SteveXFR Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Due to a case of golfers elbow (I've never played golf) I'm finding it quite painful to play anything fast which gets the fretting hand busy. While I can play through the pain, it's not good for recovery. Any recommendations for metal songs which don't get the fret hand moving too fast but are still interesting? I've been trying some Down this morning but the fast fills make my forearm feel like it's about to burst open. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosanator Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Quite a few iron maiden songs are mostly in the right hand. The Trooper, run to the hills etc 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Sweet Leaf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) This is where you make the right hand do the work and the left cruises Edited January 1, 2022 by Bunion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Chaosanator said: Quite a few iron maiden songs are mostly in the right hand. The Trooper, run to the hills etc 🙂 That's true, I forgot about that. Fast for the picking hand but the fret hand doesn't do a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) Uriah Heep's Gypsy. Edited January 1, 2022 by Bassfinger Glass eye fell out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 A lot of priest stuff doesn’t bother the left hand too much 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Iron Maiden's Killers is easy on the fretting hand and also for coordination 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Perhaps some Eerie Von stuff off the first 4 Danzig albums? Great songs but no fretboard gymnastics required in order to play along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowDown Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 A lot of Smashing Pumpkins are laid back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Green Manalishi - Judas Priest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Sticking with the Down family, how about Albatross, or any other corrosion of conformity? Mike Dean's a good bassist but their stuff isn't too speedy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, Jonesy said: Sticking with the Down family, how about Albatross, or any other corrosion of conformity? Mike Dean's a good bassist but their stuff isn't too speedy. Holy crap, why didn't I think of that? I freaking love that song. I'll be on that in the morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 A lot of Orange Goblin has good bass lines too, their earlier stuff is slower with a more if a groove that might be friendlier to your hands. Karma to Burn, Church of Misery, Fu Manchu, Nebula & Red Fang will all have songs that fit the bill too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath Or You Suffer by Napalm Death, the song is only 3 seconds long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Panzer Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Not sure what your flavour of metal is or how slow you're after: I'm a huge fan of Sentenced/Poisonblack...Finnish metal, not the fastest stuff usually, more of a workout for your pick technique than your left hand with a lot of alternating between open strings and some hammer-ons along these lines. https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/poisonblack-love-infernal-bass-tab-s50710 Between both bands they've got a lot of slower stuff or if the various tab sites are anywhere near accurate, simple low movement but faster sounding stuff like Luxury of a grave...busy right hand but the left is basically camping on a single fret per bar so you can play 90% of it with 1 finger and a little arm movement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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