My guess for the PPV line-up...

[General Zod]

...in no particular order:

Shaman
Kamelot
Pain of Salvation
Into Eternity
Balance of Power
Amaran
Magnitude 9
Dragonforce
Mystic Prophecy
DGM

Zod

 

[Bear]

Just curious, isn't there like 50 of these post already? or did you need to have your very own?

Bear

 

[General Zod]

Just curious, isn't there like 50 of these post already? or did you need to have your very own?

Bear

Need you ask? I wanted one of my very own. It helps to fulfill my unrealistic sense of self-importance.

Zod

 

[The Invisible Guest]

...in no particular order:

Shaman
Kamelot
Pain of Salvation
Into Eternity
Balance of Power
Amaran
Magnitude 9
Dragonforce
Mystic Prophecy
DGM

Zod

Not too bad of a list. I've got some of the same in my list.

Here is mine:

Adagio
Sonata Arctica
Tad Morose
Freak Kitchen
Magnitude 9
Balance Of Power
DGM
Masterplan
Kamelot
Running Wild

 

[General Zod]

I'm not a huge fan of Sonata Artica. The singer's voice just leaves me cold. I don't think I've ever heard a single song by Running Wild.

Zod

 

[Se7enChurches]

I don't think I've ever heard a single song by Running Wild.

Picture mid to late era Rage with all the vocals about pirates.

(based solely on having heard the album _Blazon Stone_ and and the song "Under Jolly Roger")

Ryan

 

[Riceloft]

About Sonata's singer...

Check out these two songs and tell me if you still feel the same way .

Victoria's Secret
Champagne Bath

 

[IceDragonX]

About Sonata's singer...

Check out these two songs and tell me if you still feel the same way .

Victoria's Secret
Champagne Bath

I liked Sonata Arctica's first cd...but their latest one isnt too bad either. Its got its good stuff on it and its got its ok stuff as well. The cover rocks though.

 

[Anon138]

I'm guessing the line-up will include (in no particular order):

Sonata Arctica
Lost Horizon
Within Temptation
Edguy
Kamelot
Mystic Prophecy
Balance of Power
Adagio
Masterplan
Into Eternity

I suppose we'll know for sure soon enough...

 

[The Invisible Guest]

I'm not a huge fan of Sonata Artica. The singer's voice just leaves me cold. I don't think I've ever heard a single song by Running Wild.

Zod

I'm not a big fan of SA either, but I have a feeling they might be one of the bands in attendance. As for Running Wild - they are classics. I'm also not a major fan of theirs, but they are/were heavy hitters in the German power metal scene, and would fit the criteria of a headliner.

By the way dude, this is Britt, and I have sent you some mp3's of Running Wild. They are not going to do much for you, but you might check for that mp3 disc I sent a few months ago and give it a whirl.

 

[General Zod]

By the way dude, this is Britt, and I have sent you some mp3's of Running Wild. They are not going to do much for you, but you might check for that mp3 disc I sent a few months ago and give it a whirl.

Hey Britt,

Thanks. I'll have to go look for them. I don't think I ever spun them. Too much music, too little time.

I would think Glenn would shy away from a band like Running Wild, after how poorly Rage was received last year. I think Rage may have played in front of the smallest Earthlink ProgPower crowd ever.

Zod/Greg in NJ

 

[Haunted Eclipse]

Might as well post a list here.


Mind Odyssey
Edguy
Machine Men
Helloween
Chinchilla
Epica
Adagio
The Storyteller
Concerto Moon

More of a wish list

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Hey Britt,

Thanks. I'll have to go look for them. I don't think I ever spun them. Too much music, too little time.

I would think Glenn would shy away from a band like Running Wild, after how poorly Rage was received last year. I think Rage may have played in front of the smallest Earthlink ProgPower crowd ever.

Zod/Greg in NJ

I dunno about that one. I recall prog darlings - Pain Of Salvation - playing in front of a very small crowd too.

I think it just has to do with the length of the evening, and the fact that a lot of folks want to get an early start on the after show parties.

 

[Ninkasi]

In my opinion, Rage and Running Wild are very very different from each other. To me, Running Wild sounds more like mid-period Iron Maiden but watered down a little bit (mostly because of simpler rhythms and a rhythm section that's not quite as talented). This is true whether we are talking early Running Wild or later Running Wild since they change very little from album to album. Port Royal and Death or Glory are slightly better than the rest but not much. Rage, on the other hand, has a heavier rhythm guitar sound and their earlier stuff reminds me vaguely of early hardcore bands like Motorhead (much more melodic, though). Their newer stuff is more in a class of its own and definitely not with Running Wild.

 

[Se7enChurches]

In my opinion, Rage and Running Wild are very very different from each other.

Sorry. my comparison was based mainly (though i have heard a lot of other Rage albums) on Running Wild: Blazon Stone vs. Rage: Trapped!
these albums do have their similarities.

Ryan

 

[General Zod]

I dunno about that one. I recall prog darlings - Pain Of Salvation - playing in front of a very small crowd too. I think it just has to do with the length of the evening, and the fact that a lot of folks want to get an early start on the after show parties.

I think it has more to do with the popularity of the band than the length of the evening, though certainly both are a factor. Had Iced Earth, who tours the states on a regular basis, been in the same spot that Rage had been in last year, no one would have left. I'm fairly certain had Glenn flip-floppd Evergrey and Rage, Evergrey would have played to a much larger audience than did Rage.

I just don't think that bands like Rage and Running Wild have that many fans here. They certainly don't generate a lot of chatter on the boards I read. But hey, I could be wrong.

Zod

 

[Ninkasi]

I just don't think that bands like Rage and Running Wild have that many fans here. They certainly don't generate a lot of chatter on the boards I read. But hey, I could be wrong.

Zod

Yeah, you're probably right. I don't think that bands like these should be headliners but they would be good for one of the one hour slots (despite the fact that they could probably play for three hours with all the material they have).

 

[wayland smithers]

If Running Wild headlined a night at Prog Power the place would have easily been packed for them. I am almost certain of that.
Grave Digger is also going to play to a full house at the Brave Words Six Pack in June. I think people underestimate how many fans both bands have in the states.

Some of my pics for this years Prog Power:

Tad Morose
Brainstorm
Sonata Arctica
Edguy
Thunderstone
Dream Evil or Firewind
Royal Hunt
Heavenly

 

[Hamburglar Metal]

Sacred Steel
Montany
Pegazus
Savers
De Medici
Heavenly
Exhibition
Shadow Keep
Field of Vision
Steel Attack

 

[kamelotica]

No order...

Kamelot, Sonata, Iced Earth, Shaman, Edguy, POS, Rhapsody, Mago D Oz, Adagio, Masterplan....

As long as Kamelot and Edguy are there I am stoked!:hotjump: :hotjump: :hotjump:
KT in DC