GREATEST Black Metal BASS Solos!

[@hephaestusofficial]

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[@Panzerfisting]

I consider bass part in Life Eternal to be great example of walking bass in context of metal music

[@hephaestusofficial]

It truly is an amazing bass line!

[@Fenix-ku1pw]

the bass in life eternal is the part of the song i love most

[@Ddemoss61362]

As a bass player in a black metal band,. I fuckin love and appreciate this. Your tone is godly man. Smooth as butter

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much man, I honestly tried to get as close as I could to the tone of each band even though I'm a complete amateur at that

[@codyduncan9911]

This is like lifting a nasty fungus infected rug and finding a funky little bug underneath

[@hephaestusofficial]

That's certainly one way to put it! 😂😂

[@Mrmemphisbones]

Black metal without bass is like food without salt. Tasteless ! Excellent selection of songs and bands, that Marduk riff has haunted my childhood, and i am pretty sure B-War is using the legendary BOSS MT-2 metal zone to achieve this tone. Midnattskogens sorte kjerne by Dodheimsgard is a song i would really like to be featured on part 2. Or Pretender to the throne by Necromantia. Ευχαριστουμε Σταθη, δωσε πονο, Γουσταρουμε.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Να'σαι καλά! Το Midnattskogens sorte kjerne των Dodheimsgard μπήκε στη λίστα, απίστευτο κομμάτι! Σε ευχαριστώ για την πρόταση! Σκέφτομαι να βάλω επίσης Ved Buens Ende και Alcest στο επόμενο, αλλά δεν έχω άλλες ιδέες προς το παρόν.

[@Mrmemphisbones]

@@hephaestusofficialΕγω εχω κατι ωραιες ιδεες ακομα, θα σου στειλω ενα μειλ (το βρηκα απο τα ινφος) , γιατι δε θελω να σποιλαρω στους viewers του καναλιου : )

[@logik4264]

It's more healthy tho..

[@timothymckane6362]

I really like the melodic bass guitar playing a lot. Hope there will be more black metal melodic bass lines since I know that Ulver on their debut album has pretty much good bass solos.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thanks Timothy! There will sure be a part 2, I'm already working on it when I find the time. I haven't added Ulver in my list to be honest because although I checked their tabs for bass solos etc, I'm not familiar at all with their music. I could learn a solo by ear but I don't know which songs of theirs have one. In the future though I'd like to fully cover some of their songs, they have an amazing atmosphere.

[@saulmejia97]

I just bought a bass and was looking for inspiration for black metal/blackgaze riffs and I came across this vid. Thank you so much for uploading!!!

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you! Bass is such a great instrument, hope you'll enjoy it! If you're new to playing music, never give up, it's a difficult but very rewarding experience!

[@PexDoombringer]

Mate this has inspired me to pick up a bass finally, amazing!

[@hephaestusofficial]

I'm so happy to know that man! This honestly made my day. Welcome to the world of bass!

[@biggerdilly]

2:06 i SO hoped for this song to be in this list!

[@hephaestusofficial]

I was quite surprised to find out that Gorgoroth had such an interesting bass line to be honest. I love the band but since I rarely listen to anything from Antikrist and Destroyer I totally missed this one!

[@jitseschregardus8446]

No dødheimsgard First album Fenriz is playing bass on that album Incredible bass tunes

[@hephaestusofficial]

I really wanted to include some of their songs but since I found many great bass lines, I wanted to create a video dedicated only on them at some point. Truly great band! Fenriz has also created many great bass lines in general, one of my favorites was on Fenriz Red Planet's - My Ship Sailed Without Me!

[@lagosaubel7948]

Si yo igual pensé que estaría esa en la lista, dodheimsgard el primer disco donde fenriz se encarga del bajo una real obra maestra

[@erwingheller1387]

Dude i just entered to the video to see if this video would include antikrist of the stormblast album and it was the first song, u made me so happy!

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! The whole song is amazing but that intro I believe is just perfect. When I was deciding on what order I'd put the songs, I couldn't imagine starting the video with a different intro.

[@strangeskills]

this carvin is amazing

[@strangeskills]

neckthru ?

[@hephaestusofficial]

Yes, it's a neck through model! It indeed is an amazing bass, both quality wise and sound wise. Thank you for watching!

[@strangeskills]

@@hephaestusofficial i know this bass u lucky guy

[@strangeskills]

@@hephaestusofficial is a lb 20 model ? thanks in advance

[@hephaestusofficial]

@@strangeskills this is the LB70 model, if I'm not mistaken it's the same shape as the LB20 was at the time with only the electronics being somewhat different. I may be wrong though because I haven't researched the LB20 all that much.

[@nihilist1680]

Really nice to see BM bass. Well played! Marduk's Opus Nocturne is full of mindblowing bass lines. It would be nice to see something from that album.

[@Fabian-dn6hs]

I got this video in my recommended and I hope more people will do, your videos are awesome

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much Fabian!

[@stai1985]

Nice job ! As a bass player who haven't play for a moment it's motivate me to replay the instrument ! With my friends we were playing hardcore/deathcore/metalcore songs but now my taste in music evolve and i listenning a lot of black metal (thx youtube channel black metal promotion^^) ps: sorry for my english :)

[@hephaestusofficial]

No reason to be sorry for your English man! It's not my first language either! I totally understand what you mean, I too have often problem with staying motivated. Try setting easy, small goals to slowly achieve so you both have something to motivate you to pick up the instrument but won't be difficult enough to unmotivate you! It can be anything, a scale, a song, or just a riff/part of a song, it all counts!

[@Soberbuz]

I can't get tired of watching this video, it's the best and what made me know the channel

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much for your words and for sticking around, I honestly hope I can find again the motivation to make a third one at some point! So many great bass lines, so little time!

[@st0nedcreature17]

Finally i've encountered an interesting video regarding black metal playing. Awesome idea to make a video about bass solos in BM, but not another video about tremolo picking. Good job, man

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much man, honestly I really enjoy Black Metal but as great as the guitars can be, the bass is always just playing whatever the rhythm guitarist plays which is most often than not, completely boring.

[@noctropolis27]

DB's Antikrist is for me the most memorable melodic bass ever.

[@hephaestusofficial]

It really is an amazing bass line, the whole song is just perfect to be honest, at least the original.

[@noctropolis27]

@@hephaestusofficial And one of the best DB's albums IMHO. BTW, in terms of melodic BM bass, please check the japan BM band project: Funeral Elegy / Hakuja. First worked as FE band, then as H solo project. Really nice melodic bass. apparitiarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hakuja-legacy

[@hephaestusofficial]

@@noctropolis27 already included one of Hakuja's songs on part 2 of this series but to be honest I didn't check out many of their songs, I definitely should though. Thank you for your suggestions!

[@Nissardpertugiu]

One of another bad ass thing is Necromantical screams by Celtic frost And the legato schredding in Nightmare by Venom . That Cronos does . Really good . But i guess it would be not wise considering the injury you had .

[@hephaestusofficial]

Both are great songs! I should add them in a future video!

[@Hexenhammer]

Nice job, bro. I want this Carvin.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thanks man. I love this bass!

[@alexanderpena7867]

Great video, deserves many more views. Great to see someone cover strid

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much Alexander! Strid was actually my favorite bass line out of them all. Such an underrated band!

[@glenmiles8751]

This Carvin is awesome🤘👍, i want similar bass, but 5 string

[@hephaestusofficial]

Me too to be honest! I was eying one on Reverb, in natural finish but it's price was double what I paid for this. It's still a good price for the quality and sound you get but it's still... double the price.

[@OCEANSINSPACE]

hails to bass in black metal! I ;love it when mixed well.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Me too! It's such a shame that so many bands don't put a little more effort into their basslines or just bury it in the mix.

[@iblisofficial479]

Fucking amazing run back into history...great as ever Bro!

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thanks man!

[@colortheoryclub]

this video is incredible and exactly what i was looking for.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much! I have a part 2 if you'd like to check it out. Looking back, it's not all that great of a video but there's a few nice tracks in there too.

[@colortheoryclub]

@@hephaestusofficial i watched like all of your videos yesterday 🤣great stuff! subscribed for sure okay not ALL but a lot of the metal ones

[@danieleide1947]

Nice man!!! I would love to hear anything from "ulver-bergtatt" Greetings from Norway

[@hephaestusofficial]

Greetings from Greece Daniel! In my part 2 of this video I don't think I'll include Ulver since I couldn't find a bass solo but at some point I'll definetely cover some of their songs since I quite enjoyed them. I'll be including though a band their bassist Skoll was involved with after Ulver. Thank you for watching and for your suggestion!

[@Zwellop]

Great playing! I don't usually pay attention for bass in songs but now I think I probably should :D

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you! I can't blame you tbh, I really had a hard time finding black metal bands with good bass lines/solos! But they are definetely out there!

[@ognjenmilenkovic3050]

Life Eternal is one of personal favourites. I hoped that someone will make a video about bass in black metal 🤘🤘🤘

[@hephaestusofficial]

It's a great song, indeed! Hopefully at some point I'll make a 3rd video too.🤘🤘

[@2011vortex]

Beautiful very nice!

[@hephaestusofficial]

thank you!

[@roberttoompuu]

Also World of blades by Marduk has some incredible basslines

[@hephaestusofficial]

Haven't listened to it in such a long time, such an amazing song!

[@delirium636]

could you do a video about tremelo picking bass

[@hephaestusofficial]

Like a tutorial for example?

[@tsk3884]

I think you gonna really love Necromantia band from my homeland Greece and their sound is based on bass since the have a regular one and an 8-string one

[@Scrinwaipwr]

Guitar and drums bring the noise to metal. But for the *heaviness* you need the *bass.* Without a good prominent (or at least audible) bass, metal sounds lacking, the sonic equivalent of a bird with clipped wings or a tiger with no teeth.

[@StamatisKekes]

Ωραίος Στάθη μπράβο ... μεγαλώνεις σιγά σιγά ... βλέπω σωστό ήχο σωστό φωτισμό .... προχώρα ρε περιμένουμε κι άλλα απο σένα :)

[@hephaestusofficial]

Να'σαι καλά Σταμάτη! Σιγά σιγά λέω να αρχίσω να κινούμαι πιο πολύ προς τέτοια βίντεο να σε πω την αλήθεια! Όταν με το καλό τελειώσει και η εξεταστική λέω να ανεβάσω part 2!

[@EDSON666]

Awesome! Congratulations on your excellent work. 🤘🏻🔥🔥🤘🏻

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you Edson!🤘

[@sinigami7702]

Thank you for the tabs

[@hephaestusofficial]

No problem!

[@nellsonstout7001]

Kvist had some awesome bass work as well

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you Nellson, I'll have to check them out!

[@nellsonstout7001]

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[@JoshAllen-4-Prez-828]

fn awesome fairly diverse somg list- thx brother, loved this

[@hephaestusofficial]

thank you Nathaniel, glad you enjoyed it! 🤘

[@BehindTheWoods0]

I love this bass of nocturnal depression

[@hephaestusofficial]

I honestly never expected them to have any "interesting" bass lines but after looking into their more recent releases I actually found quite a few. Took me by surprise for sure!

[@cesareneasguerreiro9640]

You kicked ass!

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much Cesar!

[@anderlonbass84]

Amazing!!!

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you so much Anderlon! Your channel's amazing by the way!

[@anderlonbass84]

@@hephaestusofficial, thanx, friend!

[@scoffvonkiel6881]

Glorious.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you! 🤘

[@aidancash4555]

Your bass looks sick, I wanna get one like that soon

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you Aidan! Check Reverb every now and then, they come up for sale somewhat often. There's a five string for sale right now but it's price is about 3 times more than it's worth. If you see one for 300€ - 500€, depending on the condition, pick it up!

[@suk4ed]

Μπράβο, μάστρε

[@hephaestusofficial]

Να'σαι καλά, ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@TheGreySpectrum]

I need more Drudkh bass. This isn't enough. You think you'd ever fuck with Distant Cries of Cranes?

[@hephaestusofficial]

It truly isn't enough, I wanted to include more of them too but didn't for some reason. Maybe in the future I could make a full bass cover of one of their songs, I'm not into the band as much but I want to hear more of them in the future, I just need to find that one song that'll pull me in.

[@TheGreySpectrum]

@@hephaestusofficial I've listened to all their albums and even splits, so if you haven't listened to them a ton and want any recommendation I myself would say 'Microcosmos' (there's a reason I mentioned 'Distant Cries of Cranes', about 6:05 into the track) and 'Blood In Our Wells' are my personal favorites. From 'Blood In Our Wells', 'Furrows of Gods' tends to be pretty highly regarded, and I'd agree with that sentiment. That said, I'll always recommend listening to the full albums. 'Eastern Frontier' is also pretty good good, but it's mostly a cover album. 'Autumn Aurora' was how I initially got into the band, though while it's very thematic and a pleasant listen, I don't know that I'd call it their best by any means. Bird noises are as much a component of that album as any actual instrument. That all said, I'm not sure I'd call any of their albums "bad", I just like some better than others. Don't know if that will help in any capacity, but hey! If I can help someone get into a band I love, then rad. Otherwise, it's no big deal; not everyone loves everything, ya' know? I mean, we're in a pretty niche genre as-is.

[@roberttoompuu]

Life eternal 🖤

[@Erroiak]

Great work !!

[@hephaestusofficial]

thank you!

[@marcburger8458]

I love Cronos from Venom in 7gates of hell and Mystipue😊

[@ronnieribeirogarvett5289]

Awesome video 🔥

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@blunderless]

i know black metal fans and haters alike love to dog on Mayhem and call them overrated, talentless, etc... but Life Eternal is one of the heaviest songs ever with one of the sickest breakdowns i've ever heard in a song. also has a very classy bassline as well.

[@hephaestusofficial]

Absolutely! In fact I've also avoided De Mysteriis for many years just cause of the elitism surrounding it. "If they don't like it, it must not be good" and due to that I only listened to the Freezing Moon. Now that I got over myself and actually gave the album a proper listen, this song and De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas are my absolute highlights of the album! Also people who complain about the later albums "not being black metal enough", all I can say is that the musicianship of the band is far ahead for them to get it. Not saying that everything is 10/10 but many songs are absolutely great and Attila's vocals are phenomenal.

[@blunderless]

@@hephaestusofficial yeah, i don't think it's as musically monumental on the same scale as Burzum, but Cursed In Eternity, Life Eternal, and Freezing Moon are some of the greatest black metal songs to ever exist imo. they still have some parts that are kind of boring like most of Buried by Time & Dust. agreed on atilla's vocals. without intent to disrupt this online etiquette, to put it simply, the new albums make my balls feel funny, so i can't listen to them. that being said, i like atilla because he's very angular, relaxed, and has nuance, which are all traits that are exceptionally rare for bm vocalists.

[@hadeseye2297]

"Let's find out." - Varg enters the chat.

[@hephaestusofficial]

You've got to be the first one to catch the reference 😂

[@-NarbarioN-]

The name of your Bass in my country(France) is a town. ;-) Good video.

[@hephaestusofficial]

I actually remember looking up the company and getting a few results for your town 😂

[@Lluisghf87]

Satyricon's bass solo - Dawn of a new age

[@hephaestusofficial]

Sorry I missed your comment! Excellent suggestion by the way, I really liked the bassline!

[@hagen4264]

great video, may i ask how do i get that sweet tone of yours ?

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thanks man! I just try to mimic the original bass sound to be honest as I like to make my covers sound more like an "enhancing" of the bass rather than it taking over!

[@isolateddemon9438]

GREAT CHOICES.NOW IN A REAL CONTEXT, SOME BASS PLAYERS INSIST ON PLAYING WITH THEIR FINGERS RATHER THAN USE A PICK....JUST A MATTER OF TONE.🤘🏻

[@hephaestusofficial]

Well said! Whatever fits the song best first and foremost! I never got the snobbery on pick users by people who play mainly fingerstyle. If it works and sounds good, it's ok in my books.

[@liusouza8982]

2:17. 🖤

[@balrogDCLXVI]

I'm missing Marduk - Black Tormentor of Satan

[@hephaestusofficial]

True, Marduk have some great basslines but I'm not familiar enough with their music and know only a few of their songs. Besides this, 502, Opus Nocturne and Darkened Wings, would you happen to know any other of their songs with bass solos?

[@biswasdishita1628]

YESSS!!! GORGOROTH!!!!

[@hephaestusofficial]

Before doing this video, I didn't even know Gorgoroth had such basslines!

[@2011vortex]

Why don't we see bass lines like this these days? wtf happened?

[@hephaestusofficial]

I think but I may be wrong, that it's ours, the bass player's fault most likely. Many of us don't take the time to change things up a little either due to lack of knowledge or ideas. Bass is also far easier to start learning than guitar so many people just stick to the basics. That's not wrong by any means, play what you like! But in those rare instances that a unique bass line will find it's way into a song, it'll really elevate it!

[@kadecooper6967]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BigMuff75]

I would not consider this as bass solos but melodic basslines.

[@SergioSegalla-y7n]

😍

[@jespernobbe9244]

How did you get the Nifelheim bass tone? Been trying figure it out for a while

[@hephaestusofficial]

Wish I could remember, I unfortunately lost all my recordings up until May due to a hard drive failing. The basis of pretty much all my recordings is from Amplitude 4, a Gallien Krueger MB150 bass head into an SVX810 cab with the TSE BOD plugin. I'm still waiting to recover the data, if I get the files back, I'll let you know!

[@Hateblaze]

Marduk - The Black Tormentor Of Satan also should be here

[@hephaestusofficial]

I have a whole list of Marduk songs just for this type of video, I'll see if I've added this as I cannot remember. I just recently learned the 502 tapping bass solo, I should upload it at some point.

[@tmaarlund]

Anything Khold...

[@Nico96312]

gracias 6666

[@olivierpayette4284]

Nice tone, however the base lines are pretty basic to be

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you! They are, but that's part of the appeal I believe. They don't have to be overly complicated in general and I personally prefer the simpler bass lines.

[@hectortorres8188]

Back tracks are so loud, I still can't hear your bass. So... Not important... Lol

[@otsake]

Сделайте бас ниже пожалуйста, его не приятно слышать в блек метале

[@ЛеонидХапаев]

Why black sounds like shit? Good ideas are lost in bad sound.

[@hephaestusofficial]

I think it's more, or at least was, more of an ideological thing. 2nd wave of Black Metal bands thought that metal was becoming to mainstream, sterile and clean, so they pretty much went the exact opposite way. The channel Punk Rock MBA actually has a great video on this topic. I kinda agree that good ideas tend to get lost in the noise in black metal but on the other hand I think that often that noise is what gives black metal it's atmosphere.

[@ЛеонидХапаев]

@@hephaestusofficial I prefer clean sound (being a drummer and bassist). I am absolutely shure that this is the ONLY way to grab the innocent souls of listeners 😄

[@hephaestusofficial]

@@ЛеонидХапаев true! I remember 10 years ago, I couldn't stand black metal. First song I've ever listened to was Beherit - Suck My Blood and after a few seconds I had to turn it off. Cleaner sound is definetely easier to the ear and for longer listening!

[@jasongodsmark1333]

Listen to Strid man, all these bass lines are copy cat fake plastic metal

[@jamesobrien8529]

All the songs sounded the same. At least Christian music sounds good. And don't get me started on the raccoon/pissed off panda paint

[@hephaestusofficial]

Yeah, that's true. Oh how do I long for the day that I'll be worshiping the correct deity again. It's the masons that use them to rid the world of christianity, because it's such an important religion and stuff. And don't get me started on all the fake allegations of children abuse and coverups within the church. God is really everywhere. AMEM BORTHER HOSS.

[@AgentNight1]

so good

[@hephaestusofficial]

Thank you!