Keyboards=Cheesy?

[Nightmarez]

You guys tell me what you think...

I for one, think that as long as they're not overdone, keyboards can add just the right feeling, or mood to the song. They add sort of a balance if they're put in the right spot at the right time. However... constant keyboarding over guitar can get very annoying...very fast... at least to me that is.

 

[Sonnenritter]

Personally, I love synth based music. But I prefer instruments like the viola, violin, and cello to any keyboard or synth. It depends on the band really. You don't expect/want to hear a keyboard on a Slayer album, but you would an Old Man's Child album.

 

[Hatebreeder33]

sometimes i like alot of keyboards...other times i don't and they get annoying.

 

[FailingAcension]

I usually enjoy keyboard stuff...

 

[Kveldssanger]

As Sonnenritter said it all depends on the band or the album (or the kind of music)... Keyboards are great as long as they can fit in the music and not just be there to impress the listener (or cover the musical problems of the band)....

 

[union9]

Originally posted by Kveldssanger
As Sonnenritter said it all depends on the band or the album (or the kind of music)... Keyboards are great as long as they can fit in the music and not just be there to impress the listener (or cover the musical problems of the band)....

I agree.

 

[_A_SCARLET_SUNSET_]

Keys are, correctley used, a great instrument to add some darkness to a song. I love those parts in songs, when a distorted guitar is underlayed by an organ, piano or violin. But on the other hand, of course, you can use a keyboard to make your song sound cheesy... just think of what pop music is mainly made with. It's a question of how you use it

 

[Nocturnal Emperor]

i like keyboards and synth alot i adore them in black metal when bands like emperor and dimmu borgir use them to help create a great atmosphere.

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

It depends the type of band but I usually enjoy keyboard parts

 

[Board]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32721

 

[LordFireworm]

THE CURE!!!

Keyboards rock.
Eamonn

 

[manuelgv]

I like Keyboard oriented bands like Arcturus,Samael and other of the kind
I don't like it when it's all keyboards and nothing else
tho I love the Xytras extra cd on passage

 

[~UlvedaL~]

Its not what they do; Its the way they do it!

 

[no country for old wainds]

I think that keyboards add alot of atmosphere, and work well with alot of the more melodic, dark shit. I don't think they'd be any good in a thrash band though...but yeah, a thumbs up for keyboards.

 

[King Of Terror]

I like keyboards, but not when the songs are based around them. As long as they are for backround and effect its cool

 

[Draxx]

Just like guitars, drumming and other parts of a band, I enjoy every bit of keyboarding as long as it stays imaginative.

 

[Dvoters]

Perfect example : Dream Theater. Has anyone seen the Metropolis 2000 DVD?? God the keyboarder/ist is fucking crazy!! Him and John Petrucci do some massive solo in sync, sounds awesome.
I love keys, they give songs more atmosphere

\m/

 

[Board]

As I said in the link I posted, I think Dream Theater has that gross 80's keyboard crap sound on their "Images & words" album. Granted, it was in '92, so I hope it has improved since, but I wouldn't know as I haven't heard any of their other records.

 

[FatesDemiseguitarist]

I agree that on images and words dreamtheater sounded cheesy ...but i enjoy there other albums and i think key boards sound great as atmosphere but the key's player starts playing guitar shit is when it goes downhill because all he/she is doing is playing a guitar solo on keyboard...complete w/artificial guitar sound and all

 

[Nightmarez]

Hmm.. artificial guitar sound... no... just doesn't do it for me.