Bands in drop D

[niffnoff]

Any metalcore band ever, just transpose from C to D, there you go. xD

But if there was one album or two... or three... or four... you could go to
Avenged Sevenfold. City of Evil and Waking The Fallen were my favourite EVER albums to play when I started

 

[BucketheadRules]

I'm pretty sure Pantera didn't do drop tunings. If anyone of there songs is actually in Drop D (well, 40 cents below) it would be Primal Concrete Sledge.

This is why I get so pissed off that I can't find a decent tab for Walk - every tab that has the solo is in drop D.

 

[Micah55]

im pretty sure cloudkicker has been using drop d on atleast his last album or two

 

[VILARIKA]

I'm certain that's in D standard, not drop D.

Quite sure it's in Drop D

 

[Interloper]

Quite sure it's in Drop D

100% positive that Blood and Thunder is in D standard. No reason to tune 5 strings up when 99% of the rest of their catalog is in D Standard, that and they don't change guitars for that song and there is no reason to do it in drop tuning anyway.

Also, All Gojira is either D standard or Drop C and Around the Fur is Drop D flat.

 

[VILARIKA]

100% positive that Blood and Thunder is in D standard. No reason to tune 5 strings up when 99% of the rest of their catalog is in D Standard, that and they don't change guitars for that song and there is no reason to do it in drop tuning anyway.

Also, All Gojira is either D standard or Drop C and Around the Fur is Drop D flat.

Looks like I may have to edit my post then...

 

[Genome]

The lack of Opeth mention makes me cry.

Grand Conjuration.

Technically Drop D, but that and most of Ghost Reveries is D-A-D-F-A-E, or open Dmadd9, I think.

 

[Miek]

Open D minor.

 

[Eptaceros]

Open D minor.

Open Dmin would be DADFAD. The Ghost Reveries songs (most of them) are tuned to DADFAE, which adds the 9 to the mix.

 

[Miek]

No, I'm saying it's in open D minor not DADFAE. Could you show me something official showing this is not the case?

 

[Triple7]

Flyleaf, The Haunted, Lamb of God (their good albums; As The Palaces Burn and New American Gospel. Can't say after that because I stopped listening), Deftones on the Around the Fur album, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Volbeat, and some Ratt songs (such as my favorite, "Lay it Down").

That's all I can pull of the top of my head.

I believe the haunted plays in C standard. They may have experimented later on, but most of their stuff is in C standard.

 

[kevdes93]

i cant believe nobody mentioned tool yet

 

[Tang]

No, I'm saying it's in open D minor not DADFAE. Could you show me something official showing this is not the case?

Not really official, but if you listen to Harlequin Forest, the middle harmonic section doesn't really sound correct in standard open-Dm. D-A-D-F-A-E sounds perfect.

 

[VILARIKA]

i cant believe nobody mentioned tool yet

Like 1/3 of the entire Smashing Pumpkins catalog is drop D, Tool is 98% drop D, Porcupine Tree have like 15 drop D tracks, and uh uh

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[Miek]

Not really official, but if you listen to Harlequin Forest, the middle harmonic section doesn't really sound correct in standard open-Dm. D-A-D-F-A-E sounds perfect.

Thanks, I'll give a listen to that.

 

[Genome]

I'm 99% sure it's DADFAE.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

King's X are probably one of the best users of Drop D in my opinion.

Ty used standard E and Drop D for Silent Planet, Gretchen, Faith, and their self-titled release.

Tool, Rammstein (Herzeleid, Sehnsucht, Mutter, and Liebe Ist For Alle Da), Soundgarden, Melvins (Houdini), and Volbeat (not sure if drop D or standard D), are also some other bands that come to mind.

Also, The Thing That Should Not Be by Metallica and Room For One More by Anthrax is Drop D. Detox by Strapping Young Lad is played in Open C, but I think you can get off by playing it in drop D.

 

[Don Vito]

Ascendency by Trivium has already been mentioned, but they also did an awesome song for the God of War 3 soundtrack that was in drop D.