HAPPY METAL

December Flower · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:37 pm

A lot of good suggestions already, but if you can sit through Dragonland's cover of "Neverending Story" with a straight face then you can probably stomach everything.

Helloween - Power (+ the ones already mentioned)

Gamma Ray - Heaven Can Wait (with Kai on vocals. Catchiest song ever!)

Twilightning - At the Forge

Stratovarius - Hunting High and Low, Eagleheart

Cage - Kill the Devil (not exactly as happy as the ones mentioned above, but this is one of those songs that will put a big, dumb grin on your face. This is also the song that sounds most like the 3 songs in the first post)

MetalStorm · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:46 am

Metalhead_Bastard wrote:

MetalStorm wrote:

Metalhead_Bastard wrote:

MetalStorm wrote:

Metalhead_Bastard wrote:

I have the ultimate one!

Meatloaf-I Would do Anything for Love, haha. Me and my mates put it on as a drinking game, you have to sing along in full style and drink when ever he says 'love'. It's hilarious, but you end up covered in drink and looking a fool. Good times.

I wouldn't call Meatloaf metal.

Quote:

happiest metal/hard rock songs

I wouldn't call your arrogant short sentences relevant.

And if you would have read the fucking title it says HAPPY METAL Stefan should have put that in his title didn't read his whole post.

Well forgive me for your rash judgements as you get over excited to finally correct somebody you gay bear.

You're forgiven you polesmoking freakazoid

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:00 pm

MetalStorm wrote:

Metalhead_Bastard wrote:

MetalStorm wrote:

Metalhead_Bastard wrote:

MetalStorm wrote:

Metalhead_Bastard wrote:

I have the ultimate one!

Meatloaf-I Would do Anything for Love, haha. Me and my mates put it on as a drinking game, you have to sing along in full style and drink when ever he says 'love'. It's hilarious, but you end up covered in drink and looking a fool. Good times.

I wouldn't call Meatloaf metal.

Quote:

happiest metal/hard rock songs

I wouldn't call your arrogant short sentences relevant.

And if you would have read the fucking title it says HAPPY METAL Stefan should have put that in his title didn't read his whole post.

Well forgive me for your rash judgements as you get over excited to finally correct somebody you gay bear.

You're forgiven you polesmoking freakazoid

I'm gonna go old school.

...Virgin...

heatseeker · **Posted:** Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:39 am

heatseeker wrote:

All power metal, really. With maybe a scant few exceptions.

"Swim" by In Flames is pretty upbeat...also a killer song. I was just thinking the other day about a band that tends to make happy music but I can't remember what it was.

Oh yeah, I was thinking that Avenged Sevenfold is pretty "happy" sounding on City of Evil, which is why my brother likes them but not a lot of other metal bands.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:06 pm

Stefan wrote:

I know it's not initially what metal music was made for but it sometimes works mysterious ways... So here I am, asking you about the most uplifting, happiest metal/hard rock songs you ever came across... Note that the lyrics doesn't necessarily need to be happy ones.

I've got a few myself :

etc.

Now, I'm curious to see what you'll come up with... ^^

Was this for my benefit, Stefano? Edguy or Rhapsody usually do the job.

Huggbees · **Joined:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm **Posts:** 29

Breaking the Law has to be one of the catchiest, upbeat and down right enjoyable metal songs I've ever heard. Easily my favorite Priest song. (And yes, that's considering Painkiller and You've got another thing comin')

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:54 am

Bonded by Blood - Ninja Turtle theme

brings back memories.

Oh, and I wouldn't want to get drink on me.

doublewhat · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:09 pm

Heart of a Dragon - DragonForce
Anytime I listen to DragonForce, i feel happy.

son of odin · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:37 pm

Happiest band is Freedom Call if you ask me, damn great music!

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:56 pm

Mago de Oz!

The_Voice · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 9:47 am

Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Radagast · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 9:55 am

Here's my Happy Metal mix CD from a few years back:

Firewind - Still the Winds (just as an intro)
Helloween - Twilight of the Gods (that opening solo! :dio:

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Gamma Ray - Beyond the Black Hole
Dragonforce - Black Winter Night
Kamelot - Center of the Universe
Stormwarrior - Oddin's Warriors
Rennaissance - Galaxy
Hammerfall & Kai Hansen - I Want Out
Nocturnal Rites - Ring of Steel
Sonata Arctica - The Cage
Lost Horizon - Denial of Fate
Freedom Call - Farewell
Masterplan - Spirit Never Die
Dragonland - Starfall
Rhapsody - Pride of the Tyrant
Nocturnal Rites - Avalon
Manowar - The Power

So yeah, some of it is maybe more 'triumphant' than 'happy.'

rio · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 1:05 pm

I'd say there's loads of happy hard rock but happy metal is a bit harder, apart from power metal. How about the title track and Rattlehead from Megadeth's KIMB...ABIG! The latter is about happy times at metal gigs and the former is about a dude whose business is going well. Both have "happy" sounding music, to my ears.

Stefan · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 1:09 pm

Does happy black metal exist ? I know it's kind of an oxymoron...

rio · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 1:13 pm

There's black metal that makes me happy when I listen to it, but I don't think that necessarily makes it "happy music".

I've been listening to Obtest's latest recently, which MA classes as "BM/Pagan", but on this one at least I don't reallly detect BM at all. (Maybe on their earlier stuff?)

Anyway, it's very cheerful sounding music

http://www.myspace.com/obtestofficial