Trying to like metal

[Funky Ghost]

Booya!

 

[madbass6]

I'm looking to expand my musical horizons. I'm cool with the growling/screaming thing as long as it's not too high pitched. Distortion is fine but I want to be able to discern individual bass notes. If a guitar solo lasts longer than 15 seconds I'm not interested. And maybe some funk influence? Is there any James Brown/Parliament Funkadelicish metal out there?

Guitar solos Can't Last longer then 15 seconds ?
high pitch vocals bother you ?
sorry to bust your bubble but Metal is definitely not for you!

 

[Treebeard]

Cynic - 'Traced in Air' album

 

[DavetheDude]

I'm looking to expand my musical horizons. I'm cool with the growling/screaming thing as long as it's not too high pitched. Distortion is fine but I want to be able to discern individual bass notes. If a guitar solo lasts longer than 15 seconds I'm not interested. And maybe some funk influence? Is there any James Brown/Parliament Funkadelicish metal out there?

How 'bout some modern prog rock/metal?

Following this because the idea of funk metal is strangely interesting.

Here you go:

 

[Korladis]

Guitar solos Can't Last longer then 15 seconds ?
high pitch vocals bother you ?
sorry to bust your bubble but Metal is definitely not for you!

There are metal bands with no high pitched vocals... and no guitar solos at all.

 

[dxb]

I think the whole funk thing has led this thread somewhat astray. Anyone who wants to start listening to metal gets my recommendation to start at the beginning with early Black Sabbath and from there move on to Judas Priest. After that it kinda depends on what you're interested in since "metal" is made up of quite a few sub-generes.

 

[klejst]

Funk+metal and imagining James Brown being in a metal band...interesting

 

[Giga50]

Atheist.

 

[Korladis]

Year of the Cobra are a duo... no guitars at all


Neurosis don't have any guitar solos or high pitched vocals. Lots of yelling, though.


Yob rarely have guitar solos (though I guess this song kinda begins with one) and the bass is usually very loud.


In SubRosa, the niche usually filled by lead guitar is instead filled by violin.


Inter Arma are just weird


Very few guitar solos in Cult of Luna. More about the song than any individual member.


Chelsea Wolfe's metal songs usually have very loud bass


There's always Sleep, who are pretty old school. Their guitar solos might run over long for you, though.


Conan don't have much in the way of soloing. Quite a lot of what you're hearing is actually bass.


Bongripper has no vocals of any kind. Bassist also sometimes posts here.

UFOMAMMUT - Ecate (Full Album 2015)
Ufomammut for maximum fuzzed out stonerness

BRUME - Donkey (Full Album 2015)
Brume is bluesy doom with eerie female vocals (bassist is the vocalist)

Sea of Bones - The Stone The Slave And The Architect
Sea of Bones played with us one time... incredibly loud and heavy (especially in such a small room)

Lament Cityscape - Sewn Into Our Palm
Played with Lament Cityscape a bunch of times. Their format constantly changes but they're always fun to see.

CHRCH (Church) - Stargazer
Chrch does have guitar solos, but they're not wanky. Bass is an enormous part of their sound. Especially live.

And... shameless plugs:
CATAPULT THE DEAD - LIVE IN CONCORD
Catapult the Dead don't have high vocals really or any guitar solos. New album tentatively set to release late October.

DUSTERN - LIVE IN OAKLAND
Dustern has guitar solos, but again, not really wanky, and usually pretty short. And obviously the bass is pretty loud. Currently finishing up our first album.

 

[LowDownHawkeye]

Riverside all day e're day. Killer Polish band with outstanding bass playing going on. Not pure metal - lots of influences that texture their sound a lot but some songs and bits of songs are absolutely metal.

Progy


Some Bass for your face


Metal-ish

I really like Riverside, but wouldn't think of them if you said "funk."

 

[LowDownHawkeye]

I skimmed every post in this thread but didn't see a few related ones that I expected:

Later King's X (say, some of Ear Candy onward). Tell me the song Sally isn't funky metal. If you can accept the use of loops on Manic Moonlight, there's some serious groove there too.

Dug Pinnick, e.g., things like the Massive Grooves album.

*maybe* some Jelly Jam.

 

[Hypocrite]

Definitely check out Dying Fetus, Virvum, and Artificial Brain. Technical death metal at it's best, well defined bass, very groovy, and tighter than a nun's chuff.

 

[hieronymous]

I'm looking to expand my musical horizons. I'm cool with the growling/screaming thing as long as it's not too high pitched. Distortion is fine but I want to be able to discern individual bass notes. If a guitar solo lasts longer than 15 seconds I'm not interested. And maybe some funk influence? Is there any James Brown/Parliament Funkadelicish metal out there?

Early Black Sabbath and Deep Purple (both Mk. II & III and of course IV) fit the bill for me!





Funk might not fit but it does for me - both Bill Ward & Ian Paice swing - something about both of these bands just really GROOVE for me. My dream band would be improvisational with both metal and funk elements...

 

[Fabio_MIJ]

The latest work by Fates Warning is amazing

 

[MDBass]

I'm looking to expand my musical horizons. I'm cool with the growling/screaming thing as long as it's not too high pitched. Distortion is fine but I want to be able to discern individual bass notes. If a guitar solo lasts longer than 15 seconds I'm not interested. And maybe some funk influence? Is there any James Brown/Parliament Funkadelicish metal out there?

Metal + Funk you say?

Twelve Foot Ninja is what you're looking for

 

[MDBass]

And some Jinjer, just because they're awesome

 

[Mister Boh]

Try harder!

But seriously, Judas Priest was a good intro for me. Try their earlier stuff. Painkiller or earlier.

You'll be listening to Behemoth in no time.

 

[el_Bajo_Verde]

Even though I own an extremely metal bass, it's actually the genre I listened to the least. At one point, I'd even say I hated metal.

However, after playing along to the tracks, I grew to like most of the songs! If you haven't tried already, I suggest playing along to some metal songs (the ones where you can actually hear the bass) and you may grow to like them as well. I typically go for more of a bell chime tone (low action and plenty of clank) on these songs.

Speaking of funk metal, do RATM and Primus fit in there somewhere?

 

[TonyP-]

(Spector content)

I know these guys and Pat is a very nice guy, who owns an Alpaca farm now (no joke), Paul is cool and done very well and a family that I'm very close was their acting stage manger and guitar tech...But...I will say no more lol

 

[TonyP-]

PS this thread took a turn from the OP.

However its like going back down memory lane for me so Thank You...