Power metal with balls

[Lies and Perfidy]

River Dragon has BRILLIANT fucking leads, but the main riff is pretty lame. MONOTONE POUNDING-ANNOYING DIMEBAG DARREL SHRIEKING! DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN - EEEEE-EEEE-EEE-EEEEEE!

Still, the leads and Warrel's vocals make that song good. And I wil say that the DHIADW shit sounds way better live.

 

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

Oh man that one line...what was it...

OH YES!

IN THA MASS DES-TRUK-SHUN! THE BRINGAH SHOWS HIS *queue falsetto of death* FOOOOOOOOOOOORM! TEK-NAW-LUH-JEE THA BEAST! THA SEVENTH CRAWWWWWWN!

Oh my god I forgot how awesome that song is. And yeah the leads own.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

RECOMMENDATION!

Skelator, a new band out of Southern California. Trad/power metal with some excellent vocals and a great old-school feel. Probably hard to find, but they rule hard.

 

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

Do they have CRAZY FALSETTOS AND CRAZY LEADS?

 

[Jean-Pierre]

Do they have CRAZY FALSETTOS AND CRAZY LEADS?

Throw in moster skull crushing riffs and we have a fucking winner. Is that what they sound like, Pyrus?

 

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

Moster, yes.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

W3rd.

By the way, awesome thread.

actually recommend Elvenking. At first listen, they might seem like a pansy fairy band, but there's some real folksy spirit behind their riffs and melodies, not to mention sick death vocals on some songs as accompaniment. Oh, and no operatics. The guys can barely sing. It really adds to the elvish feel of the music. No "skipping through wildflowers" monotone double bass, either.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Skelator's singer actually sounds kinda like James Rivera, who sang in Helstar, which is of course one of the greatest power metal bands ever. They're working on an EP as we speak (well, it's 11 AM, on a Monday so they're probably at their day jobs, but you know what I mean). The tracks I've heard are all studio rehearsal so it's hard to hear the leads real well, but they sound good.

Elvenking, you say? I'll believe it when I hear it. *makes note to self*

 

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

Elvenking have TERRIBLE death vocals, but they have a pretty cool break near the end of the song 'Skywards' that showcases some good vocals.

And I agree their riffage, at least on Heathenreel, is very good.

 

[Jean-Pierre]

I haven't heard Elvenking at all, but I've heard that "Wyrd" is feces compared to their other work.

 

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

Wyrd is a fucking abortion turned into a CD.

 

[Giles]

Do people just not like ManOWar in this regard then or do they get bracketed into this same niche as Hammerfall?

 

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

They have no balls.

 

[King Chaos]

Seven Witches are some true metal... they aint ashamed to put in the crazy high pitched vocals, but it all sounds good and the riffs are just metal as fuck.

Suidakra is some kickass folk mellow death (not Powermetal but nevermind).

Nevermore's best album IMO is Politics of ectstacy, however my favourite song is Deconstruction (from dreaming neon black). Vocals are mint riffs are mint... solos are mint.

 

[Jean-Pierre]

They have no balls.

Comparing Manowar to Hammerfall gives you brain cancer. Manowar rules and certainly does have balls (sure they have a handful of horrible ballads, but the rest owns), and Hammerfall is annoying and soulless poseur Metal.

EDIT: Seven Witches certainly does rule, especially since they obtained James Rivera to man the vocal helm.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

You want power metal with balls? You need to hear my NS power metal band, Adolf the Conqueror.

 

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

Suidakra is some kickass folk mellow death (not Powermetal but nevermind).

That was pretty pointless.

 

[AjDeath]

You want power metal with balls? You need to hear my NS power metal band, Adolf the Conqueror.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Our music is only for pure Aryan Vikings.

 

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

There is a National Socialist power metal band called Finist, started by members of Nokturnal Mortum. They're good.