back in '91 i had the good fortune to work with a Producer called Ed Buller he worked with Spiritulized and Pulp to name but a few I played bass on a track called Empathise when I was in a band cal...
Metallica And Justice For All With Bass Rar
Then a couple years later comes ...And Justice for All by Metallica. This is the first double-bass breakdown, the "One" breakdown. Here's this whole ballad song and then it takes this turn and then you get this double-bass breakdown. I mean, there were other thrash bands at the time, and other bands that were incorporating that kind of stuff, but that was the one that put it on the map. Where it's like, Oh cool, we just do start-and-stop chugs with this double-bass pattern. And it was such an iconic part for the band at the time, too. That breakdown's still being played today by metalcore bands and hardcore bands.
Flurries of frenzied riffs and intricate bass and drum work competed with jazz-fusion passages of improvisation while still maintaining the backbone of death metal; these were songs you could philosophise over while still head-banging until your head practically fell off! 2ff7e9595c
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