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adg211288
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The Keeper of the Seven Keys albums by Helloween and definitely sound advice. Gambling With the Devil by Helloween as well.
No Helloween mention should go without one for Gamma Ray as well, who have also made several masterpieces including Land of the Free, Somewhere Out in Space and No World Order. Sticking to related bands, Iron Savior also features Kai Hansen for a time. Kai is regarded as the godfather of power metal. That said, I like the band's most recent, The Landing, the most.
Blind Guardian as well, especially the albums Tales From The Twilight World, Somewhere Far Beyond, and Imaginations From the Other Side. Wuthering Heights if you like your power metal progressive and mixed with folk. Far From the Madding Crowd is I think their best album, not to mention one of my favourite albums of all time. Rebellion mixed heavy and power metal and have a more aggressive sound than most power metal bands. Start with anything but the debut, although I recommend Miklagard the most. The above spawned from Grave Digger, a band with a similar style. Not as well versed in these guys yet though so no particular album recommendations. Maybe Tunes of War... Iced Earth combine US Power, trad, and thrash metal. Recommend Night of the Stormrider, Horror Show and Dystopia. Nightmare from France, also combine trad and power. Start with Genetic Disorder for a more pure power metal experience or The Dominion Gate for their more progressive take on the genre. Seven Kingdoms (I posted them earlier in this thread) are a bit of an ever-changing beast. You could tag their first album as a cambo of power, thrash and death metal, their second as power and thrash and their most recent as just power. Start with the most recent. All are killer albums but this one is the most focused. Pharaoh are a USPM act. Start with The Longest Night. Kamelot are another one of the big guns of power metal. Arguably they lost their way from the genre a couple of albums ago, but their new one puts them back on track. Recommended: The Fourth Legacy, Epica, The Black Halo Avantasia are a metal opera project. Start with the first album, The Metal Opera. It shames me to say I'm nowhere near as familiar with them as I should be, but Falconer. Chapters From a Vale Forlorn is a masterpiece. Ancient Bards are symphonic power metal, and one of the best ones IMO. Think Rhapsody of Fire but with female vocals and 1000x better. Start with Soulless Child for musical quality, although their two albums follow on as a concept so maybe start with the debut instead. Kiuas I think have one of the most unique power metal sounds going for them. I like Reformation the most. Decent start I think.
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IMPF2112
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DragonForce are amazing, fuck the haters, they don't know what they are talking about AT ALL
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Their first 3 albums are pure power metal and their 4th is mostly power metal as well. As far as starting points, I'd go with the Keeper of the Seven Keys duo by Helloween. |
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dtguitarfan
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Oh, duh...also Angra and Pagan's Mind. Same kind of deal as Sonata though, as far as mixing some other styles in (particularly Progressive with these two).
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dtguitarfan
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I would never give you shit for liking them - they're fun. But you definitely need to talk to Adam (adg211288) - he's definitely the expert. One of my favorite Power Metal bands is Sonata Arctica...but they kind of mix in some other sub-genres and so they don't qualify as pure Power Metal, I guess. |
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vmoore
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never got into power or really listened to it much the only band i currently like that is power metal is dragonforce. u may give me shit for liking them but i think they kick ass. whats a good power metal band to start with.
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The Niche
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Oh man, the guitars in that last track...I want to cuddle them all night long.
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adg211288
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I'm really loving the work of Seven Kingdoms lately. These guys have gone through some changes in their sound over three albums, but remain mainly power metal all the way.
First album featured strong death metal influences and some thrash as well Second album stripped back the death metal influence a bit but still featured some growls: Second song reminds me of Iced Earth. Forthcoming album is pure power metal, fast guitar driven power metal, the way it should be. Highly recommendable to check all songs in order to take note of their evolution.
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adg211288
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Agreed, they're excellent. Soulless Child was one of my top releases of last year.
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I'm not an avid fan or power meta, but i do enjoy some. The latest band I got into is Ancient Bards, who released a terrific couple of albums.
Really worth checking. |
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adg211288
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It got my approval after seeing Wuthering Heights in there. Even though I don't know half the songs in it.
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IMPF2112
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Rise and Fall is a great song, although Helloween do have plenty better. However, overall, pretty good playlist. Those were both good tracks you picked to bookend the playlist.
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Wilytank
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Threw together a quick power metal mixtape on Grooveshark. What do you all think of the lineup?
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adg211288
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I've been really digging a French band called Nightmare lately: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/nightmare(france).aspx
How power metal should be played in my opinion. Loving the Dio-like vocals.
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dtguitarfan
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I heard this. Cautiously optimistic about that one because Seventh Wonder is second only to Dream Theater in my list of favorites and that only because SW only has 4 albums and doesn't tour. But Tommy has said he's not leaving SW but will sing with both bands, SO I'm hopeful that SW will get more fans by proxy of Kamelot and be able to produce more music/tour/etc. |
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adg211288
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I heard one of their songs recently on a freebie, going to definitely look into them properly now.
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Wilytank
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Joakim Broden has become one of my favorite power metal vocalists after one listen to a Sabaton album. EDIT: and holy shit, he can pull off a clean vocal cover of a death metal song. Edited by Wilytank - 24 Jun 2012 at 10:25pm |
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adg211288
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Kamelot have a new singer - Tommy Karevik from the band Seventh Wonder.
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AnnieDoucet
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Hammerfall have around 3 good songs in their whole discogrpahy, I don't know how anyone can stand that whinny as fvck voice Cans has and the terrible lyrics. One or the other guys, not both.
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I used to like Helloween and Dream Evil.
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