It's not a real genre as V5 stated. People just call european power metal bands like Sonta Arctica who use keyboards as a main instrument that, because it's too "gay" for their "kvlt" extreme metal taste.
Iron Maidens vocalist is so shitty, I can't believe the band would let him sing.
Yes it is.
But it IS pop-oriented in some ways. Pretty much anything that has a commercial appeal has pop leanings. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that.
Yeah, I mean, you listen to Future World by Helloween and you're just blown away by the sheer power and aggression.Power metal started out with balls (see Jag Panzer) and it should have them now.
Besides which, what's with this "pop=bad" thing. Pop just means popular. Pop music can be absolutely terrible, but it can also be really awesome and fun (see Europe).Also, it should be noted that progressive elements are common in this so called "flower power metal". I'm not saying that all power metal bands have progressive metal elements, but those who do have much more depth than 99% of all pop.
Yeah, I mean, you listen to Future World by Helloween and you're just blown away by the sheer power and aggression.
You can't compare it, because metal doesn't have the same audience that mainstream pop has, and the musicians work damn hard and make a tiny fraction of what mainstream artists make. So that's why I get pissed when people say that power metal is like pop music.
And therein lies the divergence in the genre. Almost all Euro Flower Metal is exclusively delineated from Helloween's two Keeper albums. That is where all the gayness started. Then you have real, manly Power Metal from the US which is infinitely better, objectively speaking of course.
Also IWP shut the hell up, it is gay, it lacks power. Power metal started out with balls (see Jag Panzer) and it should have them now.
Well that's ok then. If it's gay, it should be mocked accordingly.
American power metal has always struck me as wannabe thrash, tbh
American power metal has always struck me as wannabe thrash, tbh
You shut the hell up, you damn bigot. Metal doesn't always need balls and aggression in order to be good.