Recommend me some power metal

[Xorv]

Angra
Shaman

 

[Einherjar86]

I'm actually loving all the stuff Einherjer posted, surprisingly. Haven't got a chance to check the other recs out yet, I'll have more time once the weekend rolls around.

Glad you like them. I can't recommend Kiuas enough; they're my favorite contemporary power metal band, and all three of their releases have been stellar. But if I have to choose, I'd say check out their record The Spirit of Ukko. It's a phenomenal release.

 

[autumnsoul]

Nocturnal Rites - Afterlife
Gamma Ray - Land of the free
Heaven`s gate - Livin in hysteria
Labÿrinth - Return to heaven denied
Twilightning - Delirium Veil
The Storyteller - Tales of a holy quest

 

[Ator]

dragonland-astronomy
tad morose-matters of the dark

I'd never heard Fairyland before-now listening to master of the waves...holy shit.

 

[A1a23]

I definitely 2nd The Spirit of Ukko. One of my favorite power metal albums.

 

[waif]

dragonland-astronomy

This album is lame and gay and not epic or power metal-y. Avoid.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Adramelch.

 

[RedFox742]

Definitely Theocracy, as long as you can tolerate/enjoy Christian lyrics.

If you're truly new to the genre, pick up the essentials:

- Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1 (or 2, they're almost interchangeably good)
- Gamma Ray: Land of the Free (the undisputed best power metal album of all time)
- Edguy: Mandrake (the high point in their career)
- Blind Guardian: Nightfall in Middle Earth (a masterpiece)
- Hammerfall: Glory to the Brave (the album that spearheaded the recent revival)
- DragonForce: Valley of the Damned (whatever you think of their later work--and I actually quite love it--their first album is generally highly respected)
- Rhapsody: Symphony of Enchanted Lands (for the kiiiing... you know the rest)
- Avantasia: The Metal Opera, Pt. 1 (the ultimate power-metal supergroup, an absolute must-have. Pt 2 is also stellar.)

That'd give you a core foundation and the ability to hold your own in conversation with any power-metal fan. There's tons more to recommend--Falconer comes to mind!--but the above are, IMO, the most important albums in the genre.

 

[JontRevolting]

Stormwitch