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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:37
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OK- I am blanking on a prog-metal group HEAVILY relying on the bass presence. Technical/Progressive Metal.....


Someone help! LOL

Cynic, Sieges Even, Intronaut, Unexpect (Chaoth has a 9 string bass!), Between the Buried and Me, Cult of Luna, Dark Suns, Fen, Indukti, Isis, Madder Mortem, Mastodon, maudlin of the Well, No Made Sense, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, Rolo Tomassi, To-Mera, Virus, Ved Buens Ende and Zero Hour.


From none metal bands theirs Anekdoten, Anglagard, East of Eden, Gnidrolog, Guapo, Karnivool, Kayo Dot, King Crimson, NeBeLNeST, Paatos, Russian Circles, Saens, The Tangent, Tartar Lamb II and White Willow.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:41
Iron Maiden.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:49
No one quoted Chicago with the Spencer Davis Group cover , I'm a man.......Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:54
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

If you turn the knob on the left to MAX...all your prog will have a noticeable bass presence.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 18:28
Magma and Eloy spring to mind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 18:55
Nobody mentioned Gentle Giant yet? Ray Shulman has some of the tastiest bass lines around.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 19:13
Joni Mitchell's Hejira. Jaco Pastorius plays wonderful bass on that one.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 19:27
Ho Mitchell and Jaco, very good stuff Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 19:29
if you don't mind jazz fusion, Pat Metheny Group's self-titled album has great jazz bass.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 03:26
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

OK- I am blanking on a prog-metal group HEAVILY relying on the bass presence. Technical/Progressive Metal.....


Someone help! LOL

Cynic, Sieges Even, Intronaut, Unexpect (Chaoth has a 9 string bass!), Between the Buried and Me, Cult of Luna, Dark Suns, Fen, Indukti, Isis, Madder Mortem, Mastodon, maudlin of the Well, No Made Sense, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, Rolo Tomassi, To-Mera, Virus, Ved Buens Ende and Zero Hour.


From none metal bands theirs Anekdoten, Anglagard, East of Eden, Gnidrolog, Guapo, Karnivool, Kayo Dot, King Crimson, NeBeLNeST, Paatos, Russian Circles, Saens, The Tangent, Tartar Lamb II and White Willow.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 09:02
Originally posted by zachfive zachfive wrote:

Nobody mentioned Gentle Giant yet? Ray Shulman has some of the tastiest bass lines around.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 09:05
There actually isn't a whole lot of classic prog WITHOUT notable bass presence from what all I have heard.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 09:09
For a recent album you could check out Tartar Lamb - A Polyimage of Known Exits. The last two Kayo Dot albums as well have had considerable bass presence. 

You could go with anything fusion really. Tunnels has Percy Jones on bass. If you like fretless I would check that out.

Also for fretless bass, Intronaut make use of it and it very much prevalent. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 09:42
Originally posted by BenevolentBehemoth BenevolentBehemoth wrote:

Originally posted by zachfive zachfive wrote:

Nobody mentioned Gentle Giant yet? Ray Shulman has some of the tastiest bass lines around.

He Speaks the truth.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 10:08
Jean Louis, even though that's more avant-jazz than it is prog rock.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 10:32
Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

Soft Machine Six, listen carefully to Hopper, Great bass playing

Agree. Hopper is probably one of the greatest bassists in history
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 10:34
Also rather obscure but has some of the best bass playing I know. Pak's 2005 "Motel" has some of the most insane bass ever- and that comes from a bassist so you know it's true!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 10:42
there were a couple of other prog bass players that i wanted to mention, that are sort of overlooked, that made some really memorable records

Wolfgang Stocker, the first bassist for Eloy, who played on their first two albums, then quit the live music scene

Furio di Castri, who played on the obscure, but brilliant debut fusion album by the Italian group Dedalus

         both of these players were incredibly striking


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 11:00
Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

OK- I am blanking on a prog-metal group HEAVILY relying on the bass presence. Technical/Progressive Metal.....


Someone help! LOL


I got it- Spiral Architect




Might as well recommend Watchtower - "Control & Resistance" album
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 11:05
Originally posted by weeksandgeeks weeksandgeeks wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

If you turn the knob on the left to MAX...all your prog will have a noticeable bass presence.
 
 
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