Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

Bassists in metal get the short-shrift. Often viewed as the least talented member of a band (“iT’s JusT a GuItAr WiTh LeSs StRiNgS, aNyOnE cOuLd PlAy BaSs!!!!”), bass is often buried in the mix, ...

In the past, we've brought you the best of what heavy metal has to offer in terms of guitarists, and drummers, but now we look to a role that is sometimes under rated but always under appreciated.

Reader Paul Z. recently sent us the following e-mail: “I recently read a review of Cannibal Corpse’s new album, A Skeletal Domain, and they made a point of saying how Alex Webster’s bass playing is as ...

Counting down the 100 Best Bassists of All Time, with input from the greatest current bass players, as part of Consequence's ...

Mastodon's Troy Sanders explains the significance behind his new Signature Fender Silverburst Precision Bass and why he never 'really pictured a rock band without a bass guitar.' A man who doesn’t ...

BASS EXPO 2014: If you've ever watched VH1's That Metal Show, you'll know that host Eddie Trunk knows his onions when it comes to metal and hard rock bassists. We teamed up with him recently to find ...

The Bass Player Live! Concert & Awards Show honored musicians who too often get overlooked, though there was hardly any introduction needed for the night's top honoree -- Black Sabbath bassist Geezer ...

Metallica's ...And Justice for All was one of heavy metal's most influential albums, but fans who have listened to it countless times have long asked - what happened to the bass? Twenty-seven years ...