That’s not a song, but Metal Hammer readers have voted Steve Harris the best metal bassist ever. Which seems pretty apt, that guy is nuts on the bass.

I think it also helps that he’s writing a lot of Iron Maiden’s songs. Means he gets hands-on with the structure of the songs and how the bass fits into it. A hell of a lot better than most metal bands just tuning the bass out of the mix.

So today we’ll scope out songs I think really show off his chops.

The Duelists: Listen to the guitar solo around the 4 minute mark, you can hear the bass line providing a support structure the whole way through. It fills out the sound nicely

The Trooper: This one is in Rocksmith. And as someone learning to bass, I thought I’d give it a try. It took a few tries before I could do the gallop rhythm while finger picking. But once I got it, it felt awesome. I don’t think I was playing all the notes that are in the song, but I enjoyed the ones I did play.

Hallowed Be Thy Name: Even live the bass is in there kicking ass. Just watch his hand. It looks like he’s picking, that’s all fingers. I have to imagine he doesn’t have fingerprints anymore. Or they spell out “IRON MAIDEN.”