"Non-Djent" 8 string bands

[VILARIKA]

EDIT: My bad, this isnt metal. Missed that part, sorry. Its awesome anyway

LITTLE TYBEE!! Hes a member here, plays a 2228 really really good!
They are all fantastic players/writers.

I've been trying to find this video again for ages, so glad you posted this!

 

[Metal_Webb]

Portal: I do not know how these guys have a following around here Each to their own I guess.

Divine Heresy: The 8 string songs are pretty much on the second half of the album IIRC. You can hear when Dino's using one, all that spamming of the 8th string lol


Scar Symmetry: Got their 8's after they ditched Christian. Dark Matter Dimensions isn't the best album they've done, and not entirely sure how much they used the 8's on The Unseen Empire.


Another way of looking at it is adding a higer string. Devin Townsend tunes his 7 Gb B Gb B Gb B Eb. Chuck a higer B on there and you'd open up some interesting sounds (Plus you'd have a huge range!)

From Strapping Young Lad:



and from his recent Deconstruction album (which is absolutely off tits btw, check it out if you don't know of his stuff)

 

[ExousRulez]

"non djent 8 string" does not compute beep beep overload.

 

[Stealth7]

Scar Symmetry: Got their 8's after they ditched Christian. Dark Matter Dimensions isn't the best album they've done, and not entirely sure how much they used the 8's on The Unseen Empire.

They used an 8 on one song on Holographic Universe.

 

[Fred the Shred]

Pretty sure Haken use 8-strings.

They're a really awesome prog-metal band in the general vein of Dream Theater etc. Check 'em out.



I'm talking particularly about the heavy bit from 5:00 on.

They do use 7's and 8's, although the one full time guitarist (the other doubles on keys) is the 8-string player, Charlie Griffiths.

 

[stevemcqueen]

Matthew McGhee. Pretty much all clean tapping on an 8 string. This guy makes some phenomenal music. Just YouTube him.

 

[Betterlaidplans]

Matthew McGhee. Pretty much all clean tapping on an 8 string. This guy makes some phenomenal music. Just YouTube him.

to this^. I'm really hoping success for this dude so I can hear more of his tunes.




Wow. Completely awesome. Dude is way faster with his right hand than I think I'll even be with my left haha. Pure Win

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

Not 8's but the now disbanded "God Among Insects" tuned to F#.

 

[Squishdom]

Between The Buried And Me
All Shall Perish

 

[Riff Obsessed]

Didn't see a mention for Pestilence's newest album, so here it is. Recorded on 8-strings and featuring Jeroen Paul Thesseling on 7-string bass...

 

[TomAwesome]

I'm really liking that Little Tybee stuff.

 

[Shi7Disc0]

Funny I dont think anyone has mentioned Scale The Summit?

 

[Arteriorrhexis]

Funny I dont think anyone has mentioned Scale The Summit?

That's because

I'm looking for straight up metal stuff(no instrumental/prog bands;AAL,Scale the Summit, ect...)

Also - Ignite the Ibex

Ignite The Ibex- Exit The Immaculate - YouTube

 

[CyborgSlunk]

Between The Buried And Me

Wait, wat? Have all of their albums and everythings just standard 6-string, mostly tuned to C#.

 

[Shi7Disc0]

Lmao my reading comprehension sucks

That's because




Also - Ignite the Ibex

Ignite The Ibex- Exit The Immaculate - YouTube

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

If J-Rock counts:

 

[Dimensionless]

Yup, Meshuggah.
Djent is mearly meshuggah scat thrown 3000 miles away....
Where it landed on a hipster, with a positive outlook on life.

 

[Loomer]

Ordered that Little Tybee CD. Can't wait for it to get here!

 

[Mordecai]

The Brass Knuckle Hustle | Facebook

non djent 8 string band from right here in cleveland, i kind of dig it.

 

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Scott Hull uses 8 strings for both ANb and Pig Destroyer.