Recommended 8 string Bands? (besides meshuggah)

[BrainArt]

Doesn't CiLiCe use 8's?

No. One guitarist uses a 7, while the other uses a 6. At least they have in the live videos I've seen of them.

 

[rug]

Not sure if this constitutes a "band", but who cares? It's pretty sweet, and relevant

I'm pretty sure Rusty played more notes in this video than I did in 2010.

 

[Kali Yuga]

I want to hear more death metal on 8-strings, and the only band I've heard is Putrefy. I'm not really into all this djent/prog/core stuff, and I really don't see how this message board takes Portal seriously, but different strokes, I reckon. Anyways, what's some 8-string death metal out there? Preferably brutal or slam subgenres.

 

[Adriatic]

I really don't see how this message board takes Portal seriously.

but its such serious music....




































buwahahahahahaha

 

[thewildturkey]

Also, Fredrik is working on another Special Defects album and is using his 8s.

Wow, havent heard that, got a link to more info on that?

 

[Peteus]

Other heavy tuned stuff:

- Admiral angry (not 8 but just as low and not core)
- Black Sheep Wall (similar to admiral angry)
- Ion Dissonance (my preferance the new album is amazing)
- Danza (TDTE)
- Ingite the Ibex
- Dan Dankmeyer (melodic 8 string stuff pretty good)
- The Acacia Strain (new album)
- The Abominable Iron Sloth (not 8 but low)
- Vortice
- Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects (practicaly meshuggah)
- Endless amounts of Djent on the net

I know some of these are repeats but hope that it helps

And when I have finished finding official members (seeing as drummers are hinden) for my band their will be a blackened death band using 8 strings.

 

[gulli05]

I feel this is relevant.

 

[Schmeer]

On the Shores doesnt. i saw a live vid of it, and he was using a 6.

True, but the other two guitarists are playing 7's or 8's
That's the magic of Ihsahn's compositions, the guitar arrangements are all over the place.

 

[Lives Once Abstract]

animals as leaders is strictly 8 string, and most of yall may not know this but suicide silence their lead player uses and 8 string, and they play some pretty sick stuff.

 

[gs_waldemar]

I sorta like him. I'm not sure if thats quite what you were looking for.
He plays a lot of extended range stuff without the grunting and braying though.

but I must admit, portal rocked me in some sense.

 

[heilarkyguitar]

Check out my band TERRORHORSE. Our last album is up on youtube....all 8 string!

i dig your band

 

[lord-loligator]

you should check out the paradoxical spiral. It's an instrumental djent kinda group with some game sounds inthere from metroid. they are not a meshuggah cover band though so don't let the name decieve you because i thought the same thing at first but i f*#king love them now. they're not to famous either but here's a link to the site

The Paradoxical Spiral

theres also alot of other djent groups on here. kinda like a gold mine waiting to be found....
nevermind. i have just witnessed a six string only. sorry about that.

 

[tetrapotmelontea]

Can I Talk about my Band SPHERES?

It's an instrumental band between death metal and everything in music and we play with 8 strings guitars ^^

If someone wants to put ears on it, it's here

Thank you all

J'aime ton musique! Tres bien. I definitely can see the Allan holdsworth and also the cynic influence, but not like.. a total ripoff, I mean just taking the good parts and doing it your own way.

 

[thedestroyerofall]

Whitechapel. Their new album.