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I love power metal, but only a few bands. Helloween, particularly the Deris era. Edguy. Those two bands are the two best power metal bands. I like Hammerfall. Can't get into Stratovarius, guess I'm not into symphonic stuff. I like two guitars, bass, and drums with big chorus's and melody. More...

Helloween's The Dark Ride is pretty dark sounding. Check out the songs Deliver Us and Escalation 666, for example. Also: Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet And of course Painkiller is evil as Satan himself.

Does anyone agree that Hammerfall is very Traditional Metal sounding Power Metal? I wish Helloween would inject some more Maiden or Priest influences in their newer albums. Weiki and Marcus write some great classic sounding stuff, but then they have stuff like Are You Metal? And Where The...

I don't see what is so amazing about Urban Breed. He's good, but I'm surprised at how passionately loved he is. But I do like his voice, and I wonder if at any point Roland tried to get him as Jorn's replacement in Masterplan. I like him a lot more then Rick Altzi.

Sounds alright. But I'm still skeptical as I believe Roland Grapow possibly left because he was using all his good material for the debut when he should be using it for Masterplan. Just a theory. I'm sure it'll be great, but the selling point for me was Grapow so without him it has to be really...

Helloween sounds nothing like USPM bands. When I say Helloween's brand of power metal, I mean the style that would inspire bands like Hammerfall, Blind Guardian, and Dragonforce, except unlike those bands Helloween didn't and still doesn't write Fantasy inspired power metal (apart from the...

What are some bands that are 'traditional' metal influenced power metal? For example, i put Hammerfall in this category. I'm not too familiar with Primal Fear, but some of what I've heard sounds like this too.

One must remember, Roland Grapow will have nothing to do with this one. So be wary. I believe he was the main reason behind the success of the debut. He's one of the best songwriters on the scene currently. Without him, we'll have to see.

I've always found Keepers pt 2 far superior to pt 1. I'm a big fan of Weiki's songwriting. Especially on recent years, even though he only seems to write about 2 songs per album anymore. And to anyone who likes the Keeper albums but not the Deris stuff, I recommend listening to the albums...

As far as I know, there are no albums before the Keeper albums that were labeled as Power Metal. This specific brand of metal.

I'm new here this is the first post I've made. Consistently my favorite band has been Helloween, so I thought I'd start a discussion about them. Keeper of The 7 Keys Parts 1 and 2 are the original Power Metal albums. There's some great stuff on there, clearly influenced by bands like Maiden...