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Chris880
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:46 pm 
 
Hello. I generally listen to a lot of symphonic black/death metal witch incorporate tons of keyboards. However, songs that are completely keyboard driven from start to finish are rare.

A good example of what I am looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t3qx81aoPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jQOb7oPlbo

The keyboards dominate these songs from start to finish... Any good recommendations? Thank you.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:37 pm 
 
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Braltika
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:34 am 
 
Kovenant (formerly known as Covenant) has what you seek:
https://youtu.be/rlnfzJKfuh8

Thyrane also:
https://youtu.be/l2azJaWB7r8

Limbonic Art:
https://youtu.be/IPuosoeiq74

Obsidian Gate:
https://youtu.be/_zLncXwGrqY

Evilfeast:
https://youtu.be/5x8GV8epmNU

Carach Angren:
https://youtu.be/USIao3W2W1E
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Chris880
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:38 pm 
 
Thanks everyone! Yes Dimmu happens to be my favorite band actually. Their album "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" is my favorite, and it left me wanting for more of that style.

Does anyone know a symphonic/melodic band that employ high-pitch bells like the ones I linked?
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Braltika
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:01 am 
 
Chris880 wrote:
Does anyone know a symphonic/melodic band that employ high-pitch bells like the ones I linked?


Cradle of Filth has a few, but not with continuous keyboards from start to end, I'm afraid:
https://youtu.be/Dxm3bj8wblY
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Chris880
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:45 am 
 
Yes this is perfect actually, despite dani's vocals... Its ok if the keyboards are not continuous but songs like this one are special.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:35 am 
 
No mention of Summoning? Better get yourself some Summoning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmDnrNwyhK0
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Chris880
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:47 pm 
 
Awesome stuff

I also found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coKVFGTMsMw

Interesting use of bells that create a superb melodic feeling.
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Wilytank
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:31 pm 
 
Chris880 wrote:
bells

I hate to burst your bubble (or I'm glad to provide you with more insight), but the instrument you're hearing isn't bells. If anything, it's a celesta or a glockenspiel or (more likely) an electronic keyboard imitating those instruments.
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Chris880
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:54 am 
 
Yes obviously they are not real bells, and they are played using a synthesizer, which is what im looking for.
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Charlo
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:37 pm 
 
The discussion begins and ends with Bal-Sagoth, the kings of keyboard-slathered black metal. Battle Magic and The Power Cosmic are their most representative albums, in my opinion.
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Wilytank
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:52 am 
 
Chris880 wrote:
Yes obviously they are not real bells, and they are played using a synthesizer, which is what im looking for.

They aren't fake bells either. The glockenspiel is not a bell nor does it resemble one.

But here's a song that does have a bell sound (albeit briefly at the beginning and middle). Limbonic Art was mentioned already, but this song has a bell sounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80OOqlkUSrE
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Braltika
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:36 am 
 
Hey I know you like Dimmu Borgir and especially the synthesized sound used on Entrance from E.D.T.

Do you know this song? https://youtu.be/xmODy1p1qY4
It's a not very well known song from, I think, an instrumental sideproject by Shagrath and a female vocalist. But it does utilise the exact same bell/glockenspiel/whatever sound used in Entrance.
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Chris880
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:13 pm 
 
It's hilarious that I was listening to that song the same moment I read your post for the first time :P

Yeah this is magical. I love it. Not really metal, but still...
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kochujang
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:50 am 
 
I think Tidfall is what you are looking for. Very reminiscent of early Dimmu Borgir:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Jt-_Voe1Q
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Nothingnot
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:20 pm 
 
https://youtu.be/qn0KTOrO72I

Vegard - Call from the Forest.
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Chris880
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:57 pm 
 
Good stuff, the raw production really helps the music on this one rather than ruin it.
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Noidenous
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:27 am 
 
Two that immediately come to mind, but are at opposite ends of how 'involved' the keyboards are (choral/melodic):

Kataxu
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Kataxu/2236

Lunaris
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Lunaris/4787



Some others with fairly prominent keyboards not necessarily 'driven' by them:

Apotheosis
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Apotheosis/7105

Bal-Sagoth
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Bal-Sagoth/12

Ephel Duath (Phormula / Rephormula)
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ephel_Duath/1320

Hortus Animae
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hortus_Animae/8553

Lux Occulta
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Lux_Occulta/1005

Radigost
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Radigost/323

Shining of Kliffoth
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sh ... foth/24394

Strommoussheld (Not technically Black Metal, but similar aesthetic)
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/St ... sHeld/9751

Thy Catafalque
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Th ... lque/31620

Vesania
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Vesania/7383

Virgin Black
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Virgin_Black/93
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:19 am 
 
Dimmu's "Spiritual Black Dimensions"?
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BlackheartSauron
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 6:00 pm 
 
Obsidian Gate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OyDBoTIsyY

Ceremonial Embrace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdAx4Zc2_rw

Darzamat "In the opium of black veil"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUbp8YI8w5o

P.S. I assume you know Emperor, Arcturus, Old Man's Child, Samael and Alastis
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BlackheartSauron
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 6:36 pm 
 
Also, what about cyber black metal like Neurotech "Antagonist", Thee Maldoror Kollective "New Era Viral Order" etc?
If yes, check out also Human Void, T3CHN0PH0B1A, Trollheim's Grott, Void "Posthuman", Vortech, ID:VISION, Deconstructing Sequence

See also this:
https://www.mixcloud.com/mvmn/mmp-e0003 ... oes-synth/
https://www.mixcloud.com/mvmn/mmp-e0004 ... her-synth/
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:00 pm 
 
Hellveto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_FJ3ABMhU

Early Arcturus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwwkBlGW46Q
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:46 am 
 
Obscurcis Romancia - Theater of Deception.
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battle_axes
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:55 pm 
 
Profanum's last two albums are symphonic black metal without guitars.

https://youtu.be/ex2B_zQUOhQ
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:03 pm 
 
battle_axes wrote:
Profanum's last two albums are symphonic black metal without guitars.

https://youtu.be/ex2B_zQUOhQ

Doesn't it eliminate the black metal part? If the asker liked this album, he'd be better off listening to Elend and Dargaard, who this music reminded me of.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:24 pm 
 
Thyrfing - Valdr Galga - extreme keyboard masturbation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HuF-ihq5Qg
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battle_axes
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 1:52 am 
 
Diplomate wrote:
battle_axes wrote:
Profanum's last two albums are symphonic black metal without guitars.

https://youtu.be/ex2B_zQUOhQ

Doesn't it eliminate the black metal part? If the asker liked this album, he'd be better off listening to Elend and Dargaard, who this music reminded me of.

Yes and no. While it's not strictly black metal, obviously, I think the drumming and vocals gives it more commonalities with symphonic black metal than with Dargaard or Elend. Anyhow, I thought Profanun would be a worthwhile suggestion, and if it misses the mark, it misses the mark.
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Noidenous
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:00 pm 
 
Recently discovered Gire.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Gire/23338

Has the keyboardist from Thy Catafalque. Not extreme, as they fit more in the avant-garde category so don't expect the bombast of Dimmu Borgir etc.

Only listened to the 'Energire' demo so far, but I get a mix of older Lux Occulta and Alchemist out of it.

EDIT: Couldn't put my finger on who else it sounded like, but there's shades of Radigost in there. Especially where the drum tone's concerned.

EDIT #2: Now that I've listened to their full-length, it's definitely more extreme in its delivery. Much closer to Thy Catafalque's heaviest stuff.
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Endarkening
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:23 pm 
 
You want keyboards? You need Parnassus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me_ddsM_FtE
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BlackheartSauron
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:38 pm 
 
BTW, I didn't notice initially this thread is not about black metal solely, but death metal as well.
In that case Eternal Tears of Sorrow "The Virgin and the Whore" should come as a fit subject, as this MDM album is full of keyboards.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:47 pm 
 
Seconding Nokturnal Mortum

Countless recommendations I could make, but off the top of my head:

Gehenna, not as 'dominated' by keyboards but they have a prominent presence



The Elysian Fields. Goes nuts at 3:20



The melodies on this early Behexen demo are very keyboard-driven, I think it's excellent



If we're counting death metal, Crematory is very keyboard heavy

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:32 pm 
 
Mirrorthrone is the best I've ever heard.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:27 pm 
 
Empyrium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERI4MGeSMK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pK7aMXGYFA
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:21 pm 
 
Tartaros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33TN43M4n48
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