Do Saxophones Belong In Metal?

Amorphis used them for a few songs about a decade ago. It was OK.

The sax is my only hope of being on an album! Its the only instrument I can play well!!! LOL!



Arttie

arttieTHE1manparty wrote:

The sax is my only hope of being on an album! Its the only instrument I can play well!!! LOL!

Which do you play? Soprillo, Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, F-Mezzo, C-Melody, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, Subcontrabass, or Double-Subcontrabass?

rattpoison wrote:

I remember a Dream Theater song having a alto sax in it.

Meh if it's right.

Sax is saddly underutilized in rock n' roll, which is a shame. Hanoi Rocks, David Bowie, Little Richard, The Stooges all rocked and rolled hard with the sax.

Lets not forget the mighty Bruce Springsteen, my dear friend!! Clarence Clements for president!!!!!

didn't John Zorn have an extreme metal band on earache early 90's with an emphasis on the saxaphone?

Naked City it was called................although my memory could be wrong

Vordul wrote:

didn't John Zorn have an extreme metal band on earache early 90's with an emphasis on the saxaphone?

Naked City it was called................although my memory could be wrong

I don't think that was considered metal. I know what you're talking about. It was more experimental/avant-garde jazz.

There's an extreme metal band from Chicago called Yakuza who uses a sax in some songs.

ZORN did several "nearly death metal with bursts of insane sax noise" projects...


NAKED CITY, PAINKILLER...he did work with MR BUNGLE which is not quite metal but sure is loud...

Only if its the band Naked City. That band rules!!

Monster Voodoo Machine - Bastard is as Bastard Does:
http://download.yousendit.com/4C73615D0E755D82

Bump for those interested...

I haven't heard that many. There are some, like at the end to Goodbye to Romance by ozzy, but that song isn't metal.

only if played by tony lee......

syrus wrote:

only if played by tony lee......

Who is he?

Having just responded to Warlock and Riot threads I remember that Riot used the instrument on their Privilige of Power release, and Doro on her True at Heart album. None of these songs are among respective artists heavier by a long shot though.

I was listening to my MP3 player today and on came a badass tune with saxophone:

PRO-PAIN - ONE MAN ARMY

And these both have trombones:

DEVIN TOWNSEND - BAD DEVIL
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - ANTIPRODUCT

So yeah, saxophones and trombones can work if done right. Not really shocking that Devin can pull it off, but I'd forgotten about Pro-Pain. The voicebox adds another cool dynamic to that song.

Required Fields wrote:

Monster Voodoo Machine - Bastard is as Bastard Does:
http://download.yousendit.com/4C73615D0E755D82

A favorite band of mine. Surprised to see them mentioned here!

Well, DO they?

Get out of the R.I.P. section, Freddy.

SpectreFate wrote:

Get out of the R.I.P. section, Freddy.

It's a ghost town here today. I gotta do something to keep myself entertained till 5 PM.

Generally i'd say a big "NO" but there is room for exceptions.

I guess if it doesn't overwhelm the music (same goes for keyboards) it can sound alright. There's an instrumental song on Metal Massacre 10 called Egyptian Falcon and the lead instrument is a trumpet(if I'm remembering right) and it sounds great.

no.

Yes, every instrument belongs in metal in my opinion.