Most Popular?

[AngraRULES]

I think we meant an actual festival... with the band headlining two days of shows and having over 10 guest bands playing before them...

An actual festival, not a single headlining show in two nights =)

 

[FatesFan]

The answer to the number one slot is in the answer to this question. Which one of these bands has a beer named after them?


Answer:

NIGHTWISH Beer Now Available In Germany [Hot Flashes - 05.04.26 09:41:42]

Last year, a special NIGHTWISH beer called A Megabueno Cerveza was being marketed in the band's home town of Kitee, Finland through the town's Kievari Restaurant. The lager was brewed by Pirkanmaan Uusi Panimo (PUP) and was available until the end of 2004, complete with a picture of the band on the label.



Word has it that A Megabueno Cerveza is now available at the new cult store in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, Germany called Kapanen (Davidstrasse 5, St. Pauli 20359, phone: [++49] 40 380 196 96). The store's website is currently under construction but can be contacted at info@kapanen.de.

 

[J-Man]

Nightwish- Far above everyone else in terms of album sales
Blind Guardian (name another band that could pull off their own two day fest)
Helloween
Stratovarius
Gamma Ray
Angra (if this list excluded South America, they drop big time)
Rhapsody (sales alone)
Edguy
Symphony X
Kamelot
Sonata Arctica


I don't agree with this of course, but based on sales/tour draw, this is how it is.

Glenn H.

Yes you have to agree with glenn NIGHTWISH is the most popular if not by albumn sales alone, buttttttttt how about a band that will travel to every continent on earth save one and sell out at over 90% of them before the show date and then sell out the rest on the day of the show, now that is drawing power. And the estimate of number of tickets sold is well over a million again drawing power, and then to win awards givien out on all continents save one (africa by the way) is another indication of popularity. So who is the most popular NIGHTWISH by far, and then the rest.

 

[alexofbodom]

6. Gamma Ray
11. Angra
4. Stratovarius
8. Edguy
12. Sonata Arctica
2. Blind Guardian
1. Nightwish
10. Kamelot
9. Iced Earth
13. Symphony X
7. Rhapsody
5. Hammerfall
3. Helloween