Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything.

With yesterday’s passing of The Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek, it got us thinking about the most maligned instrument in metal: the keyboard. While synths and keyboards aren’t the core part of a stereotypical “metal” band, there are definitely a decent amount of heavier bands that are what they are because of their use of keyboards. With that in mind, here’s our completely not all-encompassing slightly more than top five list of bands featuring keyboards.