SoundMaster said:
Power metal gone awry. See: Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Rhapsody, etc.
I disagree. I like Hammerfall but not Stratovarius, Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica, Skylark, etc.
@ Swine and in general: My vision of power metal (especially from Europe) nowdays is that all the bands are put together into the grinder and collectively metalheads are siding with either:
- hate that flower metal
- love that power metal
IMO if you take time enough to hear a lot of Euro power bands you will notice that the "happy" melodies and the overused of keyboards are not generalized.
Hammerfall may be "happier" than Blind Guardian, but they don't abuse of keys like Rhapsody as an example. Time Requiem is based on keyboards but they are not power but neo-classical more like Malmsteen than Rhapsody, or Hammerfall, or Angra, or Dream Evil.
Therefore you
cannot put all bands in the grinder. To me there's:
- power metal I like
- power metal I don't like
When you have that in mind then you can judge Hammerfall, Shadows Of Steel, Helloween, Blind Guardian, Brainstorm, Dream Evil, Azrael, Mesmerize, Cryonic Temple, Freedom Call, Skylark, Angra, Primal Fear, Heavens Gate, Dark Moore, Forgotten Tales, Rhapsody, Metalium, Stratovarius, Wonderland, Avalanch, Beholder, Imperio, Shaman, Iron Savior, Sonata Arctica, Steel Attack, Labyrinth, Paragon, Tierra Santa, Dragonland, Nightwish, etc., etc., etc.
It's like say all epic metal bands are cheese like Manowar. Generalizations are dangerous.
Greeno said:
I'd vote for "black / death metal" but it's not listed.
Like I said before that's why I got with late Metallica
