Featuring metal’s leading low-enders – from old-school thrash to modern metal

Parasomnia is Dream Theater's first new album with drummer Mike Portnoy for 16 years

From the godfather of thumpin’ and pluckin’ to Victor Wooten’s game-changing slap technique, we bring you the players that you must know if you want to call yourself a true bass aficionado

Fred Thomas, Ray Brundidge and Bootsy Collins dig into what it meant to play with Soul Band No. 1

A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster groovers around today

From Ron McGovney to Robert Trujillo, we trace the evolution of Metallica’s low-end sound

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Seymour Duncan has expanded its revered PowerStage line with a do-it-all amp head designed specifically for bassists – but it's so much more than just a companion for your amp modeler

From John Myung to Felix Pastorius to Thundercat, we follow their historic quest for the ultimate extended-range axe

LaMarquis Jefferson reveals what it takes to set the pace in today’s studio scene

For more than 30 years, bassist Bob Daisley laid the foundations on which some of the greatest rock and roll ever was built

The session legend was responsible for some of the finest bass playing ever committed to tape – here are her best moments

From starting on a Paul McCartney Höfner ripoff to pioneering some of the heaviest metal ever committed to tape, Tom Araya admits he's no bass virtuoso… but he “can play fast sometimes”

It’s impossible not to notice Thundercat onstage, especially when sporting a custom-made double-neck bass

The bass virtuoso recounts his bass gear past and present, from his trademark Alembic to the bass equivalent of the Fender Stratocaster

The low-end maestro for prog titans Opeth digs deep into fusion and soul as he names his favorite bass records