best ballads?

Normal....totally difficult to define when it comes to people. Although I think there is a huge gulf between people who are always looking to discover new bands etc and those who look no further than the radio playlists, and in the UK that is a bad, bad thing!
 
My favorite ballads of all time? Hhhhhhmmmm, there are so many.

Manowar - Heart of Steel
Manowar - Courage
Manowar - Master of the Wind
Manowar - Swords in the Wind
Michael Kiske - Always
Michael Kiske - Where Wishes Fly
Angra - Bleeding Heart
Nocturnal Rites - The Legend Lives On
Rhapsody - Wings of Destiny
Stratovarius - Keep the Flame
Stratovarius - Tears of Ice
Labyrinth - Love
W.A.S.P. - Keep Holding On
W.A.S.P. - Hold Onto My Heart
Avantasia - Anywhere
Avantasia - In Quest For,
Edguy - Roses to No One
Edguy - When a Hero Cries
Doro - I'll Be Holding On
Gamma Ray - Silence
Gamma Ray - Pray
Grave Digger - Emerald Eyes
Grave Digger - The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)
Helloween - Forever and One
Helloween - If I Knew
Helloween - Windmill
Helloween - Your Turn
Iron Fire - Angel of Light
Magnum - The Last Dance
*Cannibal Britney - The Mariah Carey Song

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There are more but I don't want to continue, it would go on forever.
 
for me the bests ballads are:
Edguy------Land of the miracle
Avantasia part2 ------- In quest for
Rhapsody--------Wings of destiny
Hammerfall-------Glory to the brave
Nightwish-------Dead boys poem
Queen------These are the days of my life (the best Queen's ballad fo me)



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I class the Bard's song by BG as a ballad...that's really cool and also I Died for You and Melancholy by Iced Earth....
Oh yeah there's going to be a cool ballad on the next INTENSE release ...Seeds of Betrayal ..;) :p :Smug: