Metal and Blues?

I'm just sitting here rather high, listening to some music, and I got thinking something.... I've been wanting to find some good mellow music, but it seems the only bands that give that to me are metal bands. Like not dramaticly soft crap, but just softer cords. Then I realized a lot of those chords that I like in soft songs from metal bands are similar to blues. So I'm thinking, are there any bands that do a blues type of music but more like a metal band would do it? Not like that tap your feet to a beat type blues that's more fun than blues, but like more lounge/electric guitar type blues (B.B. king did some of this, I think Eric Clapton did too but I haven't heard a lot of his stuff. Though I think he's awsome from what I've heard). I hope that all makes sense, but if you know what I mean and know a good band that would be awsome.

ok im not sure if this is entirly what your looking for....but check out Allan Holdsworth's "The Truth In Shredding"
( it might be called the mark varney project or somthing aswell)
ill upload a song for you so you get an idea what it's like...just uploading now...ill post the link in a min

It's crazy though, weird blues style...electric guitar....the guitarist is somewhere else....

edit: ok nevermind...i got a little bit confused and thought it was blues....listening to it now, i remember it's jazz haha
but ill post the link anyway

http://media.putfile.com/MVP---Rocks

Bob Dylan's latest is great

i really don't know hwat you're talking about, but when i think softer chords i think of some of stone sour's songs, or some of the songs off of slipknot's vol. 3 album, best i can think of? lol...

Maybe check out Down, and Corrosion of Conformity. They have a Southern heavy rock sound to them. You might like them.

definitely check out some more clapton. i saw him in concert recently with robert cray and derek trucks and it was the best concert of my life. also check out hendrix's Blues album. if you like this you should also check out stevie ray vaughan.

Led Zeppelin. and definently stevie ray vaughan.

Bob Dylan looks like a scrotum.

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Originally Posted by mrdevious

I'm just sitting here rather high, listening to some music, and I got thinking something.... I've been wanting to find some good mellow music, but it seems the only bands that give that to me are metal bands. Like not dramaticly soft crap, but just softer cords. Then I realized a lot of those chords that I like in soft songs from metal bands are similar to blues. So I'm thinking, are there any bands that do a blues type of music but more like a metal band would do it? Not like that tap your feet to a beat type blues that's more fun than blues, but like more lounge/electric guitar type blues (B.B. king did some of this, I think Eric Clapton did too but I haven't heard a lot of his stuff. Though I think he's awsome from what I've heard). I hope that all makes sense, but if you know what I mean and know a good band that would be awsome.

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www.kpig.com

dai*ma:stoned:

i would also say black sabbath i dont know if any other people can realize this but toni iommi's guitar riffs and solos are all blues based solos and definitly said by The Colonel said Led Zeppelin is almost exactly what you are looking for.. but with all rock & roll (metal included) it was completely formed from Blues.. so every song out their has deep roots to blues so your not particular going to find a band that is exactly metal/blues but more or less a few bands with a few songs like that....

I had been trying to remember the name of a Blues Artist for the longest time, his music was always real nice to jsut chill to..., and his name was always on the tip of my brain but never managed to squeeze his name out of my memory, but after reading this thread I had a surge of long term memory yay! BLIND WILLIE McTELL!!

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Bob Dylan
"But nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell"

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your description made me think of those

liquid tension experiment (i know some members from dream theatre are in it)
planet x
frank zappa


Might be a little more jazzy than blues-ky but hey, it's good shit anyway :)

check out a steve vai song called blue powder