Thread 127498398

Power metal from 1998 to 2004 was the peak of musical achievement unironically.

>>127498398 (OP)
Power bottoms > power metal

>>127498398 (OP)

It was the absolute peak of cheesyness in music, so it did achieve something.

It was a kino time to be alive but the best stuff is actually all from 1995-1997

>>127498398 (OP)
Why was that era what it was? I agree but would say 1998-2006 rather than 04

>>127498535
Men were still allowed to be cringe

>>127498553
What changed going into 2007 that reversed this?

>>127498398 (OP)
haha OP I love froggo XD

>>127498587
Blame it on social media. I blame it on the rise of instant digital photography personally. That was when people's relationship with themselves really seemed to start turning. Self-consciousness and self-awareness became endemic. People learned to project by being hyper judgmental or ironic. It's hard to do metal the old fashioned way when being cringe is a concern. Every new band seems to be making excuses for itself. Everything's either tongue in cheek, hyperpolished to avoid offending the normies, or safely derivative, just about the most boring form of genre exercise. Sad times.

>>127498398 (OP)
more specifically, this man's run of albums during those years

>>127498398 (OP)
based cheese enjoyer

>>127498500
saw them live couple of days ago in milan
it's fucking joever bro... defeis got no voice anymore

music died when zoomers were born and the world stopped believing

>>127500518
DON'T FORGET YOU ARE METAL NOT SOME ASS KISSING WHORE

>>127498398 (OP)
I can see it. When Stratovarius and Rhapsody were best, they fell off. Modern power metal is too cheesy like whatever tf Gloryhammer is.

>>127498535
>early Nightwish
>early Sonata Arctica
>early Kamelot
Simple as.
Idk just seems like all the good guitar tracks just stopped after than point and the genre went more towards overproduced symphonic shit instead of neoclassical shredding.

>>127498398 (OP)
I was not into power metal at that time. Mostly just listened to grindcore and goregrind. I came from the punk end of things. If it didn't sound like shit wasn't having it.

>>127501074
Yeah. I was never heavily into Stratovarius themselves but every band I liked was influenced by them. Rhapsody of Fire is cheesy but there were some good ones too. Also almost forgot SymphonyX.