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| Author: | Sangre [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Power Metal recommendations? |
I have to be honest, I've never really explored power metal as I'm more into black metal and death metal. The closest I've gotten is Judas Priest's Painkiller album and a bit of Iron Maiden, for whatever that's worth. If anyone could recommend me some power metal I'd appreciate it. And if there's some that has a dark/gothic slant to it, I'd definitely be interested. But I don't mean female-fronted metal bands, more like Phantom of the Opera meets power metal, if such a combination exists? I recently listened to a song by Rhapsody of Fire called "Rain of a Thousand Flames" and it sparked my interest. |
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| Author: | Pillars of Geph [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:02 am ] |
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Sanctuary-Refuge Denied Warlord-..And the canons of destruction have begun Omen (US)-Battle Cry Savatage-Hall of the Mountain King/Gutter Ballet Mago De Oz-Finisterra Iced Earth-Burnt offerings Lordian Guard-Lordian guard Manticora-Hyperion Iron Savior-Megatropolis Grave Digger-The Grave Digger Blind Guardian-Imaginations from the other side Persuader-Evolution Purgatory. Nocturnal Rites-Tales of mystery and imagination Titan Force-Titan force Tarantula-Kingdom of Lusitania and that's pretty much it in my opinion, you may find other decent albums |
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| Author: | AlexandeR [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:49 pm ] |
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Lost Horizon. End thread. |
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| Author: | Pillars of Geph [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:57 pm ] |
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AlexandeR wrote: Lost Horizon.
End thread. I heard them actually a while back thinking they were good, and they had a couple of good riffs but were pretty much your average flowery power band. |
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| Author: | Metastable To Chaos [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Power Metal recommendations? |
Sangre wrote: If anyone could recommend me some power metal I'd appreciate it. And if there's some that has a dark/gothic slant to it, I'd definitely be interested. But I don't mean female-fronted metal bands, more like Phantom of the Opera meets power metal, if such a combination exists? I recently listened to a song by Rhapsody of Fire called "Rain of a Thousand Flames" and it sparked my interest.
So is it Symphonic Metal you're looking for? Because a lot of the good ones are actually female-fronted: Nightwish (who actually did a cover of Phantom Of The Opera), Epica, Within Temptation, etc. Rhapsody are good too though. |
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| Author: | AlexandeR [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:07 pm ] |
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Pillars of Geph wrote: AlexandeR wrote: Lost Horizon. End thread. I heard them actually a while back thinking they were good, and they had a couple of good riffs but were pretty much your average flowery power band. LH had the best vocalist ever in PM. If you want something with a dark vibe, try the first 4 albums of Evergrey. Serenity is good too. |
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| Author: | MetalStorm [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:19 pm ] |
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Kamelot Helloween Stratovarius Sabaton And if you like your power metal with cheese: Hammerfall Rhapsody Of Fire Manowar |
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| Author: | Sangre [ Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Power Metal recommendations? |
Thanks for the recs everyone, I'll check them out. And yes, "cheese" is ok with me. Metastable To Chaos wrote: Sangre wrote: If anyone could recommend me some power metal I'd appreciate it. And if there's some that has a dark/gothic slant to it, I'd definitely be interested. But I don't mean female-fronted metal bands, more like Phantom of the Opera meets power metal, if such a combination exists? I recently listened to a song by Rhapsody of Fire called "Rain of a Thousand Flames" and it sparked my interest. So is it Symphonic Metal you're looking for? Because a lot of the good ones are actually female-fronted: Nightwish (who actually did a cover of Phanton Of The Opera), Epica, Within Temptation, etc. Rhapsody are good too though. Well, I wouldn't say I'm looking for symphonic metal but I don't have a problem with orchestras and such. However I would prefer synth/keyboards over something heavily orchestrated. And I'm not biased towards women in metal, it's just that most of the female-fronted bands haven't really appealed to me. |
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| Author: | Caligula_K [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:16 am ] |
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I'd say for your tastes, stick with darker, speedier, thrashier stuff over more traditional European power metal like Helloween (though Walls of Jericho is probably the best Helloween bet if you want something like Painkiller) or Stratovarius. I'd reccomend (some of this is more power/prog): Manticora- Hyperion, 8 Deadly Sins Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider, Burnt Offerings (the Alive in Athens live album is also a very good place to start) Wuthering Heights- The Shadow Cabinet, Salt Anubis Gate- Andromeda Unchained, The Detached Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations From the Other Side Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction If you are going to try a more traditional European power metal band, Lost Horizon is the way to go (check out Flame to the Ground Beneath). |
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| Author: | Bruce_Bitenfils [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:13 am ] |
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Brainstorm. Killer tracks on every single album. |
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| Author: | North From Here [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:18 am ] |
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Caligula_K wrote: I'd reccomend (some of this is more power/prog):
Manticora- Hyperion, 8 Deadly Sins Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider, Burnt Offerings (the Alive in Athens live album is also a very good place to start) Wuthering Heights- The Shadow Cabinet, Salt Anubis Gate- Andromeda Unchained, The Detached Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations From the Other Side Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction Great recs, Caligula. As someone generally into darker genres of metal like Sangre as well, I strongly agree with pretty much everything listed here. I haven't heard Wuthering Heights though, I guess I need to rectify that. |
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| Author: | EdgeOfForever [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:17 am ] |
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emperorblackdoom wrote: Caligula_K wrote: I'd reccomend (some of this is more power/prog): Manticora- Hyperion, 8 Deadly Sins Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider, Burnt Offerings (the Alive in Athens live album is also a very good place to start) Wuthering Heights- The Shadow Cabinet, Salt Anubis Gate- Andromeda Unchained, The Detached Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations From the Other Side Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction Great recs, Caligula. As someone generally into darker genres of metal like Sangre as well, I strongly agree with pretty much everything listed here. I haven't heard Wuthering Heights though, I guess I need to rectify that. You should really go with Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd in that case, it's much, much better than those two. |
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| Author: | Sangre [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:50 am ] |
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I'm beginning to check out some of these recommendations. In time, I'll let you know which bands/releases appeal to me the most. I used to think that power metal would never appeal to me, but I have to admit, so far this is great. It's quite refreshing to explore a new style of music. 
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| Author: | Bruce_Bitenfils [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:50 pm ] |
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EdgeOfForever wrote: emperorblackdoom wrote: Caligula_K wrote: I'd reccomend (some of this is more power/prog): Manticora- Hyperion, 8 Deadly Sins Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider, Burnt Offerings (the Alive in Athens live album is also a very good place to start) Wuthering Heights- The Shadow Cabinet, Salt Anubis Gate- Andromeda Unchained, The Detached Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations From the Other Side Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction Great recs, Caligula. As someone generally into darker genres of metal like Sangre as well, I strongly agree with pretty much everything listed here. I haven't heard Wuthering Heights though, I guess I need to rectify that. You should really go with Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd in that case, it's much, much better than those two. Far From the Madding Crowd > The Shadow Cabinet, you say? Interesting... I don't care as I like both (listen to both albums before judging the band, EBD and Sangre. And everyone else), but The Shadow Cabinet was an intense and delightful slap in the face to me. |
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| Author: | Ness [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:02 pm ] |
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Far From the Madding Crowd is not only the best Wuthering Heights, but also one of the best prog/power albums out there. |
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| Author: | EdgeOfForever [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:10 pm ] |
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Bruce_Bitenfils wrote: EdgeOfForever wrote: emperorblackdoom wrote: Caligula_K wrote: I'd reccomend (some of this is more power/prog): Manticora- Hyperion, 8 Deadly Sins Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider, Burnt Offerings (the Alive in Athens live album is also a very good place to start) Wuthering Heights- The Shadow Cabinet, Salt Anubis Gate- Andromeda Unchained, The Detached Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations From the Other Side Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction Great recs, Caligula. As someone generally into darker genres of metal like Sangre as well, I strongly agree with pretty much everything listed here. I haven't heard Wuthering Heights though, I guess I need to rectify that. You should really go with Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd in that case, it's much, much better than those two. Far From the Madding Crowd > The Shadow Cabinet, you say? Interesting... I don't care as I like both (listen to both albums before judging the band, EBD and Sangre. And everyone else), but The Shadow Cabinet was an intense and delightful slap in the face to me. I like everything about Wuthering Heights so I'm just going to agree with you about The Shadow Cabinet. I might be slightly biased towards Far From the Madding Crowd because I played it over and over during my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 2, which makes it double-awesome and memorable for me, especially the Longing For the Woods trilogy. I also think there are more killing songs on FFTMC. The only song on The Shadow Cabinet that rivals the best ones on FFTMC, I think, is Faith - Apathy Divine Part I. |
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| Author: | Bruce_Bitenfils [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:21 pm ] |
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EdgeOfForever wrote: I might be slightly biased towards Far From the Madding Crowd because I played it over and over during my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 2, which makes it double-awesome and memorable for me, especially the Longing For the Woods trilogy.
You are now officially a god to me. Congrats. But seriously, I'm myself slightly biased towards The Shadow Cabinet because it was my first WH album (man, my mind really exploded that day). That must explain it. Listening to FFTMC right now. Man, I love these guys. |
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| Author: | MetalStorm [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:54 pm ] |
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I'd like to also add early Savatage to my list. From Sirens to Hall Of The Mountain King minus Fight For The Rock. |
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| Author: | Adveser [ Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:11 pm ] |
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Dignity - Project Destiny. One of the best PM albums ever. |
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| Author: | Pillars of Geph [ Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:48 pm ] |
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Definitely White Skull. I forgot to mention them. |
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