Strangest Instrument in a metal song?

[Diet Kirk]

I just had pop into my head a breakdown from the song of a band who's name fails me that included a xylophone.

What are the strangest instruments you have ever heard incorporated into a metal song?

 

[ghost_of_karelia]

Bagpipes.

 

[celticelk]

Botanist

 

[Nats]

Nowadays? Un-triggered drums.

 

[feraledge]

Nile probably wins this one.

But, saxophone:

 

[Diet Kirk]

Nile probably wins this one.

But, saxophone:

This I really liked! Although the band in general was not quite my thing that was suitably crazy enough!

 

[redstone]

Women.


haha

 

[sniperfreak223]

if you count Rammstein as metal, accordion...

 

[celticelk]

Nile probably wins this one.

But, saxophone:

Yakuza's frontman plays sax as well, so there's a fair bit of sax in their output. Latest album streams at Beyul | Profound Lore Records.

 

[jay moth]

Ozark harp.



Skip to 2:05 for some solo action.

And of course, true black metal banjo:



3:17 onwards.

 

[Scordare]

Flute. Master!

 

[elnyrb10]

Nowadays? Un-triggered drums.

you totally just won life

 

[RV350ALSCYTHE]

What are the strangest instruments you have ever heard incorporated into a metal song?

Bass Guitar.

 

[JoshuaVonFlash]

Bass Guitar.

That's Black Metal

 

[wankerness]

That banjo thing is awesome. Saxophone gets used on zillions of rock songs and a fair amount of metal (besides the aforementioned, Shining uses it a lot, I remember Amorphis and some other bands like that have used it here and there) so I don't find that weird. Here's another Taake song which I think might top the banjo, I don't even know what you call this instrument, so I'll just say it's called the BOINNGGGGGG!


Skip to 3:00.

Korn ruined the bagpipes, I think.

 

[teamSKDM]

that australian instrument, the didgeridoo? in the beginning. at least im pretty sure it is?

 

[oompa]

Here is another diggeridoo in metal:





Also this thread should be swarming with SGM lol

 

[celticelk]

Korn ruined the bagpipes, I think.

Even Korn cannot ruin the bagpipes.

 

[yingmin]

I've been noticing an awful lot of jaw harp in black metal. I'll have to check later, but I'm pretty sure I remember hearing it in Taake, Solefald and maybe Deathspell Omega.

 

[Zalbu]

Folk metal has a lot of kickass instruments, just look at this lineup!