Recommended 8 string Bands? (besides meshuggah)

[GATA4]

Meshuggah.

...and I'm gonna mention Mnemic here. Granted, they tune down to F# on sevens, they're one of the few bands that use low tunings in anger, crafting whole songs around the low string... as opposed to a sprinkling here & there, or "It's time to drop to the low string for the breakdown".

I'm also going to mention a 7-string band that plays with a very low tuning...it basically sounds like they're rocking 8-stringers:


STRUCTURES (my avatar ) they rock hard, man.

 

[chenster886]

Monuments
Animals as Leaders
Scale the Summit

 

[MattMacIntosh]

Check out my band TERRORHORSE. Our last album is up on youtube....all 8 string!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYIcSkqdrk

 

[DANiMALxMD]

im going to throw down my music as well. its all instrumental and 8 strings. www.dandankmeyer.bandcamp.com Also +1 to whoever mentioned Mnemic, diesel uterus rules. and also, freaking GWAR uses 8's now. i saw them on jimmy fallon, and i was like wtf gwar uses 8's? i know the audio is low, but you can still see it. ESP.

 

[Kr1zalid]

Portal +1

 

[metalvince333]

The Acacia Strain's new album is done all with an 8 string, not a very flashy album but fucking heavy

ummm...any source? i've seen them live twice in the last two months and they played 6string guitar both times..low, yes but no 7 or 8 strings near the stage when they were on...

 

[Hesitateanddie]

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[Guitarman700]

ummm...any source? i've seen them live twice in the last two months and they played 6string guitar both times..low, yes but no 7 or 8 strings near the stage when they were on...

DL said in an interview in Decibel magazine that the whole album was done on 8's.
They tune UP though, to drop F#, I believe.

 

[Rick]

I thought The Contortionist played on 6s.

 

[-One-]

ummm...any source? i've seen them live twice in the last two months and they played 6string guitar both times..low, yes but no 7 or 8 strings near the stage when they were on...

There was no 7-string usage by them, actually. They transitioned directly from 6 to 8. The new album is definitely in Drop F#.

 

[MetalJordan]

I thought The Contortionist played on 6s.

They definitely do. They're always played 6's and haven't heard or them using 7's or 8's on any of their songs.

 

[RingoStarr]

Animals As Leaders FTW!!!

 

[Aaron]

They definitely do. They're always played 6's and haven't heard or them using 7's or 8's on any of their songs.

I saw some pics of them in the studio with 7s and 8s

 

[you_mirin_jobra]

they play 6-strings live cause they still have like three other albums of material that's tuned to drop a or G# or whatever it is.

 

[clintsal]

Keith Merrow uses 8's on a couple tracks, and his music is available for free download, along with several Guitar Pro tabs!

Keith Merrow - Keith's Website for Technical Instrumental Metal Music - Home

 

[TheDeltaOrionis]

Justin Bieber

 

[TridentChaos]

Cheers for the suggestions guys!

I went with periphery and animals as leaders to start, i was blown away
by periphery its a really good album, so solid and tight, misha mansoor
in incredible i have to look up more of his stuff, animals as leaders was
terrific, im less into the REALLY heavy deathcore stuff, but i think an after the burial album is next

 

[LordCashew]

Damn that bass sounds heavy! Does that guy play in suboctave? It's hard to tell on my computer speakers.

 

[Lostmapants]

Chimp Spanner
Periphery
Uneven Structures
Haunted Shores
OMNOM

 

[vampiregenocide]

Divine Heresy
Fear Factory
El Scar
Dead By April
Defect Noises (Also uses a 10 string)
Monuments
M.A.N (Massive Audio Nerve)
Interlock (USed 7 strings, but tuned pretty damn low from the sounds of it)
Less Than Three
Metalien
Nociceptor (Believe I heard that 8 strings will be on the new album)


We should have a sticky thread recommending bands that use 8 strings, or tunings lower than F#. We get a lot of people come in asking for 8 string bands and that would make it easier. Something in the vein of Demoniac's Industrial thread.