Midnight's Athenar Plays His Favorite Bass Riffs

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4 жыл бұрын

#Midnight mastermind #Athenar plays his favorite bass riffs from his own bands and classic acts.
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@spacedog2980 4 жыл бұрын

When you haven't unlocked your bass player yet

@Brother-Martell 4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Cains Underrated comment

@hollow3122 4 жыл бұрын

holy balls hahahahahahahha

@markjansen9886 Жыл бұрын

Unreal

@ninadcrowe 10 ай бұрын

That's also cause he is a vocalist too :D

@IamPepinilloPicante 8 ай бұрын

ahahahahahahaha LMAO

@easternsasquatch 4 жыл бұрын

He's got a naaaassty bass tone. Need more bass players with that sound

@Casey-du4jj 4 жыл бұрын

Average P-Bass gets you 90 percent there.

@ayoutubeaccount864 4 жыл бұрын

That distortion sound is amazing, V-Man’s tone is like that too. But Slipknot mixes their albums like and justice for all

@jonathanmyers3524 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Darkglass Electronics pedals. Not sure that's what he's using but it's close.

@nayr87 4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanmyers3524 pretty sure it's a b7k

@crooked5812 4 жыл бұрын

just the orange ob1 500 bass head here's the secret to his tone

@24hoursstagefright 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder he thinks it's midnight. Someone pulled a sack over his head. Poor guy.

@darthvader1515 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment is underrated

@Shane-iy6xf Жыл бұрын

That sounds like something somebody's dad or Grandpa would say lol! 👍👍👍👍😂😂😂

@Joe_Does_StuffYT 2 ай бұрын

😂

@xerodelacroix5552 4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't expecting him to sound so.....normal, lol.

@boybvrke8423 4 жыл бұрын

Xero Delacroix OMG DUDES IN METAL BANDS ARE JUST REGULAR PEOPLE😱😱😱

@boybvrke8423 4 жыл бұрын

What a surprise

@FoxyHxCMacfly 4 жыл бұрын

@@boybvrke8423 Chill, humor. Try and get it lmao

@collt0916 2 жыл бұрын

Me too😂

@Mr.N3cro 4 жыл бұрын

He sounds like a guy who'd go to guitar center and start playing a really good song and then stopping just to piss people off.

@Master0Corvo 4 жыл бұрын

This guy seems chill as hell lmao

@Engel1916 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for using examples of Motörhead basslines that aren’t just from Ace of Spades, Overkill or Iron Fist, Athenar. Great songs without doubt but it’s nice to hear people playing the wider catalogue.

@judythepunk461 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought. I'm so sick of people who only listen to ace of spades.

@scotch7731 4 жыл бұрын

IbeAwesome You’re sick of people who like 1 song from an artist? Bit arrogant but ok man.

@judythepunk461 4 жыл бұрын

@@scotch7731 Why is that arrogant? Don't think what i wrote matches the definition lmao

@scotch7731 4 жыл бұрын

@@judythepunk461 Because you genuinely think it's wrong to listen to popular songs from artists and not listen to every song they have. What's so wrong with popular songs? They're popular for a reason.

@judythepunk461 4 жыл бұрын

@@scotch7731 no I didn't??? I just said that I don't like them lol.

@ohword7950 4 жыл бұрын

Im a guitarist not a bassist, but this guy just understands how I feel bass should be like!

@websurfer8041 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of this band or this guy but I am immediately in love.

@TheFapFactory 4 жыл бұрын

websurfer1994 same here he seems like a cool ass dude haha

@sal9014 4 жыл бұрын

I only know one midnight song which is you can't stop steel killer song check it out

@jamesjeter7384 4 жыл бұрын

He's one guy he pays guys to learn his shit out on the road he's fucking bad ass

@HughMansonMD 4 жыл бұрын

Black n' roll, baby!

@akillen77 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Midnight's album Satanic Royalty

@blackpoison1034 4 жыл бұрын

I want more interviews with this guy

@nitentv5142 4 жыл бұрын

The best part is when he smiles.

@gabrielromero1621 4 жыл бұрын

NITEN TV 3:48 for anyone who’s curios.

@nitentv5142 4 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielromero1621 I know man, I smiled too when I heard the number of the beast ; )

@mike_tkgchs 2 жыл бұрын

the way he speaks is actually really just super chill, definitely did not expect for this kind of personal image

@mikewarper6789 4 жыл бұрын

I can't stop looking at the tip of his nose.

@leswehman11 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Warper ha ha ha LOL so funny!!!!!!

@buzsxw656 3 жыл бұрын

same, its just poking at me

@ickoriss 4 жыл бұрын

This guy writes some of the most gnarly lyrics. It was nice to see him so normal and down to earth.

@samfairtex 4 жыл бұрын

Get Alex Webster on here to play his favourite bass rifts

@putridabomination 4 жыл бұрын

Wow actual metal on Loudwire. It's been weeks. People, people, I don't care how much you like core. Instead of spinning this into a petty argument of "posers and elitists" over what I think is and isn't exactly metal (which is subjective keep in mind) go bother someone else. You can like it and think it is metal and I can do the opposite, at the end of the day does it really matter? No.

@jasonhook3884 4 жыл бұрын

Guys, I found the boomer, he's right here. Internet, do your thang.

@putridabomination 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonhook3884 "boomer" how original

@jasonhook3884 4 жыл бұрын

@@putridabomination Sorry, I must have missed the part of your whining about "real metal" that was original.

@putridabomination 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonhook3884 Last time I checked pop rock bands and metalcore weren't metal so...

@archangelofcoffee922 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonhook3884 Dude, you're one to talk. You probably live in the late 2000's. If the definition for "Boomer" is someone that lives in the past and isn't with the times then guess what? YOU ARE A BOOMER TOO! Most of today's generation doesn't listen to metal AT ALL and that includes metalcore. You might have been 'modern' ten years ago but it's not 2008 anymore bro. Now you're considered 'OLD' too son. So, how about YOU get with the times boomer!

@10minutenoodles57 4 жыл бұрын

I wanna hear more of this band brb

@twkillcross1289 4 жыл бұрын

His bass sounds beefy

@filthism1659 9 ай бұрын

Just seen midnight Nunslaughter destructor assault black death last night so amazing. This guy kicks ass he writes the best lyrics and his live show is amazing

@jasonsnyder2577 4 ай бұрын

This comment is the truth, and nothing but! I've seen them 6 times, and they always put on a kick ass show.

@RoosterRipper 4 жыл бұрын

Athenar taking coronavirus precautions to the extreme

@israelpenaloza1788 4 жыл бұрын

Athenar slammed and broke his bass when I saw Midnight play! He gave it to a guy in front of the crowd; I still remember that guy holding the bass while Kreator played their set, the bass' neck split in two and the strings were flipping all around! Freakin awesome guy!

@thesaw239 4 жыл бұрын

The observatory? He actually switched it out for a diffrent one right before he breaks it.

@israelpenaloza1788 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was the observatory! What's a killer fucking gig Midnight put out that night!

@thesaw239 4 жыл бұрын

@@israelpenaloza1788 Unforgetable night, great performances from Midnite, Obituary and the kings of thrash , KREATOR!

@kryptichands968 2 жыл бұрын

Badass

@jeffvangorder1708 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, got one CD by midnight and went back the next day and got the three others by them. Dirty killer metal.

@jonahgolden1696 4 жыл бұрын

I actually touched that bass at a show and he wanted me to hit that shit haha. He later than stood on my chest with his boot and I just held his foot haha. Greatest moment ever

@air9music 4 жыл бұрын

He's a plague doctor for the Coronavirus. Even got the beak down.

@SmellsLikeContentt 4 жыл бұрын

literally was the first thing that came to my mind.

@crooked5812 4 жыл бұрын

when i saw him live he threw a water bottle he drank from in the crowd and when a guy caught the bottle and drank from it too he said : "you now have aids, gonorrhea and a lot of other things"

@metalheadjoshie7100 2 жыл бұрын

His Bass tone really sounds like Motörhead, and Venom together even it sounds f*cking awesome 🤘🏽🔥🔥🔥

@joshuaDstarks 4 жыл бұрын

My grandma keeps talking about this band.

@michaelm4464 4 жыл бұрын

Let me help you out of your chair, grandma!

@ashleybrown4754 4 жыл бұрын

It's GRANDMA'S ROOM!!!

@necrodamus5481 Жыл бұрын

I always figured when it came to EQ he never scooped his mids on record or live. his bass sounds lively everytime

@AndrewTate2Prison Жыл бұрын

So what treb mid bass...and maybe gain settings does he have

@necrodamus5481 Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTate2Prison sounds like he cranks the gain up a bit. Dirty. but lively. Likely uses Darkglass distortion. Just enough bass to hold the mix together, enough mids to sounds lively wothout going into honk terrirtory, and enough treble to cut through. Sounds like his bass is Mid low heavy on settings. A tad bit muddy but not drifiting into sludge metal territory

@geddyleesowlnose 4 жыл бұрын

Geddy Approves

@mrsnoo86 4 жыл бұрын

lool

@jeremyzinn225 4 жыл бұрын

I remember my first time learning the Orion bass solo! And I can still play it 22 years later

@bishopm4401 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of this guy or this band but him playing his favorite riffs makes me wanna check them out

@Miroandu16 4 жыл бұрын

Midnight is an interesting band, you should check out some albums, they've got an old school black metal vibe like venom, stuff like that

@thegeorgiacreekwalker491 4 жыл бұрын

Me too especially since I just purchased a Bass and I've been wanting to learn to play for quite some time

@bishopm4401 4 жыл бұрын

Miguel Angulo sick that’s my favorite type of black metal lol

@bishopm4401 4 жыл бұрын

Bucky Blue Eyes well the coronavirus is giving time to learn probably lol

@pt8175 4 жыл бұрын

Here is a killer Midnight show. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpdodbeltq-qXZ8.html

@foxboy1985 4 жыл бұрын

Strutter was the first bass line i learned. Rock on bro

@nadifenggar943 4 жыл бұрын

Since 2016, Midnight is one of my favorite bands.

@calebheney302 4 жыл бұрын

same brother. discovered them the same year too.

@omarlopez1372 4 жыл бұрын

2014 here! Wish I could've discovered Midnight earlier.

@shayne.7770 Жыл бұрын

I love how normal he is but still stays in character with his mask

@huppmoile 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure how this got algorithmed into my suggesteds, right between Yngwie and Nuno, but thank you, KZfaq Gods

@gersongomez6501 4 жыл бұрын

This guy was great as the gimp in pulp fiction

@slicingbones6096 4 жыл бұрын

Gonna need a LOT more Midnight on this channel please

@TompComp 4 жыл бұрын

Jeez I felt like it was in your practice room in 89, athenar! 🤘

@Lefthandpath100 10 ай бұрын

His influences are in line with mine exactly…but I think if asked he left out one: Timi Hansen from mercyful fate.

@jaredf5000 4 жыл бұрын

When i saw midnight, at the end of the last song while they were still playing, he was holding the bass by the strings and slamming it around until the strings broke and then was smacking them into the pickups and threw the bass around and it was just glorious noisy chaos

@5285edso 4 жыл бұрын

6:05 bling

@ProTobigen 4 жыл бұрын

Saw these guys live back in november, with Electric Wizard. They bump.

@coyotestarship7412 25 күн бұрын

This is one of the greatest bass rambles I have ever heard , this cat is just going on and on , he’s making sense , don’t get me wrong but boy oh boy is he just talking

@desTroyeth999 2 жыл бұрын

Saw these guys in Chicago last week. All 3 were fantastic players.

@rohantiwari7801 4 жыл бұрын

Steve Harris

@savageplanet5788 3 жыл бұрын

This guy's good, but no mention of Geezer Butler? When you talk about metal bass, you always gotta include Geezer.

@panzerfaust5568 2 жыл бұрын

Damn right

@Konghulio 4 жыл бұрын

Midnight such an underrated band

@clausm2203 4 жыл бұрын

Firehouse great bass line 😀🤘

@roth8332 4 жыл бұрын

finally, a good band

@collt0916 2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@lezizo 4 жыл бұрын

Nice protection for corona.

@leswehman11 4 жыл бұрын

I bet he has a ton of fans who have no idea what he looks like - one could be their #1 fan sitting next to him at a movie and NEVER KNOW

@benhemsworth8555 4 жыл бұрын

Niiiiiice. My kinda dude, my kinda music. I need that jacket.

@GeorgeVrachliotis 3 жыл бұрын

Now, I need that bass tone!

@SHAGGY0521 4 жыл бұрын

Great bass tone my guy 🤘😎🤘

@alexwhite7794 11 ай бұрын

Saw these guys live in Atalntic City opening for Danzig last night. Awesome band.

@SaltborneHeathen 11 ай бұрын

Saw their clips on Instagram looked like it was a good one

@facelessghoul-michaelsambe6663 4 жыл бұрын

He seems like a very cool dude! 🤘

@goreflux1001 2 жыл бұрын

nice profile picture

@CradleInTheCrater 4 жыл бұрын

Love a bass with a super hot tone. Really cuts through the mix

@MegaChorro123 15 күн бұрын

0:39 every musician can relate to that feeling 😂

@oaklandish-metalboy1194 4 жыл бұрын

5:18 That's probably my favorite bass riff

@Numptee86 4 жыл бұрын

Don't even know the band but cool interview...chill guy

@cirices4884 4 жыл бұрын

Love this guy's look!

@deusexvideos 4 жыл бұрын

Good content right here

@collt0916 2 жыл бұрын

Midnight is incredible

@stephanvenner2939 2 жыл бұрын

The Fender Precision sounds great!

@SaltborneHeathen 11 ай бұрын

Speed and Darkness is up there with my favorite riffs now.

@MaxRockatansky853 4 жыл бұрын

The Collector

@johnmariconde7167 4 жыл бұрын

Max Rockatansky I was thinking the same thing!

@iIkik-kf1tw 4 жыл бұрын

I waited for this moment

@garrettnichols4526 2 жыл бұрын

This band kicks ass seen them in houston

@Cyclobomber 4 жыл бұрын

"Making heavy metal out of happy sounding chords is... Kinda difficult". Depending on your definition of heavy metal, Gamma Ray kinda pulled it off with Heaven Can Wait although it indeed sounds pop as hell. First time I heard it I thought it was part of the soundtrack of a 2000s Sega arcade game.

@drdope666 3 жыл бұрын

The Metal Head Box brought me here. New Midnight fan here

@BG-td3ph 4 жыл бұрын

Woooooooo so happy to see this video!!!!! 😛😛😛😛😛🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💀💀💀💀💀🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡

@xChrisS41x 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what gear he's using? Sounds beefy af

@nayr87 4 жыл бұрын

sansamp or darkglass b7k

@Vampir1324 3 жыл бұрын

Wait so who was first, Midnight or Mgla?

@se7encureton 4 жыл бұрын

Cool dude And skilled

@A-man1998 4 жыл бұрын

I want to see Midnight, GHOUL, and...a Mentors cover band to go on tour....like it's the hoods that kinda makes sense.

@SaltborneHeathen 11 ай бұрын

When I first heard and saw them my impression was Athenar and the touring band are the bastard children of The Mentors and Celtic Frost, haha.

@sambobobo9383 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome and midnite also!AND VENOM IS NO JOKE!

@fkugogllolno2165 4 жыл бұрын

i'm a horrible beginner-bass player sooo uuh - how do i get my bass to sound like that, is he using an overdrive pedal?

@Jangel_Rm 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe a guitar distortion pedal

@chonathan5129 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a Darkglass pedal

@commanderdeadhead812 4 жыл бұрын

Usually a combination of amp and pedal cranking it or if your amp is big enough cranking treble and mids and add just a little of bass with the eq

@kotanovakota 4 жыл бұрын

This is may sound weird but I have a guitar I detuned it so low it sounded like bass and added distortion and recorded maybe try that technique once it might work like me

@inhalerofmoistmeals2931 4 жыл бұрын

Get a p bass and throw some gain on it

@shadcovert1160 4 жыл бұрын

This dude is speaking for me. Wtf! It's rare someone has like the exact same bands and players in mind.

@TheOrangeSunsetGaming Жыл бұрын

Might be a stretch, anyone have tabs for Escape the Grave? I figured out most besides one part

@jhonnyandthesexymamas9943 4 жыл бұрын

Nice wooooood!

@jhonnyandthesexymamas9943 4 жыл бұрын

No treat?

@syncdi3221 4 жыл бұрын

man meanwhile im here playing bass like sid vicious

@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, sometimes that shitty Sid style of playing is what you need. Rock on, my dude.

@jswan1801 Жыл бұрын

I love this band so much

@ixa-3140 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is freakin awesome

@Stone-faced 4 жыл бұрын

I dressed like him for Halloween when I was only 10 not knowing they actually existed and a bunch of metal heads were like fuck yea!!! I was just trying to look like death from regular show 😂😂 now I’m a huge fan of midnight

@necrosadotor Жыл бұрын

hahaha

@am0ungth3l1ving 4 жыл бұрын

great tone

@MegaChorro123 4 жыл бұрын

Killer tone

@leonarddopson7156 4 жыл бұрын

when is the sean long gear factor coming out?

@cujemi55 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit Athenaris a rockstar now, when Satanic Royalties came out that was the only thing me and the boys were even listening to for a few months

@RoryGFan-39 3 жыл бұрын

I loved all the Midnight albums on Hell's Headbangers but it was so cool when he signed on with Metal Blade. Satanic Royalty is still my favorite album, mainly because of "lust, filth, and sleaze" but Rebirth by Blasphemy definitely takes second place

@LeoXmayhem2 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of this dude or the band but this guy is a great bassist. Such a sweet tone

@Bavodekat 11 ай бұрын

I think you cant stop steel..is superb..the other songs dont come near wich is a pity

@theeddy9985 4 жыл бұрын

That bass tone is pure testosterone

@mr.mirchenstein6549 4 жыл бұрын

Great band..MIDNIGHT RULES 🔥😈🔥

@stonerdemon 4 жыл бұрын

This guy gives coronavirus protection a whole new meaning...

@JsnHgl 10 ай бұрын

Never heard of this guy nor his band but I’m a fan now. Plus he plays a P bass like me. Well, he plays it way better than me, but nevertheless…

@Kathryn.Danielle 2 жыл бұрын

that is how I have always felt about the bass line in number of the beast too lmfao

@perryborn2777 4 жыл бұрын

Idk why but I just knew he was gonna say Geddy Lee was one of his inspirations at some point in this vid I suppose it's not too uncommon for bass players though, as he said, "Best bass player ever" and he was damn right

@acfrise5974 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know how he gets such a great bass tone

@arix1479 2 жыл бұрын

Overdrive (lots of it), fresh strings, boost mids, especially high mids then boost treble to your taste, leave bass flat, then play either with a pick or if you really want fingerstyle, do Steve Harrisp/ Alex Webster thing, which is hitting strings hard so they bounce of the fretboard. Oh, and tone knob at 10 :D