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#1 September 20, 2007, 11:38:35 am

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Alright, I hope this is in the right place! I'm looking for some heavier songs and/or bands that have a piano or keyboard in them that isn't completely drowned out by the other instruments. No death-metal or anything like that. Something more like the Manowar song Heart of Steel.

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#2 September 20, 2007, 12:34:27 pm

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This band Dropping Daylight is really pianocentric, but they are contemp alt rock kindastuff.

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#3 September 20, 2007, 01:06:31 pm

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Ironic that you say death metal. Pick up Haven by Dark Tranquillity; Martin Brandstrom is very recognizable in Dark Tranquillity's music.

Other than that, however, there ave many metal bands out there with prominant keyboardists. For My Pain... has Nightwish's keyboardist/composer in a more prominent role. Arcturus makes a lot of use of straight piano, especially in Sideshow Symphonies. The Black Mages have extremely noticeable keyboardists. ...And of course there is always Dream Theater.

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#4 September 20, 2007, 03:58:36 pm

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Sonata Arcticaaaaaa. Especially FullMoon and Gravenimage.

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#5 September 20, 2007, 06:02:22 pm

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Mute Math's song "Chaos" has this intense piano solo in the middle. Apart from that, I don't know...classical stuff CAN get pretty instense, you know.

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#6 September 20, 2007, 06:12:01 pm

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Also the coda of Layla.

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#7 September 20, 2007, 06:36:28 pm

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Becoming the Archetype - Elegy has a sweet piano part in it.

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#8 September 20, 2007, 08:26:15 pm

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Rachmaninoff? Is that heavy enough?

Play Raimond Ex (if you haven't already)

I'll not TAKE ANYTHING you write like this seriously because it looks dumb

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#9 September 20, 2007, 08:35:14 pm

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Dresden Dolls, DUH

boop oop a doop

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#10 September 20, 2007, 09:26:09 pm

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on September 20, 2007, 08:26:15 pm

Rachmaninoff? Is that heavy enough?

yeah this is pretty much what I was going to say

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#11 September 20, 2007, 09:28:35 pm

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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#12 September 21, 2007, 12:13:39 am

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I'm not really looking for classical music. I mean, I do enjoy it, it's just not what I'm looking for at the moment. More contemporary.

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Shepperd

#13 September 21, 2007, 12:48:19 am

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You think I'm joking here, huh

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#14 September 21, 2007, 01:34:15 am

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There are a lot of Elliott Smith songs that have the piano in them. Try his last album, From a Basement on a Hill. I think there are a lot of piano songs on that.

King's Crossing
Waltz #2

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

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Farren

#15 September 21, 2007, 02:08:58 am

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oh I'm pretty sure there is a muse song with some jawsome piano work in it.

Apocalypse Please on the absolution album

And the Imagine cover by A Perfect circle has alot of piano in it too

DEUCE: MEETING THE URINE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND REALIZING IT'S JUST LIKE ME AND MY PREJUDICES THIS WHOLE TIME WERE COMPLETELY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF PTTTTHTHTHH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE<br />DEUCE: FUCK THIS TASTES LIKE PISS<br />PANTS: WHERE IT SHOULD TASTE LIKE COTTON CANDY OR PICKLES<br />DEUCE: OR AT LEAST LIKE URINE NOT PISS

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#16 September 21, 2007, 06:17:04 pm

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Quote from: Polygon on September 21, 2007, 12:13:39 am

I'm not really looking for classical music. I mean, I do enjoy it, it's just not what I'm looking for at the moment. More contemporary.

Beethoven is romantic, not classic, also Raichmaninoff is almost contemporary

Play Raimond Ex (if you haven't already)

I'll not TAKE ANYTHING you write like this seriously because it looks dumb

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Wash Cycle

#17 September 21, 2007, 06:25:35 pm

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on September 21, 2007, 06:17:04 pm

Beethoven is romantic, not classic, also Raichmaninoff is almost contemporary

you know what he meant jesus christ

uhh for all its worth Dave Brubeck is pretty heavy handed on the piano, yes the rest of the band is light and airy especially paul desmond and the drums are mostly brushes, but some of his piano parts are absolutely visceral

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#18 September 21, 2007, 08:35:28 pm

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Quote from: Wash Cycle on September 21, 2007, 06:25:35 pm

you know what he meant jesus christ

uhh for all its worth Dave Brubeck is pretty heavy handed on the piano, yes the rest of the band is light and airy especially paul desmond and the drums are mostly brushes, but some of his piano parts are absolutely visceral

Listen to this man.

Also, for whats it worth, Chick Corea is a great pianist with some darker stuff.
Particularly, his performance at Jazz Legends was very powerful.

As the matter of fact.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PnSC0tRmya4

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Wash Cycle

#19 September 21, 2007, 09:53:09 pm

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Yeah I have a Chick Corea album where hes playing with uhh like Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes and Dave Holland

there are some excellent piano parts (and also vibraphone which is an awesome instrument)

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Killer Wolf

#20 September 28, 2007, 05:24:36 pm

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Disc two of Samael's Passage. All the same songs from disc one, only done as Neo-Classical peices on paino. And technically since Samael is Black Metal this doesn't go against your "no death metal" admonition.

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