The "He Really knows His Shit Award" goes to...

[St.James]

The one that can give the name of the song and the band that played this. It's the intro bass line, but the guitar does follow it.

[Infernal Death]

Seems like it's Dreaming in Red from Dismember. Can't check now as i don't have a guitar sitting here.

Flo

[Mr White]

Aye seems very similar to that to me too!!! Finally, one of these I can do!!!

[St.James]

Damn! That was bloody fast!

It is indeed Dreaming In Red by Dismember.

[Fragle]

it kinda looks like the bridge riff of death's spirit crusher, though

[circle of the tyrants]

I was going to cheat by using the "properties" link and try to find it on the web somewhere, but St. James was too smart for that!

It said !!

[St.James]

Naughty Naughty.

[texasfury]

Missing a bars lines on both staves, and short an eight beat on the first staff?

OK, here's a classic metal bass line from the 80s, the song starts out like this.

[Evol]

Killers - Iron Maiden?

[RacerX]

Maiden - Murders in the Rue Morgue ?

[Creepy]

Killers - Iron Maiden?

Sounds right to me.

[MadJack]

number of the beast...not. hell, I don't know.