Metal bands using b tuning?

[gomes]

Hi!

I am trying to make up a list of B tuned players (to look up their tabs afterwards on guitar pro's msb).

Here's what I got, so far:

Novembre
Steve Vai
Emperor
Soilwork
Arcturus
sun caged
at the gates
edge of sanity
fear factory
carcass
arch enemy

Anyone willing to add some to the list?

 

[noodles]

Soilwork actually uses C. Drop-D down one whole step is the current popular "metal tuning".

You know, for those losers who aren't cool enough to play sevens.

 

[Makelele]

Amon Amarth (at least "Fate of Norns")

 

[Dylan7620]

Soilwork actually uses C. Drop-D down one whole step is the current popular "metal tuning".

You know, for those losers who aren't cool enough to play sevens.

thank you.... lol, no, but seriously.... this is the tuning all the kids use that go "chugga chugga *dissonant high notes*" and repeat. you'd be suprised at how many 'guitar players' i know that don't know what a standard tuning is.

and not all of vais songs are in B either just FYI, he changes tuning more than i change my underwear

oh unearth, and slipknot (they use drop b, and sometimes drop A)

 

[gomes]

thanks

Soilwork uses b tuning, at least until figure number five. I am aware some of the bands use other tunings on different albums/songs..

 

[Shannon]

Soilwork & Arch Enemy used B tuning on earlier releases, but both now use C.

 

[eleven59]

Hey, I use drop-C

 

[David]

lets not forget the ever so obvious Dream Theater... psh

 

[distressed_romeo]

Type O Negative use B standard for everything. Linear Sphere and Biomechanical use sevens. Jed Simon in Strapping Young Lad tunes to B, although Devin tunes to an open C chord.
Tom Kopyto uses either B or Drop A on the seven, and D on the six, as do Adagio (sans the drop A. Inner Road is D standard on a six string).
Kings X use BF#DGBE occsionally, although I can't name any songs in that tuning off the top of my head.
Incidentally, I always thought Carcass tuned to C...

 

[Shannon]

Jed Simon in Strapping Young Lad tunes to B, although Devin tunes to an open C chord.

Not so....both use CGCGCG tuning for SYL. Check out their "Ask The Band" section of the SYL forum.

Incidentally, I always thought Carcass tuned to C...

Nope.....everything is in B. This is the bancd that got me interested in B tunings in the earlier 90s.

 

[No ConeSS]

In Flames' "Come Clarity" is Drop B/Bb with their 6's.

 

[noodles]

Kings X use BF#DGBE occsionally, although I can't name any songs in that tuning off the top of my head.

All of "Please Come Home Mr. Bulbous" is in AEADF#B, played on a Yamaha Ty Tabor Drop6 (26.25" scale). Ty told me he used a standard ten gauge set.

 

[Akrin]

All of "Please Come Home Mr. Bulbous" is in AEADF#B, played on a Yamaha Ty Tabor Drop6 (26.25" scale). Ty told me he used a standard ten gauge set.

Basically all of King's X's stuff is Drop D, down various amounts - from D to A

 

[Roland777]

All of "Please Come Home Mr. Bulbous" is in AEADF#B, played on a Yamaha Ty Tabor Drop6 (26.25" scale). Ty told me he used a standard ten gauge set.

Fredrik of Meshuggah tunes down half a step and uses .009-.052.

Mnemic uses B standard. And if you want a shred rhythm-challenge, try The Berzerker's "Forever". (B standard there too.)

 

[eleven59]

Fredrik of Meshuggah tunes down half a step and uses .009-.052.

Yeah, but with the Ty reference, he's talking about a 10-46 set on a 6-string, tuned down to A

 

[gomes]

Amorphis (Early)
Cryptopsy

Can't remember anymore

 

[omentremor]

Cryptopsy
Jag Panzer?
Nevermore
Devildriver
Machine Head
Sepultura
Darkane
Hypocrisy
Mercenary
Ra
Stone Sour
Soulfly
James laBrie
Magnitude 9 (I think)

All various incarnations of B tunings

 

[Naren]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Sevendust, the drop-b king.

 

[forelander]

Fredrik of Meshuggah tunes down half a step and uses .009-.052.

Mnemic uses B standard. And if you want a shred rhythm-challenge, try The Berzerker's "Forever". (B standard there too.)

I'm pretty sure that berzerker are in A standard, at least that's what Luke mentions on the DVD.

 

[lucasreis]

The new Soilwork record is tuned to B, I tried some songs and they fit on my seven string guitar. Unless they are using C live they are still tuning to B on their record.

Sepultura tunes to Bb on some songs but they also tune to D standard and Drop-C on some of them.