[Dusty Chalk]

Not really metal, but Girls Against Boys (sometimes referred to as GVSB) are bass-led, and they can get pretty hard, but they're mostly "alt-rock" and cool and groovy, so you probably won't like it. Maybe "post-punk" is another good label to throw out there.

"Bassically"/"N.I.B." by Black Sabbath (especially the opening few seconds of "N.I.B.", where he turns up the volume, so that the amp is forcing the strings to feed back a little) is classic bass metal. And that album (Black Sabbath) recently came out on a deluxe edition (or was recently announced).

 

[intoart]

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Originally Posted by cornman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Could you recomend some jazz artists with the kind of fast bass you're talking about?

Metal-Brian Bromberg
Toys of Men-Stanley Clarke

 

[ph0rk]

If you don't mind oldschool some Manowar albums are very bass-prominent. The bass solo in Achilles and Hector is pretty interesting.

You'll have to be able to handle a high cheese level though.

 

[koshui]

You might be interested in Sabot, a duo playing proge-punk.
Music is instrumental, has bass lead and is accompanied by drums.
Heard them live twice and least live they make your head bang

 

[Gazza]

Try the following bands:

Die So Fluid
Motorhead
Type O Negative
Lightning Bolt
Witchcraft

 

[Relinquished]

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Originally Posted by ph0rk /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you don't mind oldschool some Manowar albums are very bass-prominent. The bass solo in Achilles and Hector is pretty interesting. You'll have to be able to handle a high cheese level though.

Cheese level?

 

[freakydrew]

anything with or by Les Claypool

 

[JAChichorro]

It's insulting no one mentioned Death From Above 1979. They're a heavy sort of "dance punk", and it's only vocals, bass and drums, with some of the craziest bass lines ever.

Check Romantic Rights and Pull Out.