Power metal is amazing I don't know why it took me so long to realize it.

>>126952504 (OP)
It's awesome, my older brother introduced me to powermetal in 2009 (i was 10, i'm a 99er) with Dragonforce, it felt like i was living an epic fantasy thru my ears. Dad still calls it videogame music.

>>126952504 (OP)
I first got into power metal in 2008, after watching a 1990 the flash video on yt set to the tune of "Phoenix" from the album Infinite by stratovarius, I didn't knew the title/author, and once the video disappeared, around 2009, I had forgotten most of the lyrics, took me almost 10 years to find it again. https://youtu.be/3uZLgTx_Sqk?si=2DZo4WWjDrSxzAwN

>>126952504 (OP)
I first got into power metal in 2008, after watching a 1990 the flash video set to the tune of phoenix by stratovarius, from the album Infinite, once the video disappeared, around 2009, I had forgotten most of the lyrics, didn't know the title/author, so took me almost 10 years to find it again. https://youtu.be/3uZLgTx_Sqk?si=2DZo4WWjDrSxzAwN another the flash video from back then : https://youtu.be/3uZLgTx_Sqk?si=2DZo4WWjDrSxzAwN

>>126952504 (OP)
I first got into power metal in 2008, after watching a 1990 the flash video set to the tune of phoenix by stratovarius, from the album Infinite, once the video disappeared, around 2009, I had forgotten most of the lyrics, didn't know the title/author, so took me almost 10 years to find it again. https://youtu.be/3uZLgTx_Sqk?si=2DZo4WWjDrSxzAwN another the flash video from back then : https://youtu.be/JY0ioWTAbPM?si=318cUxnBn-v16gRy

Power metal thread? I'm in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKY2oD85rs&list=RDhtKY2oD85rs&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOwj15Xj__A&list=RDhOwj15Xj__A&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG4uQ6Tk7fY&list=RDkG4uQ6Tk7fY&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pazCfqD7kP0&list=RDpazCfqD7kP0&start_radio=1

>>126952504 (OP)
white person (weak) music

>>126952614
>Edguy
First ever Power Metal song I ever heard was this song by Edguy and I fell in love that moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UckIXx6FMfw

>>126953800
what is disco

>>126955053
disco is not nearly as wh*te as power(fantasy) metal

>>126953800
Japs and South Americans love it too.

>>126952504 (OP)
I only know a few power metal bands.
Iron maiden (if they count), virgin steele, and manowar.


ive heard a few songs from running wild too.

>>126953800
a quarter of metal bands in japan are power metal fyi

>>126952504 (OP)
kamelot with roy is the best of the best
https://youtu.be/aDxWsmPOYIo?si=-STSQQ_AHBA-bHs3

>>126952504 (OP)
>>126955415

Listen to marriage of heaven and hell by virgin steele.

>>126955437
gyatt

What do we think of powerprog, lads? Love Symphony X and Royal Hunt.

>>126955229
no but it is black person (weak) music

>>126955459
>Symphony X mentioned
>look up Royal Hunt
>have album called "X' released in 2010
>Spock's Beard also release album called "X" in 2010
i love cool coincidences. also love Symphony X, will i like Royal Hunt?

>>126953800
Muh Gibs

>>126955695
I hope you will! They're more European-sounding (they're Danish but mostly have had American singers) and heavier on the keyboards but I'd say they're very much in the same methed-up Rainbow/Malmsteen wheelhouse Symphony X are. Pic-related is generally regarded as their best album, so I'd say start with that and see what you think.

This is my favourite song by them, anyway. Not dissimilar to something like Smoke and Mirrors.

https://youtu.be/vJzSZct-RJk?si=9g11racrLm8-6muV

>>126955727
Welp

>>126955727
damn sounds surprisingly good, i'm digging this. also Smoke and Mirrors is one of my favourites and is Twilight in Olympus.

got some full album recs for these guys?

>>126955459
I love it, here are some of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-5P7PWkvFY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL1IVWi43N0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_8qr7dhWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuUZxWeKIxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW04befoh-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1RhhYnC3Cg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jz-uzjNYw

>>126955871
i love that Pagan's Mind album. anything similar to that?

>>126955996
I think the last link is pretty similar. Other than that, there's a similar artist tab on metal-archives that's very helpful.

its still fucking gay

Prefer dwarf metal (mithril)

I only like power metal adjacent to bands like Unlucky Morpheus and Angra. I'm not a big fan of most of them

Any recs bros? I've heard Legend of the Bone Carver, Inhuman Rampage and At The Edge of Time

VALHALLA
DELIVERANCE
WHY YOU EVER FORGOT ME

>>126957248
First 3 Sonata Arctica albums

>>126957248
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys
Running Wild - Death or Glory
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Stratovarius - Vision
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Kamelot - The Black Halo
Galneryus - Angel of Salvation

>>126957248
if you like Inhuman Rampage then any of the other first 4 DragonForce albums are pretty damn good

>is power metal
is there anything this band can't do?

>>126958221
Tyr isn't power metal, it isn't that gay
Don't disrespect Black Sabbath like that

>>126958341
obviously it's not full blown power metal but there's definite elements. it wasn't a diss, they did it well. Headless Cross and Eternal Idol are kinda power metal too desu

>>126958221
>>126958341
>>126958367
Cozy Powell's drumming style was a big influence on the first wave of power and Euro speed metal guys coming out of Germany and Scandinavia

>>126958447
Cozy was a fucking legend.

r8 this line-up

>>126952504 (OP)
rec me some high test motivational songs.
ive never explored power metal.

>>126952504 (OP)
Very true. Especially the more proggy side where they stop being reddit incarnate and start singing about other stuff than dragons and knights is highly underappreciated. It can actually be highly emotional:
https://youtu.be/qBxPFyGcbv0?feature=shared
Song about a favelanigger being sick of favelaniggers
https://youtu.be/E4yjpT8dkLw?feature=shared
Song about PTSD
https://youtu.be/lpkVKwCotsQ?feature=shared
Generally about hopelesness
>>126955356
SA powermetal rules, see picrel
>>126958623
https://youtu.be/1kcvj1BW9p8?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/TzitycpTrEU?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/2pJ9iY4oFRk?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/u03coWc0fss?feature=shared

>>126957296
Still their best album though

>>126952504 (OP)
>white person (weak) music
>>126955053
>disco is not nearly as wh*te as power(fantasy) metal

>>126953800
correct
>>126955053
most disco is indeed lame, but at least comes with a chance of pussy

>>126959565
>>126955356

>>126959843
i know, another reason to think of them as sociological betas

>>126952504 (OP)
debate: do you guys prefer us power metal, euro power metal, or japanese power metal?

hard for me to choose, i like kamelot, blind guardian, and versailles

>>126959937
Europe/Japan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_KhQ5O4bIM

>>126959937
I got favorites from each, but Japanese has some underrated stuff just cause of the language barrier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfFfMBIleug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4ZHjzzstI

>>126960572
>Iron Mask
Based.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJ6graHdY8

>>126958999
Love it, but not as power metal as the ones before

>>126960598
i wish euro bands sang more in their native language than appealing to globohomo

at least Spanish and russian bands understand

>>126959937
>>126960470
>>126960598
>>126960889
Japanese PM is GOATed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT7A5OI9atI

>>126960889
That's one of the reasons why I love black metal.
When I see BM bands singing in English and it's not their native language it piss me off.

>>126958623
https://youtu.be/zyqFP7wIsMk

>>126952504 (OP)
Peak
https://youtu.be/eVHNVyVyPKU

Blind Guardian is the greatest of all time. Rhapsody is next. Power metal is the best, simple as.

>>126952504 (OP)
Storm,
You almighty, earth, seas and flames
Here I am standing
Bare in my honesty
Calm in the moonshine
Starlight rests my eyes
Pain wakes me conscious
Truth guides my mind

>>126964535
https://youtu.be/VhtuMtTqaX0?si=eugeqHiNPzTvQk5X

>>126952504 (OP)
PowerMetal!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRLs5iBPKJo

>>126964535
>>126964548
I would give my left if I could turn back time and have them make more than 2 albums in their prime.

>>126964535
>>126964548
I would give my left nut if I could turn back time and have them make more than 2 albums in their prime.

R8 the first power metal song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8&list=RDxsKpazeA5L8&start_radio=1

>>126965502
>black person invented power metal

>>126952504 (OP)
Check out X Japan for sure, it's the best power metal band EVER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj9bvmzTR2A

>>126952504 (OP)
no its not