Power Metal greats

[ThisIsACoolName]

MORGANA LEFAY FTW

I've been meaning to check them out. You have a link to a myspace or somewhere I can download them? I only spend money on music if I have a good idea of what I'm getting.

 

[unknown]

Candlemass is DOOM metal at its finest.

Power metal, not even close. Not even close.

lolocaust!

 

[Beard_of_Odin]

Out of those, (on the top of the thread) Sonata Arctica. And as undeniably gay as this may sound, my favorite power metal band (excluding demons and wizards and iced earth because i would not classify them as power metal, and I don't think Helloween or Maiden fitds in there either) is rhapsody. Rhapsody is freaking monstrous and I feel a lot of people are closet Rhapsody fans but I'm fucking saying it, I like Rhapsody, and Luca Turilli too.

 

[Belligerent]

Power metal greats?
there is none

 

[genocide roach]

no. you were drunk. just forget about it.

sweet, i love being drunk. whoops, wrong thread
~gR~

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Edguy, despite the shocking name.

 

[Under The Oak]

Iron Maiden
Manowar
Symphony X
Helloween (early)
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
Queensryche (I consider some of their stuff power metal)

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Edguy, despite the shocking name.

Not shocking so much as dumb, especially how they came up with it.

My favorite stuff is:

Hibria (thrash/speed/prog/power)
Lost Horizon (first album is thrashier)
Manticora
Secret Sphere (early stuff only, for the most part)
Celesty

 

[genocide roach]

oh, to be on topic. BG is my favorite. edguy, primal fear, nightwish, labyrinth are also on the list
~gR~

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Not shocking so much as dumb, especially how they came up with it.

Something to do with fancying their male maths teacher?

 

[genocide roach]

ok, i reject the idea that iron maiden is power metal. same goes for judas priest and manowar. they were the catalyst IMO. the bands that inspired power metal
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Something to do with fancying their male maths teacher?

I forget exactly, but it was something about them having a teacher (perhaps of math) who was named Ed, and he was a guy.

Deserves a HUGE dot dot dot...

 

[Fury of the Storm]

Key Albums Power Metal fans need.

Helloween- Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt I and II, Walls of Jericho
Blind Guardian- Battalions of Fear, Nightfall in Middle earth
Gamma Ray- Land of the Free, Powerplant
Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider
Raindbow- Rising
Rhapsody- Legendary Tales
Savage Circus- Dreamland Manor
Sonata Arctica- Ecliptica
Dragonforce- Sonic Firestorm
Kamelot= The Black Halo
Rage- Perfect Man
Dio- Holy Diver
Symphony X- Divine Wings of Tragedy
Children of Bodom- Follow the Reaper

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I forgot about Ecliptica, I do like that disc.

Follow The Reaper too, and I'm not afraid to admit it. For mindless fun there is almost no better (except Hatebreeder )

 

[genocide roach]

oh, add sacred steel
~gR~

 

[Under The Oak]

ok, i reject the idea that iron maiden is power metal. same goes for judas priest and manowar. they were the catalyst IMO. the bands that inspired power metal
~gR~

I see them as either heavy metal or power metal, because they do kinda blur the lines, since their early stuff sounds so little like what power metal has evolved into today.

 

[genocide roach]

everyone draws their influences from somewhere else. bands that influenced sabbath arent metal, so bands that influenced power metal bands wouldnt be classified as power metal
~gR~

 

[RedinTheSky]

Some of the Manowar stuff is fucking hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6fVDiCUBvg

I like playing some Rhapsody songs. Fun. Symphony X has excellent musicians. I can't stand the Dragonforce singing.

 

[skeptik]

Iron Maiden, Manowar, and Judas Priest = NOT Power Metal

wtf

 

[genocide roach]

Some of the Manowar stuff is fucking hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6fVDiCUBvg

I like playing some Rhapsody songs. Fun. Symphony X has excellent musicians. I can't stand the Dragonforce singing.

manowar are the fuckin bees knees
~gR~