Metal where Organ plays a dominant role in the music

[NinjaGeek]

I realize there are probably 1000 bands that use organ or organ sounding keyboards. But are any bands that do it really well, and have it play a dominant role in the music? IE: not just for intros, or vaguely in the background for atmosphere. Real organ preferred, organ sounding keyboard is alright though.

 

[xAzagthothx]

I know Clutch always featured a Hammond B3 organ pretty heavily... I'm not into them, but my girlfriend is, and plays it in her car a lot. So that might be a starting point...

unless you're talking about more extreme stuff.... but what do you mean by organ? Like Hammond B3/Allman Brothers/classic rock organ, or SYNTHESIZER stuff, like Bodom or Old Man's Child?

I always thought Old Man's Child was really good with that... they feature prominent keyboard playing, but its not gay and stupid like Cradle of Filth. "In Defiance of Existence" is my favorite.... its totally awesome. The only drawback is that its almost TOO clean, because the end of the first track gets into this fucking HEAVVVVY segment with Nick Barker messing with the drummer rythms and it just doesn't have the balls of a more.... "atmospheric" and "organic" production, like on Incantation's "Onward to Golgotha" or Morbid Angel's "Formulas Fatal To The Flesh"

 

[Lateralus14]

Skepticism

 

[Phrozenspite]

Skepticism

Indeed
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[Pessimism]

Pantheist

 

[Pyro Stick]

Acid Witch? Although they only use organs in a few songs so its not that dominant but it gives them a unique sound.

 

[Evil?]

New Hammers of Misfortune has lots of Organ.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Orodruin - Epicurean Mass

 

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

Negative Plane's Et In Saecula Saeculorum has them using Mike Browning of Nocturnus fame's organ for the organ parts. I forget if there are many though.

 

[CF87]

Skepticism

Amazing album, does funeral doom get any better than this ?. I'm pretty big into Death/Doom and have not heard much funeral doom and have been listening this album on and off for weeks.

 

[Lateralus14]

Depends what you like really. Skepticism are pretty much the masters of simple organ-infused funeral doom, but there's bands that do great things with just guitars, bands that focus on the whole low-fi production and dark atmosphere thing, and bands that incorporate synths and other elements of ambient.

 

[Chanakya]

Therion

 

[Matt]

Therion

Utterly deceptive twaddle speak, says I.

 

[Chanakya]

I respectfully disagree.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Spiritual Beggars use a lot of hammond... Ad Astra is awesome, buy it!