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Re: most unusual instrument you seen a metal band play Alchemist have used didgeridoos before as well. I also think Suspyre used a saxophone at one point. Heidevolk has used a Jew's harp which actually worked well. But this here... JL8UTjXoJwg IZ EPIK. :P

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Re: most unusual instrument you seen a metal band play Seriously though, I really want to see an aboriginal band from Australia incorporating some didgeridoo into their music. It's one of my favorite instruments; it can throw in both atmosphere and a sense of exotic music simultaneously with those odd vibes. Inlakesh is a band which does didgeridoo music. Just throw in some electric guitar, drums, bass and some odd ethereal vocals and you would have a very unique experience.

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Didgeridoo is epic. I have two myself' date=' impossible to play...[/quote'] How on earth do you manage to have money on hand for TWO of those? They usually go for about $100 (or about 550 Norwegian krone) or more where I am. Well, I wouldn't be surprised if you found them impossible to play professionally, because I've tried playing a didgeridoo...and I wasn't good. I was rather quiet and I couldn't pull off the barking noises that many professional didgeridoo players can. In addition, they have apparently perfected a method of breathing through their noses and out of their mouths in order to play for as long as they do. But I actually synced some of my didgeridoo music to Templars of Steel by HammerFall. It actually worked; the main rhythm for the didgeridoo kicked in when the main rhythm for the song started. It was up-tempo and more interesting than you average didgeridoo and it actually really worked with the music. Shangren also plays some Chinese folk instruments but I don't know what to call them.
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Re: most unusual instrument you seen a metal band play My sister bought them in Australia, actually :D And yeah, the breathing technique is essential for playing didgeridoo, without it, I, at least, can't play long enough to have the time to make that "barking noise" as you call it.

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Re: most unusual instrument you seen a metal band play All right, thanks for clarifying. Actually, that breathing technique reminds me of when I first tried to play guitar and my fingers just were not strong enough to hold down the string. I really has to throttle the neck to play something resembling a clean note, so I didn't think I had the slightest chance of playing this thing until my fingers got hard enough to play.

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Re: most unusual instrument you seen a metal band play The bass player in my band actually owns a didgeridoo, and I have been begging him to use it in a song sometime. The didgeridoo is a great instrument, and he can actually play it well. I wish I could own one, even though I probably wouldn't know how to play it. xD

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The bass player in my band actually owns a didgeridoo' date=' and I have been begging him to use it in a song sometime. The didgeridoo is a great instrument, and he can actually play it well. [/quote'] Definitely. That musical element alone, if significant enough in the music, would be enough to set you apart from a vast majority of the bands out there.
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Re: most unusual instrument you seen a metal band play :shock: Arnold Schwarzenegger is in a metal band? :lol: That was hilarious. "Jaa, we haave tuned daaauwn de didgeridoo so eet's maaach heviahhh, maach moa deth metaaaal." Man, my poor abs are dying...

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