SteveXFR Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I've promised to find some modern metal music played on a 5 string for my daughter to learn but since most of the modern bands I like are just old blokes ripping off Sabbath or Bad Brains I haven't got a clue. There must be some! She's annoyingly good with a 4 string so looking for some interesting stuff. Kind of goth, emo, maybe a bit progressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) The Contortionist are really good. Their last two albums, Language and Clairvoyant are worth investigating. From the sunny UK, give Derange a spin too. I like them a lot. Edited July 23, 2021 by Doctor J 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Opeth. Sorceress is a cracking track to play on 5 string. Last couple of albums by Baroness are in D standard, but the Bass player plays a std 5 string on most stuff live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 @Doctor J that'll do it! Exactly what I was looking for and there's plenty of tabs online. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Alter Bridge. 5 string, often funky tunings 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Polyphia, Sikth, Periphery, Bring me the horizon, Trashboat, Architects, Don Broco, Of mice and men, Monuments They don’t all play five string but I guarantee all of them are playing drop tunings which will make use of that 5th string nicely. James Leech from Sikth and Tom Doyle from Don Broco do some really interesting stuff even if the music isn’t to your liking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patster1969 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I think Paolo Gregoletto from Trivium plays the majority of his stuff on a 5 string 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 From my recent playlist - Devin Townsend Project (oddly tuned to match open C on guitar - GCGCG), Plini (5 string in drop C#), Tesseract (typically in drop A). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I thought everyone played a 5. My Stick goes down to A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincbt Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 L.D. 50 by Mudvayne could be an interesting one to check. It’s Nu Metal so perhaps not the most interesting music, but the bass parts are really good and all played on 5 strings. If you find you like the bass player but not the band, his new project (Soften the Glare) is a prog/funk/fusion concept that could work well. Otherwise Dream Theater? He plays 6 strings but you can play most things on a 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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