Power Metal
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Vilden
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Virgin Steele is probably my favourite power metal band. I enjoy a couple of others too like old Helloween, some Blind Guardian, Jag Panzer and ofcourse... FINIST! 
Son of Evil
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Melodic Power Metal is the name given to keyboard driven bands, typically Finnish most of the time (eg: Sonata Arctica).
Rhapsody use keyboards, but they play Symphonic/Neoclassical Metal. Edguy are Traditional Heavy/Speed/Power Metal, although Theater of Salvation was a symphonic album, to an extent.
Blue_Jay
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I have yet to find anybody who doesn't like the band, check them out sometime, no rush but do it sometime dude.
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ohiogrinder
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I'm surprised grinder doesn't like "odyssey" by symphony X, it is an extremely heavy/aggressive metal album
ohiogrinder
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I've heard Fates Warning somewhere, but none of the other ones. how are these? hopefully they don't contain what I deplore in power metal, like symphonic orchestrations, annoying falsetto vocals and ridiculous lyrics about fairies and dragons. I have no problem with clean vocals if they're done tastefully. melody is ok, again done tastefully. I don't want to hear masturbatory Dragonforce-style crap. something thrash-y but somewhat melodic.
to use an analogy, something similar like say, Testament crossed with Judas Priest. I could go for that.
Manic Ferocity
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Well I take it you haven't explored power metal very thoroughly. You are basically judging the genre based on the stereotypes. There are some real quality bands if you look hard enough.
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there is this one band I've heard of called At War, basically its been classified as power/thrash and is similar to what I'm looking for.
Matt
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ohiogrinder
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this Helstar is decent, kinda thrashy Iron Maiden-style stuff, haven't heard the Omen stuff yet.
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Blue_Jay
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i'm mainly into the euro power metal scene my fav's r :-
iron savior
avantasia (1 + 2 )
heavenly
helloween ( kiske era )
rhapsody
gamma ray
edguy
intense
luca turilli solo ( 1st 2 album's)
allen/lande ( together or lande solo stuff )
and bout 100+ more but don't want to bore u all
all i can say is give it a go and alway's keep looking , u never know what u will find out there
iron savior
avantasia (1 + 2 )
heavenly
helloween ( kiske era )
rhapsody
gamma ray
edguy
intense
luca turilli solo ( 1st 2 album's)
allen/lande ( together or lande solo stuff )
and bout 100+ more but don't want to bore u all
all i can say is give it a go and alway's keep looking , u never know what u will find out there
Vacant_Planets
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Translation = I hate people who actually sing, I want to hear a couple of homos grunt.
Although SA is a terrible power metal band and extremely boring.
Vitor
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dude, i hate singers that wanna look like girls... to be a great singer they should learn with Dio or Gillan or JSS, but i guess melo power metal singers wanna be Celine Dion
