Greatest Metal Bassist

After a monthlong tournament, Iron Maiden's Steve Harris has been named the Greatest Metal Bassist by our readers! The galloping Maiden mastermind defeated a very worthy opponent, Dream Theater's John Myung, in the final round, earning the title of the Greatest of All Time!

This is it! We've made it to the final round of our Greatest Metal Bassist competition. Having started with 32 bassists, we're now down to only two. This matchup is for the gold and we couldn't have asked for a much better final pairing than this!

The votes just keep flooding in for our Greatest Metal Bassist competition. Well into the hundreds of thousands yet again, you made your voices heard and pushed four of metal's most acclaimed bassists into the semifinals.

It doesn't get more legendary than Cliff Burton and Steve Harris! Support for both of these musicians has been overwhelming ever since we launched our Greatest Metal Bassist tournament. In what's sure to be a tough fight, these two classic metal bassists battle for supremacy.

We've got two semifinal battles for you to vote on and both feature incredibly intriguing matchups. In this first battle, two of the genre's most progressive bassists go head-to-head for a spot in the finals.

After starting with 32 contenders, we now are left with only eight. Round 2 of our Greatest Metal Bassist tournament has concluded and, holy hell, do we have some great matchups in the quarterfinals!

In this fourth and last quarterfinal matchup, we've got two massive personalities who have creatively spearheaded their respective bands.

Two of thrash metal's finest make it to the quarterfinals of our Greatest Metal Bassist competition. Get ready for this 'Big 4' battle.

This Greatest Metal Bassist tournament is now offering you a battle between modern day legends. Driving force meets technique in this quarterfinal match.

Ready for our first quarterfinal matchup? We've got a tough one for you right off the bat, pitting an original master against a technical virtuoso.