Power Metal Indulgence

My all-time favorite power metal indulgence is Angra 'Holy Land'. It's Iron Maiden on batucada.

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ok guys i've been playing way too much guitar hero lately and am wanting some power metal for some reason

where to start with this stuff?

obv like dragonforce and power quest or whoever, but what albums etc

also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Powermetalcard.jpg

?!?

As for older stuff, there's early Bruce-era Maiden (Piece of Mind, for instance). Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys (Parts 1 & 2) really helped shape the sound. Manowar's terribly inconsistent, but I'd say Hail to England is their strongest album. Crimson Glory's Transcendence is another from the 80s.

Sweet, thx.

Pick a D&D-playing kid in southern Europe and chances are his favorite band is Blind Guardian. They do the speed metal minstrel thing better than anyone I can think of, the multitracked choruses stick in your head. Check out "Somewhere Far Beyond", "Imaginations from the Other Side" and "Nightfall in Middle Earth".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_tORtmKIjE

Fuck all y'all; I like Hammerfall. Their 2CD best-of, Steel Meets Steel, is great.

hoos the Maiden best-of will rock your socks off

Yeah, unperson's right, that Hammerfall best-of is great fun.

yeah, Nightfall in Middle Earth made me laugh on the first listen. By the second, I was convinced that it's the best non-Maiden power metal album of all time.

accept - metal heart (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lOp8Zz50f6U

aina - the beast within

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NvwH_JaizRM

alogia - novi dan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1685IgTzBCQ

angel dust - wings of an angel

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L0TGCjIL-Qo

angra - carry on

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KInnVH3TobY

axel rudi pell - cry of the gypsy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ec4s5d37XiM

axenstar - evil glorified

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iK6xY2PdRy0

battlelore - house of heroes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pBzZLewtLAA

blind guardian - valhalla (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CZ_VFJn2kJM

crimson glory - the chant

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MGnFHmgA1wU

demonlord - still alive

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PjMJLiS1UpQ

demons & wizards - terror train

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N1ZVN2Z2uzo

dragonland - to the end of the world

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J-72_0gQgUQ

dream evil - the book of heavy metal

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o-pN8qAiZhQ

elvenking - the divided heart

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Od4_L35hUTo

evergrey - a touch of blessing

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1e-WXm8cbK4

freedom call - pharao (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OFq0yY-isdg

falconer - cross emotional skies

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkyYr5ipSog

gamma ray - heaven can wait (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jxJsUHJKecQ

grave digger - valhalla

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4JV5bCpj8hs

helstar - run with the pack (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ugh98v6Ys4g

jag panzer - cold is the blade

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LNEyp5DmXn0

kamelot - ghost opera

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J-TUufvK0gU

mystic prophecy - in hell/master of sins

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FbBquuuq8KQ

primal fear - fighting the darkness

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fLJt_Al7lpk

rhapsody of fire - holy thunderforce

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L9hkLS8xE9Q

running wild - conquistadores

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5RhJ2hBNerc

savage circus - evil eyes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UwwvS4bx-mk

silent force - infatuator (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SGN7xQlojsM

steel attack - diabolic symphony

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2YYqJpEXS0A

I was thinking some early Mercyful Fate might fit the bill here too?

Scott, national treasure. (Not the bad movie.)

star one - intergalactic space crusaders (live)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=H3q7lwl5nSQ

love all live star one footage

Actually, one of the better recent prog/power metal albums I've heard recently has been the one by an Italian band called Pathosray.

the new ayreon album is kuhraaaaaaaazy. i dug it. vocalist list for the two discs:

Vocalists

Forever

* Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards)
* Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation)
* Tom S. Englund (Evergrey)
* Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
* Jørn Lande (ex-Masterplan, ARK)
* Anneke van Giersbergen (Agua de Annique, ex-The Gathering)
* Steve Lee (Gotthard)
* Bob Catley (Magnum)
* Floor Jansen (After Forever, Star One)
* Magali Luyten (Beautiful Sin, Virus IV)

Man

* Simone Simons (Epica) as an internet-dating service user.
* Phideaux Xavier as an internet-dating service user.
* Wudstik as a 21st century scientist, preparing The Final Experiment.
* Marjan Welman (Elister) as a 21st century scientist, preparing The Final Experiment.
* Arjen Anthony Lucassen as the Hippie from Into the Electric Castle, who is now in a mental asylum and is able to get visions from the Forever people.
* Liselotte Hegt (Dial) as the Hippie's nurse in the asylum.
* Ty Tabor (King's X) as an average middle-class worker, with an average family and who is an avid user of the BitTorrent protocol for downloading files.

Power metal bands sure do have ugly singers.
Let's not forget the mighty WARLORD :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OYPVpPoJOlc

Does Accept count as power metal? Cause I was listening to them a lot the first half of this week, for some reason - mostly Metal Heart and Kaizoku-Ban.

why do you think i put a link to a live version of metal heart up there? they are one of power metal's many gay grandads.

Sonata Arctica are pretty rad, but apparently I'm the only one anywhere who likes their new album. Totally awesome keyboard-driven melodic Finnish stuff. Check out the live album, For the Sake of Revenge, or their previous album, Reckoning Night.

i still dig this a bunch:

http://www.themetallist.com/webzine/img/covers/680.jpg

from last year? year before? anyway, very strong power/prog. it's really just a savatage album. most of the songs were gonna go on future savatage records.

Avantasia, part 1 (the concept album done by Edguy's singer) is pretty much my favorite power metal album ever. Which Edguy albums are this good?

If the world ever gets good, we'll have Rolling Power Metal threads.

New issue of Metal Edge (Sept. 08; All That Remains cover) has a six page rundown of the 25 Essential Power Metal Albums. Just sayin'.

Avantasia, part 1 (the concept album done by Edguy's singer) is pretty much my favorite power metal album ever. Which Edguy albums are this good?

-- BigLurks,

Tr00 Edguy fans point to everything up to but not including Hellfire Club. At that point they start to alienate some of their fans with songs about personal experiences, unveiled by epic metaphors.

Personally I love Hellfire Club and even Rocket Ride, the album after. Party metal vibes, and a distinct, if slightly German, sense of humour are beginning to appear, and they're slowly losing aspects of their Jungian, shamanic inner journey thing.

I think Tobias Sammet writes excellent lyrics incidentally - I especially like 'Down to the Devil' from Hellfire Club. But yeah, my view (unlikely to be shared by many) is that you can't go wrong with Edguy - I actually would go one step further and say Tobias Sammet is a strikingly brilliant songwriter, one of the best in power metal.

I loved Rocket Ride. And the recent Avantasia album is good as well. Yeah, I'd say Sammet is the best power metal singer going today.

Only really familiar with Helloween's Keeper duology, but the japanese band Marge Litch sounds like power metal to me, quite good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2bUK9YyntI

Just discovered this is on amazon mp3, should buy it.

Ladies and gentlemen, Paladin:
https://youtu.be/RIWmfpRnrLE

"black omen" had better fucking be about chrono trigger

oh fuck yes, it absolutely is

#117 on our 2019 metal poll.

I'll take this over the new Nightwish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ugq3ZBNEIM

I wouldn't have thought that would fall under Power Metal but I have a lot to learn.

The band is Ad Infinitum, in case that link dies.

I'm not an expert either but they describe themselves as a 'symphonic power metal' band.

Really want to dig into more of this when I'm reunited with my CD player. Adored that Marge Litch album (talked about it more in the prog v3.0 thread). Quite eager to hear Fate's Warning and Crimson Glory.

Never actually heard this album but I adore this song. Heard about them in a prog magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uozt4N72a5U

I liked Crimson Glory debut okay. Might get the second album someday.

How much reach does power metal have worldwide? In terms of both bands and audience.