Black Metal with ONLY BASS

Electric guitars are probably the most significant instruments in Black Metal, aside from the drums. The bass guitar mostly remains unnoticed. Let's change that a make a full Black Metal song WITHOUT guitars.
Only bass... okay and drums... and vocals.
0:00 Song intro
0:13 Let's go
0:39 Melody
1:06 Probably chorus
1:34 Bridge
1:48 Probably chorus again
2:16 Melody with vocals
2:43 Break
2:53 Uh!
3:24 Tschüss
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[@Sergio-nb4hj]

Such a good voice for black metal, can never get enough of those howls

[@stanbasov42]

Yeah and I can actually tell the words 😮

[@imdartson3679]

Agreed. Pay attention Farvaan 👍🤘

[@urvasbethud8849]

Necromantia released some of the best BM I know with an 8 string and a 4 string bass and no rhythm guitars. Everything is possible in BM.

[@EdwinvanKoppen]

Was looking for this comment, great album!

[@Snarl616]

and Barathrum. and Anthennath, and early Watain, whose bass and guitars united perfectly.

[@user-dl1iz1vo2m]

Scarlet evil witching black and ancient pride are some if not the best greek black metal releases

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

When you're only left with a bassist because your guitarist had.. multiple accidents happen to him.

[@user-lr3yu9st3z]

Vocals are really good

[@gladio1856]

But aren't bass

[@Farvann]

Just a little song for the summer silly season. Cheers!

[@alvarogabrielaguirregarin3933]

If it was one whole scale lower and no distortion/overdrive, it would have been perfect. Good song, though.

[@snaremori]

I would like to hear an entire album in this style

[@danieldelgado8839]

Armagedda's album Ond Spiritism is a perfect example of bass being used audibly and integral to the music in Black Metal,I wish more bands did this

[@Elias-jp5gc]

Amen

[@malinator111]

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[@sludgeman3599]

its sounds god damn cool man, we need more bass black metal!

[@Mp57navy]

That's called blackened death. :D

[@victorstriga]

Awesome vocals man, keep it up!

[@mikeomelianchuk9906]

That is so sick! I love bass, especially when I hear it use in black metal genre. Nevertheless, I stuck here because of this golden vocal!

[@Arsenico971]

If I'm not wrong, the first Barathrum album was recorded with 3 bass guitars (and they also claimed the drummer was using human bones instead of drum sticks).

[@crapaudivre1517]

@Farvann So, you just prove it’s perfectly possible without any guitar. Bravo.

[@user-vl7iw3in8n]

Nice Necromantia cover.

[@FaizalEDC]

Bass + guitar effect = metal ✅ Cliff burton have done it with super metal riff..

[@Kobanyai_enjoyer]

Really liked the ending of the song. The thick sound of the bass added such a cool atmosphere to that riff. It's a shame bass is not used in black metal very well, but when it is, it adds so much to the song. Great video!

[@pedrocaetano5032]

I'm a bassist and I have to admit, this is way better than what I expected when I opened the video. And the vocals are awesome dude !!

[@alvarogabrielaguirregarin3933]

Same thing. Fuck guitars!!!

[@leechick]

Love those vocals! I’m not really a massive fan of the high pitched and prefer those pained howls, much more aggressive sounding imo.

[@wheelsofmercury]

Necromantia be like:

[@sharpen81]

This sounds pretty cool. While ago Simon Smith recorded acoustic versions of some black metal classics, which sounded even better. Would love to hear only bass or acoustic guitar black metal album.

[@Metalbaum]

Your vocals have really improves since the beginning, props 🎉

[@Hateblaze]

Necromantia used 8-string bass, not a fan, but interesting stuff

[@ccjesus2833]

There are good bands like that, in my city there is one, Defuntos.

[@ifiwereazombie7091]

Is no one gonna talk about that satisfying ass riff

[@thenotreallyfunnyguy]

Barathrums first album (Hailstorm) is a pretty good example of being bass-lead black metal

[@pablol.caceres7585]

cool riffs Biervann

[@dannysoler05]

The secret ingredient hehe

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

Great stuff Farv, keep it up!

[@csmeyers74]

best thing i've heard all month

[@daveleblanc3558]

Cool riffs! Love it!

[@s.t.5590]

There was a local black metal band where I used to live near that did this just drummer, vocalist and bassist. Bassist was vocalist

[@dftns]

Dope bass tremolo picking! 🔥🤘🏼

[@Bourbon_de_Gironde]

Great sound! Thanks!

[@TheAkatsukiPerson]

absolutely awesome stuff!

[@YhormsKlangschmiede]

Stark, da ging mir ja schon ein wenig das Herz auf, als du diese wunderbaren Töne aus meinem Lieblingsinstrument geholt hast!

[@r.m.6923]

Whoa nice job!

[@diegoborges3716]

Cliff Burton would be proud.

[@LordsteervOfficial]

Yeah, I know what it is, I mean, i play the guitar part with my bass on all my songs !

[@MikeAlHair]

wow that sounds great and it's also a very good song👍🤘👍 Very well done!

[@schattenaxt]

sounds good. bass ist so ein geiles instrument. ich weis noch wie mir die kinnlade runtergefallen ist als ich erfuhr dass das for whom the bell tolls intro mit einem bass gespielt wird :3

[@MetalFreak4life]

Glad to see that many people mentioned our very own Necromantia as an example of bass-only black metal. Truly one of a kind black metal from my homecountry Greece :D

[@hershellumiere]

This sounds really cool.

[@buddahbrown992]

Really a great track 👌🤘

[@Scrinwaipwr]

I used to do bass and lead vocals in a punk band and we kept recruiting guitarists who turned out to be unreliable and didn't show up to practise/gigs. So a lot of our shows ended up sounding kinda like this as we had it *down* playing with no guitars. On the album we did I had to play the guitars. (Which is fine these days but was uncharted territory back then.)

[@letronix6243]

Really good.

[@Batz817]

Sick asf 🙌

[@theredking2706]

Bass Respect!

[@metaleiroroto9340]

I will (hopefully) be alive to see farvann hit 100k.... AT LAST

[@Farvann]

Maybe in 12 months or something. Stay healthy! 😄

[@nya111222]

Awesome!!!

[@Krebsmann343]

Hammer geil!

[@jojoplaysmusic]

That was actually pretty sick :y

[@Kanelipulla420]

Actually sounds really nice!

[@kryptichands968]

Fkn great concept.

[@michaelrock]

Bass players seeing this video: YOOOO LOOK AT THIS YOU FILTHY GUITAR PLAYERS, IT CAN BE DONE!!! *proceeds to not make any records or bands with only bass*

[@paveantelic7876]

pretty interesting. i think adding more distortion and playing some power chords way down the neck would sound even better

[@ozzlayer]

Sounds really good to me

[@mishab4065]

even more haunting vocals than Varg's

[@nglydngmycngraady5856]

amazing how you recreated the sound of the drums and vocals with the bass

[@Farvann]

Right?!

[@Juaza]

Reminds me of that experiment Markus Grosskopf made: Hellbassbeaters. A full album of bass, bass and more bass with collaborations by basically every bassist in the world. Turned out quite nice!

[@rickacadoavacado4412]

Your so talented

[@ushnicyuvnikof2748]

Stoner Doom is a good one with just bass.

[@radeksima2608]

These melody parts sounds sick. It could be an interesting side project 😎

[@ksawery3130]

sounds relaxing

[@zetsushoren]

if lemmy did black metal

[@Skeletallo]

man you accidentally made a riff i've been working on bruh (nice song tho)

[@bastyo]

That bridge is soo good, I love bridges

[@BananaGeekLord]

I'm kind of glad you did this in a way. I play the bass, but don't have any friends into metal. I've considered trying to find a way to make it work either doing some black metal or grindcore. Maybe a mix of the two. Glad to see it still sounds cool.

[@user-ec4ze9yq5t]

Great!

[@usr_alex_sin6620]

Sehr gut)

[@ChuckyDoll79]

Gallhammer - At The Onset of The Age of Despair has the greatest bass solo.

[@knarrenhagor2265]

Oh das klingt super!

[@tomcaldas]

damn, man, really loved your vocals, that's sick af

[@Farvann]

Maybe you'll enjoy my band then

[@tomcaldas]

@@Farvann just listened to Durbatuluk and I really enjoyed that. Nice work bro

[@Farvann]

@@tomcaldas Thank you!

[@Lotastic_Films]

If Cliff Burton would have discovered BM before Metallica 🐼🦡🦓🦝🎸🤘👍

[@DefiantDEFI]

Fuckin sick song. great vocals and delivery too

[@leogeraldo4872]

NICE TONE

[@destcortris]

¡Gracias!

[@Farvann]

Thank you!

[@Garmy1]

that was realy good and great voice to

[@UnlockingYourEnergy]

With only bass.. And drums and vocals!

[@broly_2423]

Heavy! 💪

[@phins2dright]

Doldrum have some good bass lines.

[@MarkDaniels2787]

True kvlt spinal tap

[@tomaspollak5519]

Schade! This could be a 15 tutorial video 😁 Great song ;)

[@supermini4334]

amazing, i wonder how it would sound with bad production quality. I bet id be epic.

[@siemenvanderkamp897]

Necromantia did use only bass, this band got rid of the guitar and replaced it with an 8-string bass.

[@acouphene01]

this is scandalous that I had to scroll this far to see someone naming Necromantia, they're underrated

[@SuicidalGrind]

So basically Bell Witch, but not Funeral Doom Black Metal. Also great work on this one it sounded very cool and your vocals are very cool.

[@RyffHyena]

Necromantia's first few albums are only bass if I recall correctly

[@user-dl1iz1vo2m]

Yes except their last one

[@scottmingos5310]

This was a cool idea and you pulled it off amazingly. Your voice sounds like what Varg was probably trying to sound like in early Burzum but yours sounds much stronger and better than his did though.

[@spritefroggy]

He apparently is happy with the vocals on Hvis Lyset Tar Oss, so I think that's more 'what he was trying to sound like'...

[@valcard]

It honestly sounds more or less the same as using a 7 or 8 string, haha. Pretty good stuff.

[@AzulYoshi]

Thick fat tone, sounds great

[@anastasiya7840]

🔥🔥🔥

[@robertouberto2178]

Very good song! btw Necromantia had done this with Scarlet Evil Witching Black, creating one of the best BM ever!

[@AustrianHeadbanger]

Well I guess you started a trend there, see those "Bass-BM"-Bands popping up in some months. Jokes aside, sounds good.

[@Relyick]

I have a long ways to go but I’m trying to make black metal and doom metal with just bass, drums and vocals. I’ve done weird things like split my bass signal in two and having one bass eqd high and guitar type distortion; things like that. It’s experimental but fun

[@genzeuronymous7787]

This just sounds like death metal

[@maxpower-jl7wf]

2:17 awesome

[@Lynk1992]

Beherit vibes from the intro

[@csikkesumdarkum5394]

Hey Farvann! What’s your opinon on Tancëlcore, Kellersynth ect…?

[@Mp57navy]

Ahhhh.... Yes. So much better. The 1:10 part is sooooo good!

[@4StringSickoSIXX]

Someboy listened to the final Gallhammer Album ^^

[@ChuckyDoll79]

I have their full discography. But I prefer their Gloomy Lights album over anything else.

[@user-wg8xk8on6b]

Офигенный вокал ❤

[@user-kf8st3xb3b]

When you want to be a lead guitarist in black metal band, but you only have bass

[@Farvann]

😂