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~~MicShazam~~ · 09-30-2017, 02:51 PM

I tend to listen for the bass a lot in all forms of music so I notice how boring it is in most metal genres.

Some heavy metal has the bass play steady notes while the riffs weave around. Kind of like Iron Maiden, where Steve Harris' bass gallops while the guitars may play some other rhythm. Death metal strikes me as the genre where there's least to listen to in general.

I'd say you can find plenty of individual bands where the bass is doing it's own thing, but on genre level, I don't think any metal genre is good with letting the bass player do anything of his/her own.

I could mention bands that have more room for bass playing than most, but that's not what you asked. So basically, I'm sticking with heavy metal as the most bass friendly metal genre. Possibly power metal too, but I'm not sure since I don't listen to much in that genre.

EDIT: Nu metal bass players might also generally play what the guitars do, but I love how they at least tend to be mixed pretty loud compared to other metal genres.

09-30-2017, 02:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I tend to listen for the bass a lot in all forms of music so I notice how boring it is in most metal genres. Some heavy metal has the bass play steady notes while the riffs weave around. Kind of like Iron Maiden, where Steve Harris' bass gallops while the guitars may play some other rhythm. Death metal strikes me as the genre where there's least to listen to in general. I'd say you can find plenty of individual bands where the bass is doing it's own thing, but on genre level, I don't think any metal genre is good with letting the bass player do anything of his/her own. I could mention bands that have more room for bass playing than most, but that's not what you asked. So basically, I'm sticking with heavy metal as the most bass friendly metal genre. Possibly power metal too, but I'm not sure since I don't listen to much in that genre. EDIT: Nu metal bass players might also generally play what the guitars do, but I love how they at least tend to be mixed pretty loud compared to other metal genres.