Resurrected Power Metal Thread

[Cronopio]

Which Keeper of the Seven Keys part do you like more, guys? I am asking because I've never been into them, but I'm quite fond of Kiske era.

Number II will always be my favorite, if not for the song "Eagle Fly Free" alone. Also, I'm kinda partial to Weikath's songwriting back then. Hansen has never ever been bad, and I really dig pretty much everything he's done in Gamma Ray later, but back then, among the two, Weikath was my god. Didn't hurt he was the one who wrote aforementioned bird anthem.

 

[SentinelSlain]

I really find Helloween so very overrated. They have one or two vaguely decent songs.

 

[EspaDa]

Yeah, I guess that their first 3 albums are all I need. I'm not a fan of Deris' vocals.

 

[Cronopio]

Not even gonna go into the Kiske/Deris debate.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

So I gave Avantasia's new one "Ghostlights" a listen. That album is fucking solid, way better than what I was expecting. You know I was expecting something like how Edguy has become shit. But this man Tobias has outdone himself on this one. I really liked it. Solid start to 2016.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

It's not all poppy and shit?

 

[SweptbackFlame]

It's not all poppy and shit?

Well I mean it's not like the 1st two Avantasia albums, It's more of a Hard Rock/Metal album, but I thought it was pretty good.

After a second listen. The 2nd half of the album is better, 1st half is kind of soft, but Tobias makes up for it with his vocals IMO.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I can't get into the hard rock/metal symphonic, operatic stuff really. But, have you heard Karnataka? Female fronted band - I forget the girl's name but she was semi famous as a Riverdance singer or something - and the music is exceptionally composed.

 

[paul545]

Has there been anything like Kiuas since, well, since Kiuas? I still can't get over that band.

 

[CiG]

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Reminds me of the Anthriel album cover.

 

[no country for old wainds]

avantasia = bryan adams. not even the bryan adams of metal, just... bryan adams. with an orchestra.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I can't stand that band and that guy.

 

[suckerleaf]

I'm not a huge fan of this genre. I love a lot of the trad bands that inspired this stuff though. Perhaps i should dig a little deeper.

Let's see....I like Khan era Kamelot, particularly Black Halo. I like some later Symphony X.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

So I gave the new Rhapsody of Fire album a listen and it's pretty good. Fabio still kicks ass.

 

[CiG]

I'm not a huge fan of this genre. I love a lot of the trad bands that inspired this stuff though. Perhaps i should dig a little deeper.

Let's see....I like Khan era Kamelot, particularly Black Halo. I like some later Symphony X.

Surely you're a fan of the USPM style?

 

[suckerleaf]

Well , I certainly like the forefathers of this stuff like Dio , Queenscryche, Maiden etc... It's possible I'm just not that educated on what bands constitute the genre today.

I also dig Jag Panzer and Tad Morose.

 

[paul545]

Ok, it's been a few months now - what's everyone think of the latest Blind Guardian? I'm generally a huge fan of their stuff but I've come to the conclusion that BTRM kinda sucks, which is really disappointing. I don't really get it - I've seen it on plenty of end of year lists - not so much here, but on reddit and stuff. If someone wants to illuminate me as to the magic I'm missing, please do.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

The last song is masterful. Everything else is boring.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

It sounds likes every other Blind Guardian album after Nightfall in Middle Earth. Fun a few times, but why bother ever again when Follow the Blind and Somewhere Far Beyond exist?