tone preference, changes. I may end up running both cabs anyways and use and AB box and run fuzz through the regular cab. So, 2-15" Peavey cab or 8-10 something else?

Some guy offered me a Sunn 2-15 but it was the folded horn styled one and I didn't think it was worth it. I might have a chance to grab an old Century Peavey head and 2-15". Torn.
 
#339
Sartori said:
So learn to sing.

Unless you have an absolutely wretched voice (highly unlikely), or you're completely tone deaf, it really isn't that difficult, once you start (starting is the most difficult part).

You don't need to be the next coming of Pavarotti to sing in metal.
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100% agree. my guitarist and i do backups in our band and we were both so nervous at first that it was funny, but once we got over the initial "man we sound lame" thing, it actually ended up blending extremely well.

just know your limits with it. i have a higher registered voice for a guy so im not getting crushing lows with my voice, but i can go high pretty well, my guitarist has a raspier lower voice so he stays there. as long as youre not going out of your register, your "screaming" voice most likely will sound good.
 
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