Bands that have Piano work by the truckload?!?!?

[Reign in Acai]

I don't care what genre. Just recommend me some good bands that have heavy amounts of piano in their music. And I mean Piano...Not Keyboard!!! I have a fondness towards classical instruments. All recommendations accepted and highly appreciated! Have a good weekend!

pi·a·nis·si·mo

 

[machine]

symphony X

Deep Purple

Elton John

Eternity X

 

[Reign in Acai]

Hmmm l I'm looking for more eerie Phantom of the Opera type shit. Thanks for the assistance though. Maybe some Neo-Classical? :shrugs:

 

[Reign in Acai]

I'm thinking you would probably always need a truck to load a piano

BAH not funny

Haha

Surprisingly, that was actually mildly amusing my good man.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

If only he didn't say the word "work" after piano.

Check out Eternity X. It's mainly synths they use, but there are some tracks that are all electric pianos instead of synths. They're pretty decent, but The Edge is incredibly inconsistent and practically emotionless.

 

[machine]

Maybe some Neo-Classical? :shrugs:

marillion

pendragon

IQ

 

[ThePhilosopher]

Check out Pain of Salvation. They only use keyboards for background effect, but the use of piano is usually pretty dominant in a lot of their songs.

 

[Demiurge]

Sortsind(raw black metal with piano), Angantyr(burzumish black metal with piano)

 

[machine]

Sortsind(raw black metal with piano), Angantyr(burzumish black metal with piano)

I think he meant piano used in a less-ridiculous manner.

 

[polarity]

Winds

 

[Slayed Necros]

I think he meant piano used in a less-ridiculous manner.

What's ridiculous about the way these band utilize piano in their sound?

 

[Naggamanteh]

Check out Xytras - Passage, it is almost only piano with some minor background effect here and there. Melodies from Samael's Passage are used (I don't know if it's members of Samael playing piano or not), but the music bears little resemblance to that album.

 

[Psychonaut]

^ win

 

[genocide roach]

peccatum
~gR~

 

[Stormwatch]

Errr.....Jethro fucking Tull, my good man?
Check out the intro to "Locomotive Breath" for a starter, but they had one of the best piano players ever in John Evans. Tull music is full of incredible piano/flute/drum/bass//guitar/vocal/classical/fucking EVERYTHING stuff! Download "Wind Up" for an example of utter genius.

 

[genocide roach]

jethro tull is good. i enjoy "living in the past" the remade version (featured on 20 years of jethro tull)
~gR~

 

[J.]

Arcane Sun has a brilliant long piano piece in their only album.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Evoken

 

[speed]

Yeah that second song on the Arcane SUn song, is mostly piano. queensryche has some excellent piano moments especially on Promised Land.

 

[Goffdahl]

I don't care what genre. Just recommend me some good bands that have heavy amounts of piano in their music. And I mean Piano...Not Keyboard!!! I have a fondness towards classical instruments. All recommendations accepted and highly appreciated! Have a good weekend!

pi·a·nis·si·mo

Have you heard Haggard? This band is almost an entire sympony ochestra including piano.

Other than this Embraced immediately comes to mind... They both use keys and piano.