Midnight's Athenar Plays His Favorite Bass Riffs

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @spacedog2980
    @spacedog2980 4 года назад +688

    When you haven't unlocked your bass player yet

  • @easternsasquatch
    @easternsasquatch 4 года назад +698

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

    • @Casey-du4jj
      @Casey-du4jj 4 года назад +44

      Average P-Bass gets you 90 percent there.

    • @ayoutubeaccount864
      @ayoutubeaccount864 4 года назад +59

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

    • @jonathanmyers3524
      @jonathanmyers3524 4 года назад +23

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

    • @nayr87
      @nayr87 4 года назад +7

      @@jonathanmyers3524 pretty sure it's a b7k

    • @crooked5812
      @crooked5812 4 года назад +8

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

  • @24hoursstagefright
    @24hoursstagefright 4 года назад +601

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

    • @darthvader1515
      @darthvader1515 4 года назад +13

      Underrated comment is underrated

    • @Shane-iy6xf
      @Shane-iy6xf Год назад +4

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

    • @Joe_Does_StuffYT
      @Joe_Does_StuffYT 5 месяцев назад

      😂

  • @xerodelacroix5552
    @xerodelacroix5552 4 года назад +434

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

    • @boybvrke8423
      @boybvrke8423 4 года назад +39

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

    • @boybvrke8423
      @boybvrke8423 4 года назад +6

      What a surprise

    • @FoxyHxCMacfly
      @FoxyHxCMacfly 4 года назад +14

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

    • @collt091
      @collt091 2 года назад

      Me too😂

  • @Mr.N3cro
    @Mr.N3cro 4 года назад +416

    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.

  • @websurfer8041
    @websurfer8041 4 года назад +320

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

    • @TheFapFactory
      @TheFapFactory 4 года назад +5

      websurfer1994 same here he seems like a cool ass dude haha

    • @sal9014
      @sal9014 4 года назад +10

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

    • @jamesjeter7384
      @jamesjeter7384 4 года назад +14

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

    • @HughMansonMD
      @HughMansonMD 4 года назад +7

      Black n' roll, baby!

    • @akillen77
      @akillen77 4 года назад +9

      Check out Midnight's album Satanic Royalty

  • @Engel1916
    @Engel1916 4 года назад +258

    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
      @judythepunk461 4 года назад +5

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

    • @scotch7731
      @scotch7731 4 года назад +3

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

    • @judythepunk461
      @judythepunk461 4 года назад +5

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

    • @scotch7731
      @scotch7731 4 года назад +2

      @@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
      @judythepunk461 4 года назад +1

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

  • @nitentv5142
    @nitentv5142 4 года назад +170

    The best part is when he smiles.

    • @gabrielromero1621
      @gabrielromero1621 4 года назад +4

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

    • @nitentv5142
      @nitentv5142 4 года назад +1

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

  • @blackpoison1034
    @blackpoison1034 4 года назад +59

    I want more interviews with this guy

  • @mikewarper6789
    @mikewarper6789 4 года назад +99

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

    • @leswehman11
      @leswehman11 4 года назад +1

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

    • @buzsxw656
      @buzsxw656 4 года назад

      same, its just poking at me

  • @mike_tkgchs
    @mike_tkgchs 3 года назад +9

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

  • @ohword7950
    @ohword7950 4 года назад +38

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

  • @10minutenoodles57
    @10minutenoodles57 4 года назад +56

    I wanna hear more of this band brb

  • @bishopm4401
    @bishopm4401 4 года назад +88

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

    • @Miroandu16
      @Miroandu16 4 года назад +10

      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
      @thegeorgiacreekwalker491 4 года назад +2

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

    • @bishopm4401
      @bishopm4401 4 года назад +2

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

    • @bishopm4401
      @bishopm4401 4 года назад +2

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

    • @pt8175
      @pt8175 4 года назад +2

      Here is a killer Midnight show. ruclips.net/video/t18BTtQIF-k/видео.html

  • @putridabomination
    @putridabomination 4 года назад +304

    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
      @jasonhook3884 4 года назад +26

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

    • @putridabomination
      @putridabomination 4 года назад +49

      @@jasonhook3884 "boomer" how original

    • @jasonhook3884
      @jasonhook3884 4 года назад +12

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

    • @putridabomination
      @putridabomination 4 года назад +33

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

    • @archangelofcoffee922
      @archangelofcoffee922 4 года назад +15

      @@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!

  • @air9music
    @air9music 4 года назад +461

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

    • @SmellsLikeContentt
      @SmellsLikeContentt 4 года назад

      literally was the first thing that came to my mind.

    • @crooked5812
      @crooked5812 4 года назад +7

      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"

  • @Master0Corvo
    @Master0Corvo 4 года назад +65

    This guy seems chill as hell lmao

  • @jeremyzinn225
    @jeremyzinn225 4 года назад +9

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

  • @necrodamus5481
    @necrodamus5481 2 года назад +25

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

    • @AndrewTate2Prison
      @AndrewTate2Prison Год назад +1

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

    • @necrodamus5481
      @necrodamus5481 Год назад +5

      @@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

  • @samfairtex
    @samfairtex 4 года назад +44

    Get Alex Webster on here to play his favourite bass rifts

  • @joshuaDstarks
    @joshuaDstarks 4 года назад +136

    My grandma keeps talking about this band.

  • @ickoriss
    @ickoriss 4 года назад +11

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

  • @nadifenggar943
    @nadifenggar943 4 года назад +32

    Since 2016, Midnight is one of my favorite bands.

    • @calebheney302
      @calebheney302 4 года назад +1

      same brother. discovered them the same year too.

    • @omarlopez1372
      @omarlopez1372 4 года назад

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

  • @RoosterRipper
    @RoosterRipper 4 года назад +147

    Athenar taking coronavirus precautions to the extreme

  • @twkillcross1289
    @twkillcross1289 4 года назад +75

    His bass sounds beefy

  • @israelpenaloza1788
    @israelpenaloza1788 4 года назад +43

    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
      @thesaw239 4 года назад +2

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

    • @israelpenaloza1788
      @israelpenaloza1788 4 года назад +2

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

    • @thesaw239
      @thesaw239 4 года назад +2

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

    • @kryptichands968
      @kryptichands968 2 года назад

      Badass

    • @jeffvangorder1708
      @jeffvangorder1708 2 года назад

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

  • @filthism1659
    @filthism1659 Год назад +6

    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
      @jasonsnyder2577 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @geddyleesowlnose
    @geddyleesowlnose 4 года назад +57

    Geddy Approves

  • @jonahgolden1696
    @jonahgolden1696 4 года назад +21

    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

  • @metalheadjoshie7100
    @metalheadjoshie7100 2 года назад +17

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

  • @foxboy1985
    @foxboy1985 4 года назад +16

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

  • @JtSkoda
    @JtSkoda Год назад +1

    Seriously stumbled on this guy. He is honest and amazing.

  • @MegaChorro123
    @MegaChorro123 3 месяца назад +2

    0:39 every musician can relate to that feeling 😂

  • @gersongomez6501
    @gersongomez6501 4 года назад +17

    This guy was great as the gimp in pulp fiction

  • @ProTobigen
    @ProTobigen 4 года назад +6

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

  • @huppmoile
    @huppmoile 4 года назад +8

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

  • @alexwhite7794
    @alexwhite7794 Год назад +2

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

    • @SaltborneHeathen
      @SaltborneHeathen Год назад

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

  • @facelessghoul-michaelsambe6663
    @facelessghoul-michaelsambe6663 4 года назад +36

    He seems like a very cool dude! 🤘

    • @xsthyr
      @xsthyr 2 года назад

      nice profile picture

  • @RothingBrain
    @RothingBrain 4 года назад +44

    finally, a good band

  • @5285edso
    @5285edso 4 года назад +20

    6:05 bling

  • @Stone-faced
    @Stone-faced 4 года назад +20

    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

  • @desTroyeth999
    @desTroyeth999 2 года назад +1

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

  • @shayne.7770
    @shayne.7770 2 года назад +3

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

  • @Lefthandpath100
    @Lefthandpath100 Год назад +4

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

  • @TompComp
    @TompComp 4 года назад +3

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

  • @Konghulio
    @Konghulio 4 года назад +7

    Midnight such an underrated band

  • @savageplanet5788
    @savageplanet5788 3 года назад +12

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

  • @slicingbones6096
    @slicingbones6096 4 года назад +1

    Gonna need a LOT more Midnight on this channel please

  • @lezizo
    @lezizo 4 года назад +79

    Nice protection for corona.

  • @jaredf5000
    @jaredf5000 4 года назад +2

    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

  • @coyotestarship7412
    @coyotestarship7412 3 месяца назад

    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

  • @CradleInTheCrater
    @CradleInTheCrater 4 года назад +5

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

  • @rohantiwari7801
    @rohantiwari7801 4 года назад +36

    Steve Harris

  • @oaklandish-metalboy1194
    @oaklandish-metalboy1194 4 года назад +4

    5:18 That's probably my favorite bass riff

  • @SaltborneHeathen
    @SaltborneHeathen Год назад +1

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

  • @MaxRockatansky853
    @MaxRockatansky853 4 года назад +17

    The Collector

  • @LeoXmayhem2
    @LeoXmayhem2 4 года назад +4

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

  • @leswehman11
    @leswehman11 4 года назад +2

    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

  • @Cyclobomber
    @Cyclobomber 4 года назад +4

    "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.

  • @stephanvenner2939
    @stephanvenner2939 2 года назад +1

    The Fender Precision sounds great!

  • @garrettnichols4526
    @garrettnichols4526 2 года назад +2

    This band kicks ass seen them in houston

  • @clausm2203
    @clausm2203 4 года назад +4

    Firehouse great bass line 😀🤘

  • @collt091
    @collt091 2 года назад +2

    Midnight is incredible

  • @GeorgeVrachliotis
    @GeorgeVrachliotis 3 года назад +1

    Now, I need that bass tone!

  • @theeddy9985
    @theeddy9985 4 года назад +3

    That bass tone is pure testosterone

  • @A-man1998
    @A-man1998 4 года назад +6

    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
      @SaltborneHeathen Год назад

      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.

  • @Numptee86
    @Numptee86 4 года назад +2

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

  • @cujemi55
    @cujemi55 4 года назад +2

    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
      @RoryGFan-39 3 года назад

      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

  • @syncdi3221
    @syncdi3221 4 года назад +6

    man meanwhile im here playing bass like sid vicious

    • @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band
      @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band 4 года назад +1

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

  • @drdope666
    @drdope666 4 года назад

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

  • @RockSchooled
    @RockSchooled 4 года назад +60

    The pointy nose bit looks so ridiculous.

    • @cako82
      @cako82 4 года назад +1

      you're so right

    • @RitchieRosson
      @RitchieRosson 4 года назад +11

      That’s his actual nose making that shape.

    • @johnmcvay4403
      @johnmcvay4403 4 года назад +2

      Anti Semite

    • @RockSchooled
      @RockSchooled 4 года назад +2

      @@RitchieRosson I know, that's what I'm talking about.

    • @RockSchooled
      @RockSchooled 4 года назад +1

      @@johnmcvay4403 LOL!

  • @jamielynn5506
    @jamielynn5506 2 месяца назад

    Lovw this band

  • @benhemsworth8555
    @benhemsworth8555 4 года назад +4

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

  • @JsnHgl
    @JsnHgl Год назад +2

    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…

  • @fkugogllolno2165
    @fkugogllolno2165 4 года назад +10

    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
      @Jangel_Rm 4 года назад +4

      Maybe a guitar distortion pedal

    • @chonathan5129
      @chonathan5129 4 года назад +1

      Sounds like a Darkglass pedal

    • @commanderdeadhead812
      @commanderdeadhead812 4 года назад +2

      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
      @kotanovakota 4 года назад +1

      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
      @inhalerofmoistmeals2931 4 года назад +1

      Get a p bass and throw some gain on it

  • @jswan1801
    @jswan1801 Год назад +2

    I love this band so much

  • @gurnblanston5000
    @gurnblanston5000 2 месяца назад +1

    What if 70s and 80s ACDC had this tone.

  • @perryborn2777
    @perryborn2777 4 года назад +1

    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

  • @shadcovert1160
    @shadcovert1160 4 года назад +1

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

  • @BG-td3ph
    @BG-td3ph 4 года назад +1

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

  • @sambobobo9383
    @sambobobo9383 4 года назад +2

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

  • @cirices4884
    @cirices4884 4 года назад

    Love this guy's look!

  • @mitchellhogg4627
    @mitchellhogg4627 4 года назад +6

    A whole lotta people seem to be absolutely pissing their pants at the concept of a man wearing a hood...

  • @infelicitas
    @infelicitas 4 года назад +1

    That sounds exactly like the bass tone in from the pinnacle to the pit by ghost

  • @SHAGGY0521
    @SHAGGY0521 4 года назад +1

    Great bass tone my guy 🤘😎🤘

  • @MegaChorro123
    @MegaChorro123 4 года назад +2

    Killer tone

  • @Kathryn.Danielle
    @Kathryn.Danielle 2 года назад +1

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

  • @iIkik-kf1tw
    @iIkik-kf1tw 4 года назад

    I waited for this moment

  • @jaredmossholder6330
    @jaredmossholder6330 Год назад +1

    Midnight kicks

  • @shadcovert1160
    @shadcovert1160 4 года назад +1

    Gene has some FANTASTIC bass lines throughout the 70s.

  • @Bavodekat
    @Bavodekat Год назад +1

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

  • @raphaelmacedo4467
    @raphaelmacedo4467 4 года назад +34

    I thought it was MGLA

    • @lordberly
      @lordberly 4 года назад +6

      Just gonna say the same...

    • @xerodelacroix5552
      @xerodelacroix5552 4 года назад +5

      MGLA wishes they were as good as Midnight.

    • @alzero4333
      @alzero4333 4 года назад +1

      Hate speech hahaha

    • @corruptjupiter4034
      @corruptjupiter4034 4 года назад +1

      Xero Delacroix Yo what kinda ass are you listening to, to say that lmao

    • @raphaelmacedo4467
      @raphaelmacedo4467 4 года назад +1

      Xero Delacroix HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

  • @xChrisS41x
    @xChrisS41x 4 года назад +8

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

    • @nayr87
      @nayr87 4 года назад +2

      sansamp or darkglass b7k

  • @tyorbs3680
    @tyorbs3680 4 года назад

    I love midnight

  • @Morrapuler
    @Morrapuler 4 года назад +2

    Wow a bass player who actually can play bass!

  • @stonerdemon
    @stonerdemon 4 года назад +1

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

  • @ixa-3140
    @ixa-3140 4 года назад +1

    This guy is freakin awesome

  • @Vampir1324
    @Vampir1324 4 года назад +2

    Wait so who was first, Midnight or Mgla?

  • @Mo-wl7gx
    @Mo-wl7gx 4 года назад

    That base one is fucking sick

  • @mr.mirchenstein6549
    @mr.mirchenstein6549 4 года назад +2

    Great band..MIDNIGHT RULES 🔥😈🔥