A German Power Metal Poll
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Topic: A German Power Metal Poll
Posted By: adg211288
Subject: A German Power Metal Poll
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 5:43pm
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German power metal bands. Pick your favourite...but of course, I someone didn't include your favourite for which I am sorry, pick the Other option and then tell us why they're so great. Hopefully though I didn't miss any of the scene's major acts. For me I love a lot of these bands, but the one I have to vote for will always have to be Blind Guardian, my favourite band. ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
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Posted By: DippoMagoo
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 5:50pm
| This is a tough one for me. I might need to come back to it later, It's basically down to four bands: Blind Guardian, Freedom Call, Orden Ogan and Powerwolf. I've obviously been listening to the first of those for the longest time out of the four, but the other three have all given me some of my favorite albums of the last few years, so it's a hard choice. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 6:26pm
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I'll have to think about it, but for me it's probably a tie between Helloween and Gamma Ray. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 12:05am
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I only listen to five bands from this long list Blind Guardian Helloween Masterplan Symphorce Silent Force I listen to just a bit of power metal these days voted for Helloween. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 3:22am
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Not exactly a genre I´m an Expert in or typically enjoy much, so I´ll have to go with Helloween because of their early output, which I find superb. Blind Guardian comes in as a close second for their mid-period releases (90s releases). ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 3:30am
| Iron Savior, followed by Gamma Ray, Edguy, Helloween and Grave Digger (in no particular order). |
Posted By: Dobbie03
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 4:15am
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I'm not big on Power Metal but I do like early Helloween and the first two Iced Earth. |
Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 5:00am
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Angel Dust - criminally underrated. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/angel-dust/?ac=angel%20dust" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/angel-dust/?ac=angel%20dust ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 
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Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 5:16am
^ Angel Dust is pretty great band, but it's not a simple power metal band,it's a lot more, maybe this is why they are interesting.  |
Posted By: Vic
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 9:41am
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Ι would add Brainstorm to the list. Some great albums with character. The best german power metal bands for me are Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian and Running Wild, followed by Rage. Helloween 1985-1988 are one of my favorite bands. Gamma Ray 1990-1995 (plus up to 2004 I would say) are also one of my favorite bands (so, I usually say "Kai Hansen, when asked about my favorite bands). I think their 4 Ralf Scheepers albums are monumental, very original and very different. Land of the Free is the true Keeper of the Seven Keys part III. Nuff' said. Blind Guardian 1988 - 2001 (emphasis 1990-1998) are one of my favorite bands. Running Wild 1987-1998 are one of my favorite bands and I find that they are getting increasingly underrated, people forget that they have a long streak of incredible songs, among the finest in the entire metal genre, we are talking Iron Maiden, King Diamond numbers and quality standards. Rock n' Rolf is an extremely underrated songwriter. Of course he has himself to blame for that... I could vote for any of the four but I went for Gamma Ray, since they were my favorite band for a while. ------------- 42 |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 9:50am
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I went with Gamma Ray, mainly because they're one the bands that got me into Power Metal. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Psydye
Date Posted: 20 May 2015 at 9:49pm
I'm gonna have to listen to a LOT more of these to say for sure, but for now, probably Iron Savior! Love their sci fi lyrics and vocals, and the incredibly melodic instrumentation! SO CATCHY!! |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 20 May 2015 at 9:53pm
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^Iron Savior kicks ass ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: 21 May 2015 at 3:33pm
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Stormwitch, though they're rather trad. hm. ------------- All that is over. Today, I know how to celebrate beauty. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 22 May 2015 at 12:29pm
| I've a soft spot for Grave Digger so they get my vote. honourable mentions to Helloween and Gamma Ray. |
Posted By: powermetal2000
Date Posted: 22 May 2015 at 3:45pm
| Lots of good bands here and several great ones too, but it has to be Blind Guardian. Not the most productive band out there but in terms of consistency there's few finer. |
Posted By: 666sharon666
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2015 at 5:15pm
| There are a lot of bands I enjoy here, but I find it hard to ignore Blind Guardian on a list like this. |
Posted By: DippoMagoo
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2015 at 7:51pm
| I had been holding off for a while, but the new Powerwolf album has made it clear I'm just so addicted to their formula, so I ended up voting for them. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2015 at 9:34pm
| Helloween, probably. |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 1:29am
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Love old school Helloween until they shit the bed with Pink Bubbles Go Ape, but I've always had a soft spot for Rage. It used to be one of my favourite message board baiting topics: name your favourite Rage album. Then you'd get young ones coming back with "the first one" or "Evil Empire", and "Tom Morello is such a good guitar player". Then I would come back with "Secrets In A Weird World" or "End Of Days" and "Tom Morello didn't play on those ones, which is why they are so good".
I know, very childish, and someone my age should know better, but if I managed to direct even one clown trousered nu-metal fool in the right direction, then I've made the world a better place. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:05am
RATM isn't nu-metal, but I do agree that Morello's guitar solos can be really annoying.
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Vim Fuego wrote:Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:13am
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I know RATM isn't nu-metal, but it seemed to aapeal to a lot of nu-metal fans. One of the the best quotes I ever read on the Kerrang! message board was "Have any of you guys heard of RATM? They sound just like Rage Against The Machine!"
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:16am
Wow, I really hope they were joking, if not then that's pretty dense. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:19am
| Um, no. No joke... I used to moderate there. K! magazine changed a lot and attracted of pop fans. I haven't read it in quite a few years, so I don't know if it's still like that or not. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:24am
^Wow...that's a new low. I think my IQ dropped just by knowing that someone actually legitimately said that.  ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 8:17am
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As a teenager I used to occasionally buy Kerrang! It was always a little high on the glossy pictures of good looking bands, but also had some good writers too. My son bought it recently, and it's certainly geared towards a younger pop-punk audience these days. My reading of Kerrang was prior to the internet and on-line streaming, and K! was a good way of picking up on new bands and some more obscure stuff. In fact along with Sounds and the BBC Friday Rock Show, it was the only way!
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Posted By: powermetal2000
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:31pm
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Kerrang? I think you mean Kerrapp! |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:38pm
For context, when I was a teenager, cassette tapes were exciting technology. And home PCs had 16k of RAM. A lot has changed save then, including Kerrang or whatever you call it 
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Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:51pm
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I had a few issues of Kerrang in my time, but I used to subscribe to Metal Hammer. It wasn't perfect for my taste all the time, but I did find more bands than I would have done before we had the Internet in my house. Stopped having t after a while because the Internet had replaced my need for it. I also used to watch the Scuzz TV station, but got bored of that. It seemed really good at first but gradually it just seemed to be the same videos all the time. I sometimes put it on for a look and always seem to get something that I was seeing almost a decade ago. ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 4:31pm
| Kerrang was good in the 80's and i used to get every copy - still have the first 100 or so stashed away. It seemed to turn crap around the time all this so called nu-metal came along and is definitely more aimed at kids these days, in fact has been for a long time. |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2015 at 1:34am
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When I first started reading metal mags Glam was still big, and thrash was just starting to decline. Death metal was pretty much underground and black metal was unheard of. K! used to cover perhaps one heavy band per issue, and the rest of the mag was full of glam and adult oriented rock (AOR). The reviews was the place to go to find new bands. The mag really went to shit when grunge came along, and all of a sudden hairspray and spandex was replaced with greasy hair and flannel. Metal Hammer was a bit better, and was fortnightly then. They also used to do periodical thrash metal specials, and band bio issues, which were brilliant. Metal Maniacs was the best mag round at the time for the heavy end of the market. It was a bit cheap and shoddy, but the bands and writing were good. The first metal mag I read was an Aussie one called Hot Metal. It covered the entire metal spectrum better than any other magazine then or since. It also alerted me to the brilliant Aussie scene, as well as sourcing a few interviews and articles from K! There was another mag called Thrash and Burn, which was more to my liking (i.e. no glam or grunge!), but it folded and turned into Xtreme Noize, which lasted only a few issues, and then reappeared as Terrorizer. I deliberately didn't buy the first issue because of the unreliability of the previous two publications. More fool me... And that is how it used to be in the days before the internet.
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Posted By: Alex
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 11:19am
| Voted for the mighty Blind Guardian. |
Posted By: Alex
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2017 at 11:19am
Love this description.
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