We’re big fans of Muse. They’ve got that epic arena rock thing going on, and while they’ve always erred on the side of heavy and groovy, they’ve never felt the need to fully push into the metal sphere ...

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, ...

This incredible bass guitar moment doesn’t inch in. It hits you hard and heavy, and it’s been doing it since 2001. A Tool anthem from 2001 has been voted top metal bass line of all time by listeners, ...

For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the ...

A Metallica favorite is ranked among top metal bass lines ever created for its heavy appeal. Revolver magazine readers placed it in the top five of all time for the heavy metal bass guitar and for ...

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The Summer Music Series swings through the Mount Washington Valley this week to visit the only music shop in New Hampshire that builds steel drums, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.