Who wants to see my power metal top 100 albums?
Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings Galneryus - Under the Force of Courage Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory Sonata Arctica - Silence Stormwarrior - At Foreign Shores: Live in Japan (Live) Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Rhapsody - Power of the Dragonflame Helloween - Better Than Raw Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side Nightwish - Oceanborn Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part Two Virgin Steele - Invictus Avantasia - The Metal Opera Lost Horizon - Awakening the World Galneryus - Angel of Salvation Kamelot - The Black Halo Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out in Space DGM - Different Shapes Rhapsody - Legendary Tales Angra - Temple of Shadows Blind Guardian - Live (Live) Running Wild - Death or Glory Echo of Dalriada - Jégbontó Stormwarrior - Heading Northe Nightwish - End of an Era (Live) Galneryus - Resurrection Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction Wuthering Heights - The Shadow Cabinet Helloween - Walls of Jericho Syu - Vorvados Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond Dalriada - Áldás Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica Kamelot - Karma Theocracy - Mirror of Souls Gamma Ray - Power Plant Helloween - Live in the U.K. (Live) Running Wild - Port Royal Lab˙rinth - Return to Heaven Denied Sonata Arctica - For the Sake of Revenge (Live) Stormwarrior - Thunder & Steele Kamelot - Epica Falconer - Black Moon Rising Nightwish - Wishmaster Onward - Evermoving Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Labyrinth - Labyrinth Riot - ThunderSteel Elvenking - Secrets of the Magick Grimoire Helloween - Helloween (EP) Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider DGM - Momentum Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Part One Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World Rhapsody - Rain of a Thousand Flames Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night Timeless Miracle - Into the Enchanted Chamber (EP) Adagio - Underworld Iced Earth - Alive in Athens (Live) Armory - The Dawn of Enlightenment MindMaze - Back From the Edge Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto Helloween - The Dark Ride Iced Earth - Live in Ancient Kourion (Live) Angra - Holy Land Stormwarrior - Northern Rage Wuthering Heights - To Travel for Evermore Apocrypha - The Forgotten Scroll Scanner - Hypertrace Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes Gamma Ray - No World Order Lovebites - Battle Against Damnation (EP) Nightwish - Century Child Steelfaith - Propustka z nebe Falconer - Chapters From a Vale Forlorn Twilight Force - Dawn of the Dragonstar Iced Earth - The Dark Saga Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth Grave Digger - Tunes of War Apocrypha - The Eyes of Time Nightwish - Once Marchen Station - World of Maquillage Adagio - Sanctus Ignís Despise You - Pig Mindset (EP) Jag Panzer - Mechanized Warfare Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild DGM - Misplaced Avantasia - The Metal Opera Pt. II Adagio - A Band in Upperworld (Live) Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands MinstreliX - Chronostrings Grave Digger - Excalibur Helloween - Gambling With the Devil X Japan - Art of Life (EP) |
It's almost...too beautiful.
But seriously, you've made the rest of my month! I can't wait to dive in to the ones I haven't heard of or have wanted to listen to, but haven't yet. Also a big fan of these: Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Nightwish - Oceanborn Kamelot - The Black Halo Galneryus - Resurrection Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond Falconer - Black Moon Rising Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World Nightwish - Once |
Re: Who wants to see my power metal top 100 albums?
Good stuff here.
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I haven't heard of a single one of those:shrug:
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Some of my favorites that aren't on the list:
Crimson Glory - Transcendence Demons & Wizards - Self-Titled, Touched by the Crimson King Serenity - Words Untold & Dreams Unlived, Fallen Sanctuary Stratovarius - Nemesis |
Re: Who wants to see my power metal top 100 albums?
Not the biggest power metal fan, but lots of good albums on that list. I wouldn't personally classify Nightwish or Dalriada as power metal, though, but don't want to argue about genres either.
Some albums to check out (if you haven't already): White Skull - Public Glory, Secret Agony Opera Magna - El Último Caballero Saratoga - Morir el Bien, Vivir en el Mal Sabaton - The Great War Beast in Black - Berserker Arrayan Path - Dawn of Aquarius Satan's Host - Pre-dating God Part 1 & Part 2 Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed Ironsword - Servants of Steel Manowar - Hail to England & Into Glory Ride |
Originally Posted by Torgo (Post 2212974)
Some of my favorites that aten't on the list:
Crimson Glory - Transcendence Demons & Wizards - Self-Titled, Touched by the Crimson King Serenity - Words Untold & Dreams Unlived, Fallen Sanctuary Stratovarius - Nemesis Haven't heard those first three bands yet. I'm mostly centering around the countries of origin since I've heard a lot of US and German power metal. But I was never deeply into Stratovarius. Visions and Episode are the only two of their releases I'd consider for that list. Ehen it comes to Finnish power metal, I'm a Sonata Arctica man. Much of this list was recently re-evaluated. I just changed my fave power metal band from Helloween to Blind Guardian. Ironically, my favorite power metal album is A Night at the Opera, the one that gets a lot of slack.
Originally Posted by Torgo (Post 2212969)
It's almost...too beautiful.
But seriously, you've made the rest of my month! I can't wait to dive in to the ones I haven't heard of or have wanted to listen to, but haven't yet. Also a big fan of these: Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Nightwish - Oceanborn Kamelot - The Black Halo Galneryus - Resurrection Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond Falconer - Black Moon Rising Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World Nightwish - Once Thanks! You've got some real taste in power metal, too. |
Originally Posted by KeyserCorleone (Post 2212980)
Haven't heard those first three bands yet. I'm mostly centering around the countries of origin since I've heard a lot of US and German power metal. But I was never deeply into Stratovarius. Visions and Episode are the only two of their releases I'd consider for that list. Ehen it comes to Finnish power metal, I'm a Sonata Arctica man.
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Originally Posted by Torgo (Post 2212986)
Demons & Wizards is a side project of Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian and Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth (yep, the guy arrested in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot) so you'd probably like them in spite of recent events. Enjoy!
It's true that I'm bothered by the fact that he took part in it, unlike Ariel Pink who only showed up to the rally and didn't join the riot at all. I don't think there's anything to forgive if he left before it got violent. But as far as Schaffer goes, at least the guy was the first to plead guilty. Apparently he might help prosecute other rioters. I'm of the opinion that if a man has truly learned his lesson, he's earned some level of forgiveness even if it will take time. Anger is what caused this, and I'm not gonna make the same mistake. I guess now Iced Earth is all Brent. But maybe it's time to call it quits for them. They've had their classic era and enough great albums to remain legends. But I'll still support the rest of the band. It's not fair that the others suffer for it. |
BTW, this top 100 may update often. I might change it on the thread every so often, especially since I'm going through a lot more power metal right now.
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KC, I couldn't help noticing that in your list it was difficult to discern which was the band's name, and which was the song title...;)
Heavy metal was just catching on when I was in the biz. I enjoyed the powerful sound, but it was too limited and invariable. I'll have to investigate some of the Power Metal. Which of the examples would you consider to be the top 5 examples of the style? |
Re: Who wants to see my power metal top 100 albums?
Metal!
But wait, where is Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime? |
Originally Posted by Sedai (Post 2213056)
Metal!
But wait, where is Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime? Speaking of, that is why it's so hard to make lists like these. The symphonic, power, progressive, traditional heavy metal and hard rock lines blur so much. I get what Pahak is saying about not wanting to argue about genres. |
Originally Posted by Torgo (Post 2213060)
That would top my progressive metal list.
Speaking of, that is why it's so hard to make lists like these. The symphonic, power, progressive, traditional heavy metal and hard rock lines blur so much. I get what Pahak is saying about not wanting to argue about genres. Speaking of that, the new Flotsam and Jetsam record has a couple of awesome tracks on it! |
Originally Posted by Sedai (Post 2213061)
I separate metal into exactly two genres: Awesome, and ****. ;)
Speaking of that, the new Flotsam and Jetsam record has a couple of awesome tracks on it! |
Originally Posted by GulfportDoc (Post 2213054)
KC, I couldn't help noticing that in your list it was difficult to discern which was the band's name, and which was the song title...;)
Heavy metal was just catching on when I was in the biz. I enjoyed the powerful sound, but it was too limited and invariable. I'll have to investigate some of the Power Metal. Which of the examples would you consider to be the top 5 examples of the style? Band - Artist ;) For pure power metal with no "subgenre," the easy answer is the Keeper of the Seven Keys series by Helloween. There were two with their most famous singer, Michael Kiske, and one with another singer many years later. 1. Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1 2. Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2 The symphonic side is HUGE, though. You might wanna start off small, so check out Nightwish. 3. Oceanborn. US power metal is a similar genre but isn't quite there. It's more rooted in heavy metal tradition than bombastics. Having said that, there are bands that put the two together, notably Iced Earth. I'll recommend an Iced Eartg one despite the fact that Jon Schaffer was a member. 4. Burnt Offerings, but if you don't want Jon Scahhfer, check out Invictus by Virgin Steele. And finslly, this one album gets down to the nitty gritty of all the most popular forms of power metal, Sonata Arctica 5. Silence. |
Originally Posted by Torgo (Post 2213063)
I highly recommend people check it out! |
Originally Posted by Sedai (Post 2213056)
Metal!
But wait, where is Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime? Some power metal to it, but not enough to be a full album. Some prog, some speed, hell some hair metal, but it's incredibly diverse. But it's one of my favorite albums and one of the first metal albums I ever heard. |
Originally Posted by KeyserCorleone (Post 2213068)
Some power metal to it, but not enough to be a full album. Some prog, some speed, hell some hair metal, but it's incredibly diverse. But it's one of my favorite albums and one of the first metal albums I ever heard.
I would recommend @GulfportDoc give Operation Mindcrime a shot, also. |
Originally Posted by Sedai (Post 2213067)
Which reminds me, can I get the url for your metal blog? Thanks! I peeped it once, but failed to bookmark it.
I highly recommend people check it out! Anyways, I can at least recommend one for you: Angry Metal Guy |
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