Written by Guest on 28.08.2011 at 19:30

Honestly...no one.

What are you meaning there's a lot of professional keyboardist here.

Whichever one has the biggest bewbs. That's why they're in the band, right?

Definitely Steinar Sverd Johnsen from Arcturus. The Keyboard solos on Sham Mirrors own.

Can't say I really care but I'd probably go with Mirai or Swano if I had to.

Written by Metal_4Ever on 29.08.2011 at 03:48

Written by Guest on 28.08.2011 at 19:30

Honestly...no one.

What are you meaning there's a lot of professional keyboardist here.

JD said something very true. Keyboards and metal DON'T mix well.

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:03

JD said something very true. Keyboard and metal DON'T mix well.

I think you're find when it's done right it works extremely well.

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:10

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:03

JD said something very true. Keyboard and metal DON'T mix well.

I think you're find when it's done right it works extremely well.

Honestly, I've never found it done right...

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:12

Honestly, I've never found it done right...

Yet you have Ensiferum and Finntroll in your favourite bands.

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:15

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:12

Honestly, I've never found it done right...

Yet you have Ensiferum and Finntroll in your favourite bands.

Finntroll's keyboard solos are very ANNOYING.

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:18


Finntroll are very ANNOYING.

Corrected for accuracy.

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:18

Written by Guest on 29.08.2011 at 18:18


Finntroll are very ANNOYING.

Corrected for accuracy.

Sometimes.

Tuomas Holopainen without a doubt.

I love the work Frederik Hermansson from Pain of Salvation provided. His melodies covered a wide range of moods, going from happy and delicate, to sad and brooding, to climatic and cathartic, he covered it all. He's also quite technical as well with his keyboard solos. It's too bad he left the band though.

Well keyboards are not my fav instrument in most of the musics I'm interested in however I like Jonathan Douglas "Jon" Lord's job in Deep Purple.

Probably either Mustis, Stian Aarstad or Rowan London.

Dunno actually, I overlook them a lot.

Oleg Smirnoff (ex-Vision Divine), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), and Richard Andersson (Time Requiem). Andersson is a real beast in the keyboards!

Deep purple's jon lord

Mustis. He's done the keys, piano and snything with DB and his haunting stage presence is probably the only thing I ever liked watching DB live (for me they are one of the worst live bands ever). His work on PEM is simply incredible and he was also involved in the composing process, so that's a double thumbs up. I miss Mustis :'(

Written by deadone on 13.05.2014 at 05:11

The one's that leave metal permanently.

You do realize Dark Tranquillity have a keyboardist, right? Because you include them as one of your "favorite bands", so you should know that.

Written by deadone on 13.05.2014 at 05:11

The one's that leave metal permanently.

Why am I not surprised? =D

Written by Alex F on 13.05.2014 at 19:40

You do realize Dark Tranquillity have a keyboardist, right? Because you include them as one of your "favorite bands", so you should know that.

As well as Children of Bodom, Edge of Sanity, Cradle of Filth, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden etc...

Written by deadone on 14.05.2014 at 01:51

Yeah. I also like Cradle of Filth, Children Of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, Faith No More and other bands that use them. But most of the stuff I like is down to basics - vocalist, 1-2 guitars, bass guitar and drums - as God himself intended it.


To be fair I don't mind them in moderate doses and most importantly done well. And they should generally never override the guitars IMO.


A lot of modern stuff is infested with heavy generic keyboards usage. I don't like that. And it seems it's now expected that Melodic DM or Power Metal bands have keyboards.

If I'm being honest I didn't expect a valid response to that, but I really appreciate it. I'm actually of nearly the same state of mind, although I may appreciate keyboard usage more as I play the keyboard, and am totally for breaking the "basics" band setup (as you stated in your comment)

Keyboards are totally metal! Guitars should GTFO.

Written by Guest on 14.05.2014 at 04:04

Keyboards are totally metal! Guitars should GTFO.

relevant

Vitalij Kupriji (Artension) and Kevin Codfert (Adagio) come to mind. Vitalij in particular is a touring classical pianist. Saw him live with Trans-Siberian and he just all of a sudden broke into a Chopin Etude like it was nothing.

Written by deadone on 14.05.2014 at 04:12

A defining feature of metal is guitars. So can a band with no guitars still be a metal band?

Botanist. No guitars, regular or bass.

How about Vincent Crane of Atomic Rooster? Pretty cool. plays mostly piano and organ though. Don't really a lot of keyboardists.

Written by deadone on 14.05.2014 at 04:12
A defining feature of metal is guitars. So can a band with no guitars still be a metal band?

Written by deadone on 14.05.2014 at 04:12
So can a band with no guitars still be a metal band?