There is nothing quite like a five string bass and in the hands of Michael Olivares from West Virginia Progressive Metalcore outfit Curses, the instrument becomes an extension of his body. He’s returned to King Studios, a regular haunt of the band, for a playthrough video for “Toska” edited by Pathogen Productions with the song
Another musician going through his archives is Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande. He’s shared this dedicated drum cam footage of himself performing a classic in “Mass Hypnosis” from a show in the bands home city of San Paulo Brazil. That took place on 12th July 2019 and is completely editing free, while the bands 2021 tour
The premier of a brand new single in “Worship Decay” from Sylosis before Christmas, their first since album “Cycle Of Suffering” was a surprise with mastermind Josh Middleton returning to Architects for “For Those That Wish To Exist” but it’s a mighty fine piece with an epic pick slide. Middleton has given us a guitar
Another dedicated drum cam video from the “Burn My Eyes” 25th Anniversary Tour sees Chris Kontos at The Corona Theatre in Montreal Canada playing “I’m Your God Now“. The run from Machine Head may have been cut short but Robb Flynn seems reinvigorated with the new material, including “Civil Unrest“. Will Kontos grace the Machine
Rio de Janeiro Brazil is home to Progressive Instrumental act Vitalism who have influences in both Heavy Metal and Latin music and love a bit of Djent. They were founded by Ed Garcia in 2014 and he plays through the bands latest single “Eutera“. Heavy riffs and intense melodies, mixed and mastered by Heber V.
Canadian Deathcore collective Carcosa (ex-Galactic Pegasus, Angel Maker) may not have a bassist, but they did record all their own bass parts. Andrew Baena takes us through the title track of the bands recent EP “Absent” using a Dingwall NG2-5 five string bass in drop A tuning, pitch shifted to drop E. The whole technical
In 1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers were Under The Bridge and 30 years on it’s the turn of Arcaeon. The Reading Progressive Metallers launched their debut full length album which has been something approaching 3 years in the making a couple of weeks back and from that album entitled “Cascadence” guitarists Sam and Rhys playthrough
Here’s a guitar playthrough from Omnivortex axe wielding duo Severi Saarioja and Mikko Pylkkö for their Technical Death Metal monster “Cephalic Fluid Extraction“. It’s one which appears on their brilliant debut album “Diagrams of Consciousness“, produced by Teemu Aalto (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum) that is both a punishing and rewarding listen and not for the faint of
Filmed and edited by Sammy Booker at The Cheddar Pit Studio The Myopia Condition bassist Robert Fearey has recorded a bass playthrough for “Afterlife” from one of our favourite albums of 2020 in “Event Horizon“, a DJent fueled Progressive Death Metal monster that you have to hear to believe. Darkglass amps, LTD basses, String Joy
Perhaps tired of drummer Matt Greiner taking the limelight, August Burns Red bassist Dustin Davidson has picked up his four string and put down an gauntlet of his own, filmed by Clint Tustin. We’ve mentioned it about a thousand times at this point but November there is a co-headlining tour with Bury Tomorrow, Miss May
