2000s Famous Heavy Metal Bass Players Quiz
Challenge your knowledge of iconic bassists who defined heavy metal sounds in the 2000s, from nu-metal grooves to progressive riffs.
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Question 1: Which bassist joined Tool in the mid-1990s and shaped their progressive metal sound through innovative, atmospheric playing on albums like Lateralus (2001)?
Justin Chancellor
Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath
Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Les Claypool of Primus
Question 2: In nu-metal band Korn, which bassist pioneered an aggressive, percussive slap technique that became a staple of the genre's low-end drive during the 2000s?
Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten
Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu
Billy Sheehan
Question 3: For System of a Down, who served as the primary bassist in the 2000s, contributing chaotic, interlocking riffs that amplified the band's political and experimental edge?
John Dolmayan
Daron Malakian
Shavo Odadjian
Serj Tankian
Question 4: Which Slipknot bassist provided the thunderous, masked low-end foundation for their 2000s albums like Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), emphasizing groove amid the chaos?
Corey Taylor
Sid Wilson
Paul Gray
Shawn Crahan
Question 5: In Mudvayne's progressive nu-metal style of the 2000s, which bassist used intricate fingerstyle techniques to create polyrhythmic patterns on albums like L.D. 50 (2000)?
Chad Gray
Greg Tribbett
Matt Drake
Ryan Martinie
Question 6: Trivium's melodic metalcore evolved in the 2000s with which bassist delivering galloping, thrash-influenced lines on The Crusade (2006), bridging old-school and modern metal?
Matt Heafy
Corey Beaulieu
Paolo Gregoletto
Travis Smith
Question 7: Mastodon's progressive sludge metal in the 2000s relied on which dual-role bassist/vocalist for sludgy, southern-tinged riffs on Leviathan (2004)?
Bill Kelliher
Brent Hinds
Brann Dailor
Troy Sanders
Question 8: Lamb of God's groove metal fury in the 2000s was powered by which bassist, whose chugging, palm-muted style on As the Palaces Burn (2003) myth-busted the idea that bass is just support?
John Campbell
Randy Blythe
Willie Adler
Mark Morton