thankyousir

It is hard to describe, but it seems like one common denominator in the metal that I like (though not the only thing) is that metal is EXCITING, deep, loud bass, that is more staccato. It seems like a lot of today's alternative metal is just a lot of sustained chords that are never hit particularly hard on the bass.

a band that shows this well, I think is Disturbed. where they have a lot of short low riffs along with chords in a song. Although I sort of find this in Nu metal, I don't like a lot of this genre because I don't like the angry repetitive stuff, like slipknot where it is just a fast repeated riff over and over again shouting something. Same goes for a lot of death metal it seems. It seems to loose musicality when it does this. But other than that it seems like Nu metal is the closest genre to what I am describing. there have been a few other Nu metal bands that are fairly good like Adema's earlier stuff.

I guess I just don't like growling when it is purely growling and screaming vocals. Though I don't mind rough vocals as long as it is not death metal. like tool or disturbed or seether or heck basically anything

Lacuna coil's most recent album has a lot of bass, and it is faster and more energetic (not that their previous stuff was bad, I like the slower gothic metal too)

Rammstein and oomph do this pretty well, I have heard Rammstein's style as being like a train with a chugga chugga sound. However I can't get past the fact that they are singing in german I don't know why, I also don't like it when they are critical of america. It is okay when an american band does it but it kinda creepy when a german band does it :P

I have found a lot of good metal bands that don't have this quality particularly, but it is this quality, a lot of loud bass that has a lot of interspaced short riffs among the chords that makes metal exciting to me.

I am not sure if my post makes any sense, hopefully it does.

DiffEng

Here are some suggestions. I've given you some ideas that aren't strictly metal, per se. There's some industrial/electronic stuff here too, mainly because these bands are still heavy, and still give some of that strong beat you like. I'd say all of these bands are heavy, even if they aren't exactly metal.

Emigrate
Eisbrecher (they sing in German though)
KMFDM
Covenant
Children of Bodom (not real bass/rhythm oriented, but musically interesting)

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Challah

A few bands from the "Best Metal" thread. And Meshuggah.

Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages Fantastic, audible bass.
Om - Pilgrimage Just drums, bass and vocals.
Protest the Hero - Kezia Great bass player, sometimes buried in the mix.
Meshuggah - Nothing (and everything after it) Not exactly what you're asking for, but I think you'll find that the guitars... well, you'll see.

I should point out that none of these bands are similar to the bands you mentioned. I just went for quality bass. Meshuggah is probably your best bet, though you might not like the vocals. All of their albums are unique, so if you're listening to a track and you don't like it, try something from a different album.