Some power metal bands to check

[Fire breath]

All these bands have new albums.

Secret Illusion - Illusion.
Greek melodic power metal. Quite good song with good vocals but cliched. Try if you are melopower junkie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennKYMqr0SM

Symbolic - Portraits of Chaos
Heavier end power metal with thrashy riffs. Sounds like Megadeth if they played power metal. From El Salvador of all places so kudos to them for not sounding cheap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAOlmp7IeqY

Steel Aggressor - From Ruins to Dust.
Galloping US power metal with nasal vocals. Try if you enjoy Iced Earth, Cage, Panzer, etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMWFhhYmWWQ

Desert - Star of Elusive Hopes
Israeli melodic power metal. Very dodgy accented vocals but not bad music. One song with Joakim from Sabaton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLih0hI56jM

Endless Main - Sea of Lies
Slovakian melodic power/speed. Slovakian Strato basically. Vocals a bit dodgy indeed. Music is reasonably pleasant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oFA3AZr7zY&feature=related

Highland Glory - Twist of Faith
Quality Norwegian power metal born out of the ashes of the band Phoenix Rizing. Unfortunately this album is not too good thanks to their choice to get a female singer in, cause her voice is not good IMO. She's not horrible but is a backward step as her voice has no power. By the way they've been listening to Maiden judging by this epic song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJKGqB7TksI

CETI - Ghost of the Universe: Behind The Black Curtain
One of Poland's oldest and most famous power metal bands. Quite good stuff with a few rough edges. Powerful vocals from Poland's most famous power metal wailer with the impossible to spell name!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU6axjnWKnY&feature=related

 

[J-Man]

Holy Crap SECRET ILLUSION - I know the bass player Dimitris - he worked in the music store i frequented When i was working in Greece.

 

[J-Man]

Highland Glory's original vocalist was Jan Thore Grefstad who is now the singer for Saint Deamon.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7soGRY3V-Y&feature=related[/ame]

 

[J-Man]

CETI have been around since 1989,This video by CETI shows the vocal talents a little better

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WfvuwV3dHs&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Aran]

Local guys Guardians Of Time is out with a new album "A Beautiful Atrocity", they're also worth a mention in this thread.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLqn6ILR6DE&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Fire breath]

Yeah the album with Jan is miles better than the new one Twist of Faith. Don't really understand the switch to a lady. No offence to lady singers at all but it makes no sense to me at all.

 

[Stingray11214]

I have one word to say about Symbolic: WOW!!!!!!!!!!

 

[adaher]

I'm guessing they didn't care, they just picked the best singer they could find.

We've gone from metal being male-dominated, to female singers being a fad, and now to where it's about a 50-50 split at the top of the genre(at least the melodic side of it) and the singer's sex not really defining the band anymore. Dark Moor and Fairyland went from female to male without missing a beat, Infinity Overture went from male to female. And many bands having both. It just doesn't matter anymore.

Now the fact that she isn't a very good singer, the one in Highland Glory, that's the whole problem there. Although it could just be they don't know how to make good use of their singers. I found the dude to be far less impressive in Highland Glory than he is in Saint Deamon. So it might not be her fault.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention White Skull too, from female to male to female again.

 

[TheLongshot]

Fairyland went from female to male without missing a beat

Actually, Fairyland went from male to female back to male.

 

[labrekk]

CETI have been around since 1989,This video by CETI shows the vocal talents a little better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WfvuwV3dHs&feature=related

A better song (IMO) from the new CETI:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0unR_vX_E&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_733360[/ame]

 

[Gammaween]

I have one word to say about Symbolic: WOW!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't have said it any better myself. They sound awesome and I am dying to hear more. Unfortunately I can't seem anywhere to buy this album

 

[Stingray11214]

I couldn't have said it any better myself. They sound awesome and I am dying to hear more. Unfortunately I can't seem anywhere to buy this album

They are on Mexico's Concreto Records. You can order the CD on Concreto's site: http://www.concretorecs.com/

 

[Claus / Intromental]

Actually, Fairyland went from male to female back to male.

No!

 

[Gammaween]

They are on Mexico's Concreto Records. You can order the CD on Concreto's site: http://www.concretorecs.com/

I checked the label's site and they don't have the new album. What is listed is Symbolic's split with Dreamlore and that seems to be it.

 

[TheLongshot]

No!

My mistake. I guess I didn't listen that closely to the first album, but she sounded rather male on that album.

 

[spag]

The new Highland Glory just isn't working for me. I've listened to the new album a couple of times now, and the music has changed too much with the new singer.

 

[eppst1]

Symbolic is indeed good stuff!

CETI is also excellent - never heard of them before and they seem to have been around for a while now.

 

[Fizrider]

Desert's "Prophecy of a Madman" is a fun riding song... until the shotgun blast goes off in my earbuds and I have to weave.

This new one is tighter, good stuff.

 

[MetalNations]