Recent content by Xanthochroid

Wow, thanks for a warm welcome to the Opeth forum. Geez, I'm sorry that I think metal is the best, and by the way I wasn't really insulting jazz, I was just saying I don't like it. As an experienced pianist, I HAVE played and studied jazz, so I DO know what I am talking about when I say that...

What I meant was that as far as contemporary music goes, metal requires the most skill; well certain types of metal. I guess jazz ranks up there too, but I'm not gonna get anywhere playing that, and I just plain don't like it, besides, Opeth's use of scale changes and abstract chords shows jazz...

I am the keyboardist in my band Xanthochroid. Keyboards are an absolutely integral part of our music, mostly because I started the band, obviously I'm not gonna have any prejudice towards keyboards. I listen to all kinds of metal, hell, i dont care if there's an accordion solo, as long as it...