{"id":1842293,"date":"2026-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842293"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:00:00","slug":"insanedeathmachine-playing-metallicas-the-unforgiven-on-an-8-string-bass-is-impressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842293","title":{"rendered":"INSANEDEATHMACHINE Playing METALLICA&#8217;s &#8220;The Unforgiven&#8221; On An 8-String Bass Is Impressive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unforgiven-bass.jpeg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<div id=\"7929\"><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a musician on the Internet, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen the insane bass playing of <strong>InsaneDeathMachine<\/strong>. And if you haven&#8217;t, here you go! Watch as the man himself rips through <strong>Metallica<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;The Unforgiven&#8221; on an 8-string bass, and yes \u2013 that includes the guitar solos.<\/p>\n<p>Should you not be convinced of the inhuman-ness of <strong>InsaneDeathMachine<\/strong>&#8216;s playing, look no further than his covers of &#8220;CAFO&#8221; by <strong>Animals As Leaders<\/strong> and &#8220;Frantic Disembowelment&#8221; by <strong>Cannibal Corpse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>InsaneDeathMachine<\/strong> started posting playthroughs nearly two decades ago in 2008, with his first ever cover being <strong>Back Door To Asylum<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Entozoic.&#8221; While he&#8217;s posted a steady collection of covers, he really captured people&#8217;s attention about 6 years ago during the pandemic with his most popular cover to date, <strong>Mudvayne<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Dig,&#8221; which currently sits at 2.4 million views, showcasing a skill that <em>very <\/em>few possess.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CANNIBAL CORPSE - Frantic Disembowelment on bass\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fGsuxTm7moI?feature=oembed\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANIMALS AS LEADERS - CAFO on 8 String Bass\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aIZ83eAR7hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\"><strong>Want More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-newsletter-form\">\n<fieldset>\n<p><button id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\">Subscribe<\/button><\/p>\n<\/fieldset>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/video\/insanedeathmachine-playing-metallicas-the-unforgiven-on-an-8-string-bass-is-impressive&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unforgiven-bass.jpeg&#8221;] If you&#8217;re a musician on the Internet, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen the insane bass playing of InsaneDeathMachine. And if you haven&#8217;t, here you go! Watch as the man himself rips through Metallica&#8216;s &#8220;The Unforgiven&#8221; on an 8-string bass, and yes \u2013 that includes the guitar solos. Should you not be convinced of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,55],"class_list":["post-1842293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-metalinjection-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1842293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1842293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1842293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1842293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}