Patrick Bruders is an American musician who is the bassist for heavy metal supergroup Down, former bassist of extreme metal band Goatwhore from 1997 to 2004, and bassist for sludge metal band Crowbar from 2005 until 2013, and since 2025.
In 2008, Bruders joined Eyehategod's side project Outlaw Order and began live bass duties for the band, but has since parted ways with the group. He began touring as live bassist with Down in early 2011, replacing former bassist Rex Brown, before being added as a permanent member, performing live and in studio. Bruders is also a member of the New Orleans–based crust punk band Gasmiasma, Austin-based country band Pure Luck, and joined the doom metal band Saint Vitus in 2016.
In 2025 Bruders returned to Crowbar as a substitute for regular bassist Shane Wesley, who was touring with Acid Bath.
Discography
Goatwhore Date of releaseTitle2000The Eclipse of Ages into Black2003Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun
Crowbar Date of releaseTitle2011Sever the Wicked Hand
Down Date of releaseTitle2012Down IV – Part I2014Down IV – Part II2026Volume V
Gasmiasma Date of releaseTitle2011Trenchrats EP2012Crashermangle2013Krvs Kadavers (live cassette)2014Thermobarbarian Glioblastoma
Personal life Bruders is married to Stephanie Bruders (née Lecompte).
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