Death - Spirit Crusher [Bass Cover]

[@corkomaster4837]

I frequently come back watching this cover, it is always like the first time. Really wish I could like the video twice.

[@philip_plays_bass]

Glad you like it man, I really appreciate it! 🙏

[@daygoncornhole2395]

I'm just jelly about the fact that he can play it but I can't remember the last time I played it has to be I do not know 5 years and counting and it has to do with the cramps in my left hand and my inability to see what I am doing and I would gladly trade my eyes for the release of the cramps in my left hand cause I don't have to see to play 😭😂

[@deadforever8810]

This is one of those songs that has a bassline so good it makes you feel bad for not being able to listen to it, even thought it really stands out. You did a killer cover and that bass is just beautiful. Totally looking forward to learn it.

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thanks man and have fun learning it yourself! :)

[@corazonvenenoso-]

Peeeeelle ♡♡♡

[@SuperEedduu]

I have listened this album like 200 times. And I think never heard this song so "flavorish". Good cover. Now I will listen the album 200 times more

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you man! Enjoy it! I should definitely also give it a relisten 😄

[@PoisonTick]

Holy shit man, I'm just starting out on bass and love Death and metal in general and you made hard stuff like this look easy, kudos dude awesome job

[@helmzmen]

I really don't think that chords are utilized as much as they should on bass in metal

[@sehguhnai8223]

They tend to muddy up the tone pretty quickly, and most metal bands tend to prefer pretty precise production, especially nowadays.

[@sehguhnai8223]

@Parker Hetzel Lemmy would agree. He had his bass cut entirely, and mids cranked all the way, I'm pretty sure. And Lemmy doesn't consider himself metal, either. Doesn't he prefer "hard rock"?

[@mycustomyoutubechannel2539]

rock 'n' roll as he calls it

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Parker Hetzel Ehh he turned down the bass on everything and turned up the mids and treble so it sounds like a super thick stringed guitar, but that man could play chords on a bass like no tomorrow. Plus when you get into genres of metal with harsher tone, louder guitars, and lower tunings, chords are not as important as playing in time, plus as a bassist, play chords all the time is kinda exhausting (at least for me because I have a heavy gauge 5strimg set on my bass, and it is needed)

[@kevingivens5083]

I use it to make certain parts of a song thicker

[@johnkazantzis3180]

Very solid work. Even played it fingerstyle which is very hard for this song. Love the little slap accents as well. 11/10

[@philip_plays_bass]

John Kazantzis Thank you very much man!

[@artinrahideh1229]

One of the reasons i freakin love Death Bass is like the 3rd guitar INSANE harmonies

[@gordonburchell4337]

Dude great job I have been playing bass for 16 yrs and love Death watched Scott play this many times and the slaps and pops you added in your technique that Scott does not even do you made this bass line even better lol your tone and playing are sick awesome job and your rocking ass attitude you bring to this video really feeling that metal in your blood makes it all come alive you rule! keep jamming I will keep watching your vids for sure

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you very much for your kind words! That really encourages me to keep doing what I do! :)

[@Guillermohistoriador999]

Gordon Burchell yeahhh!

[@grimcharles8663]

Amazing! the the slap stuff added in sounds awesome.

[@domant26]

Very good job! RIP Scott Clendenin ;(

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you! Yeah he was one of the good ones :(

[@MasterofWisdom]

SPIRIT CRUSHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!! nice work on that bass very sick!

[@zeroxcrusher]

One of the best bass covers Ive ever heard.

[@paulina_98537]

Whooa, that was such a pleasure to watch this!

[@philip_plays_bass]

Zeman thanks, glad you like it

[@zeroxcrusher]

This is the best metal bass cover I ve ever heard

[@billypetrovich]

The best bass cover ever! Can’t stop listening

[@timothylarkin4916]

That harmonic you added in. Awesome.

[@gasparacero4323]

I find myself here, 2 years since the first time I see the video, and is like the first time I saw it, fascinated. This video was such an inspiration when I started playing Bass, and, god, it keeps, such an incredible work, cheers!!

[@philip_plays_bass]

Gaspar Acero oh man! Thank you! That really makes me feel honored. Keep up playing and have loads of fun!

[@karyayesil6113]

Man you're literally killing it!! I bought a bass guitar only because of this video.. Really, wow..

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you very much! Really honored that I could motivate you to play bass!

[@FearghalDuggan]

this is fuckin badass, your bass tone is flawless and all your additions were super tasteful. next time i play this i'm gonna try throwing in some slaps and extra licks like you do, rock on man

[@philip_plays_bass]

Fearghal Duggan thanks! Have fun! :D

[@sebastianchinchillab]

completely nailed it, tone, time signature, every note was so clean, all the pinch harmonics perfect

[@gloomyeyes1527]

This is seriously one of the thickest, grittiest tones I have heard in a Death cover, and your playing is really dynamic. Great job!

[@garryfrost6293]

That's some of best best bass playing I've seen in years! Especially from the multi genre style!

[@beaverdammed4594]

the tone is perfect for this cover great playing too

[@CatherineLee3000]

R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner.

[@dexterj5615]

You hit those chords the opposite way i approach them but apparently im not the only guy who thinks a slappy octave sounds great for the chorus. Great cover dude hellll yeah

[@danzemacabre8899]

And where do we find the love of bass that drives us to improve and progress ?when we begin playing as kids ? The posters on the wall in the background says it all. Exquisite job my friend!

[@jaredg.2211]

The fact that you can play this song with fingers is incredible. Well done my friend.

[@BigMuff75]

That song sounds immedeatly better and more in your face with your playing, great stuff!

[@gooberweasel30]

THAT was fuckin awesome!!!!! wow!!!

[@philip_plays_bass]

John Bathory Thank you man! :)

[@giridharg82]

Aggressive attack, slap & pop & chords...brilliantly played!!

[@coreyhahn4009]

Your timing and technique is amazing. Bass players like you make me glad I chose this instrument. April marks one year strong for me of playing! I have a long way to go and just recently upgraded to a 6 string Ibanez. Waiting on it now!! I remember watching this when I first started playing, it's still inspirational!

[@megahurtz30]

Just great!!! And i really liked that personal touch you added, that just fits really well !

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you very much! :)

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you guys for so much views and all the super nice comments you left! I finally got my lazy ass up and uploaded a new Bass Cover. 😅You can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hquwdp6Ql9t3bMk

[@csilval18]

Hi. Loved your cover! I was wondering if you could help me out a bit. How you do it for songs with weird tunings, everyone always warns mw about detuning can hurt the bass. And how do you achieve that awesome tone? I have exactly the same bass but struggle to make sound as good as yours. Thanks

[@angelafowler9853]

This if probably one of the best Spirit crusher bass covers i have ever heard nice job man keep up the work you will get better as each day goes by so

[@gustabartok]

Thank you Philip. This music will never die.

[@philip_plays_bass]

@@csilval18 Hi man! Sorry for the late response. It's sometimes hard to keep up with all the comments one here. I also had the same problem starting out with such songs. First of all it often helps to put on thicker strings when you are tuning lower because then the tension of the neck doesn't change that much and you won't get problems with the action. You should try to let the strings rest a little bit so the neck can adjust itself to the new strings and then maybe adjust it a little bit with the truss rod. And yes, you shouldn't detune the bass too often if you especially don't want to change strings all the time and set it up new. I always kept this bass I used in the video at D standard tuning because I also needed it that way for my band and then used another bass for E standard stuff. BUT I think it also depends on the bass because I recently got a neck thru BTB which I just tried out detuning with the standard strings and now it works just fine for me without any different strings or changing the setup. In the end it's pretty difficult to give a right answer to this but I think best is to try to be aware of what you are using and get as many opinions as possible and find the right way for yourself. Soundwise I used a Tech21 FlyRig as a preamp and then recorded it via the direct output, but I really can't remember the settings I used ... I hope this can still be somehow helpful for you. Thanks for watching and your comment! :)

[@dustyjoe71]

Awesome cover and perfect execution. Thank you for letting us check you out.

[@pedroKwiecinski]

8 years later and still the best cover on yt

[@ELLHNIKA]

Those slap and pops were sick 🔥

[@dansaghin1]

great job on both Death covers, you have a bright future in front of you, keep it up!

[@matevzkramar]

Holy smokes, the stuff you don’t normally hear! Great cover \m/

[@joeyuzwa891]

4:16 I mess that part up nearly every time as well. great cover! loved it

[@sunofslavia]

Very nice. The best bass cover of this song I've seen so far.

[@jonnymurphy666]

Great cover, lovely tone, chords sound savage, love the 3 finger triplets too, taps and slaps are great too. Just learned this myself on fretless, fuuuuuucccking great fun to play. Savage cover, well done

[@MVSICAPROANIMA]

Right on! Thank you for helping to keep Death's music and Chuck Schuldiner's legacy alive. Support metal, not rumors!!

[@maxb7611]

1:30 press x to assert dominance 😂

[@deimos2k6]

never saw someone covering this song... until now. good job!

[@gmod8033]

Awesome. R.I.P Scott. Your playing is very dynamic man can only imagine your playing 6 years later!

[@sethstachlowski5571]

Amazing! I was literally just jamming on my bass. About a 1.5 years expierence and cant wait to play like this. Great job!!!

[@Ayoud990]

Amazing man, I enjoyed every notes you did play, even the improvisation was so deep, keep going man \m/

[@lv426tb]

Amazing.

[@PainkillerPhysio]

Simply amazing, this is an excellent cover !! I hope one day I'll be able to play it like you do

[@Алисасмерть]

I had to suscribe because you're so amazing. I saw your Akroasis cover and now this, great job!!

[@philip_plays_bass]

Алиса смерть Thank you very much! Glad to hear that! 🙏

[@krzysztofryzy6904]

This was amazing man! Hats off.

[@Tegardener666]

I was watching another cover of this and was thinking how fun it would be to work those slap notes into the chorus, come to your video and you have done 😂😂😂. Absolutely fucking beast mode cover 🤘

[@the_bassiah]

This is amazing my dude, I've been trying to play this whole song for quite some time and it's that killer finger stretch that gets me! Once again fantastic cover

[@j-venom616]

This is beyond awesome! Subscribed!

[@zeldamage001]

Holy shit, awesome cover dude! Please never stop rocking! \m/

[@erictater4732]

A lot of parts to remember. You're good man.

[@tobiaswhelan20]

Great cover and great hair!

[@louissuppa490]

Trying to learn this frigging thing looked it up and found u and that was sick man u gotta fan in me for sure, well done

[@andreaswehrmann365]

Fantastic performance! 🤘

[@barkntavil3054]

THIS IS SICK AF

[@sebs68]

Excellent

[@AL19030]

Damn you killed it!!!!!!!!

[@Hmetald]

Super nice! Loved the slaps in the chorus, dude! Great work :D

[@philip_plays_bass]

Hmetald Thank you! I really appreciate that! :)

[@jessvolina6007]

Excellent work! Chuck is smiling down on that!

[@ignaciocisterna3143]

you feeling the song dude , I like it

[@ptelseya1564]

Good player with great bass guitar. It"s nice man..:)

[@albertolana5729]

ultra violence are my friends, we're neighoburs :) great cover! you rock!

[@philip_plays_bass]

Alberto Lana haha awesome! Greet them if you get to met them! :D

[@pawekaminski3208]

Great cover, man!

[@DonnieFreymoyer]

Thank you for making this video keep the metal faith alive

[@mikedixon8830]

Perfect very well done. My favorite Death song.Subscribed.

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you!

[@vargjrowan069]

I love it perfect and best cover bass for this masterpiece

[@justynfogarty6209]

Absolutely killer, great job!

[@philip_plays_bass]

+Justyn Fogarty Thank you man! :)

[@eddybassman99]

Great man. You put some licks in some great parts. Simply amazing. Keep uploading stuff

[@mortielfi6002]

Simply great! Reaaly pleasant bass tone and pretty much flawless performance in 1 go!

[@vic3n855]

Amazing job. Very well played. DEATH FOREVER.

[@hero7237]

I'm so stunned how you nailed this song. Absolutely amazing! I'm currently trying to learn this song on bass and its hard but still going strong 💪

[@kryptichands968]

Dude phenomenal cover, sounds great.

[@knowbuddy0]

One of my favorites from death.

[@othiagobass]

fkng awesome dude! extremely precise and heavy!

[@yardoom42]

Love pitch harmonics,makes song even better

[@JackSon-cs5vk]

awesome technique dude, tone is spot on as well!

[@matiascid2094]

SUENA CAÑON!!!! greetings from Chile!

[@stevenreinke9924]

Wena ctm.

[@kalki209]

Wena comparee

[@SCHATTENJGGER]

Awante death 🤟;-)

[@goaway7904]

Bass is always too quiet on albums, it should be this loud always

[@toad15fan]

go away -Every Bassist ever

[@roosolini7105]

Death usually has loud bass tho. They used to turn that shit up, and rightfully so, Steve is great.

[@Lithuania8634]

@@roosolini7105 Well on the original Human press. Steve was barely heard. Itp was a little better I guess. But I was he would've stayed for Symbolic. That's when their tone got way clearer. Would've been great.

[@mikealiberti1799]

Not a Homosexual the mix sounded great on ITP in terms of bass

[@jaumetorres8241]

@@roosolini7105 in this album the bassist was Scott Clendenin

[@RadioEQ]

Sounds Great!!!

[@AwesomeSwenson]

That’s a sick music room my guy! Love the cover. Keep it up!

[@gabyumana1144]

Nice version! Very well done. I liked how you dominate the song enough to give it your own approach with some extra stuff.

[@dylanmagoffin6681]

AWESOME cover! Love all the stuff you added too🔥

[@ygtygtygt_]

best cover video on youtube. amazing!

[@zombietradertv460]

Awesome interpretation Your touch skills are amazing Great job for real man,subscribed!

[@philip_plays_bass]

Zombietrader TV Thanks for your Support!!! 🙏

[@zombietradertv460]

@@philip_plays_bass thanks to you for your videos we are colleagues, I also play death bass on my channel although I still have a lot to learn and the covers that I do are strictly brutal

[@mertozer8643]

I think this is the best cover on yt

[@BillBuckingham]

Fantastic cover. Really strong & creative playing. Loved it!

[@nafidmaali8739]

tight performance and great tone

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thanks! :)

[@pyayaya3415]

how tf are you this good omg this is incredible!!!!!!

[@alsjka]

God damn dude … that kicked ass. Wow awesome…

[@Profdesoussol]

I'm late to the party but this so great! love the little pops, this sounds so good.

[@graycolors2879]

Music is enough for lifetime, lifetime is not enough for music. Love ❤️

[@TheKamikazenaz]

Beautiful, man! Beautiful!

[@philip_plays_bass]

Thank you! :)

[@TheKamikazenaz]

@@philip_plays_bass Still watching this mate.

[@sam.n7762]

Thank for sharing your pleasure! Great cover :))))) let the metal flow....

[@mrfng5]

Great control over your instrument mate, you know what you're doing. Inspiring. Now I am bound to check out Virial page

[@mehrshadkermani9374]

Dude this is fucking AWSOME, and the slap you added is just amazing!!!!