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Stratovarius - Survive. Dragonland - The Power of the Nightstar. Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles. Dynazty - Final Advent. EDIT: I think my top album of the year is Parius' 'The Signal Heard Throughout Space' but tough to group that under power metal. Reply reply. javlin_101.
- Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) Iced Earth’s first four albums were more complex, but Jon Schaffer’s tech-thrash chops and Matt Barlow’s dramatic pipes reach their pinnacle on this more direct offering.
- Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act II (2000) Subtitled ‘A Barbaric-Romantic Opera’ - and actually staged as musical theatre (in Germany) - the New Yorkers’ 10th album is the conclusion of their retelling of Aeschylus’s Greek tragedies, a monument to total conviction and obsessive zeal.
- Queensryche - The Warning (1984) Before conquering the mainstream with Operation: Mindcrime, Seattle’s prog-metal pioneers had a precociously firm grasp on their own brand of high-tech, visionary power metal, evident in the bravura dramatics of Geoff Tate’s voice and the dark, pensive arrangements.
- Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead (1984) These Tolkien-indebted Californians formed as early as 1971, embracing the 80s metal revolution on versatile 1981 debut Frost & Fire.
Nov 6, 2024 · By Dolphin Whisperer on September 20, 2024 in Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Doom Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, 38 comments. ““AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö” is a time-honored tradition to showcase the most underground of the underground—the unsigned and unpromoted. This collective review treatment continues to exist to ...
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- Sabaton - The War To End All Wars. Could there be any doubt? Swedish power metallers Sabaton have carved a lucrative, ludicrous niche penning odes to military conflict, soldiers and historic events across nine full-lengths; their 10th succeeds 2019’s The Great War, recounting more valour and grief from World War I. Most of these 45 minutes are spent delivering crystal-clear, Maiden-level singalongs and Priest-ready leads.
- Blind Guardian - The God Machine. A perennial benchmark for power metal excellence, The God Machine has clearly been designed to remind the faithful that no one can touch this band when they’re on top form.
- Battle Beast - Circus Of Doom. Circus Of Doom is filled to the brim with epic metal that fires on all cylinders. The eponymous opening track is classic Battle Beast, and then some.
- Hammerfall - Hammer Of Dawn. Having almost single-handedly kickstarted a late-90s European power metal movement that continues to flourish today, Hammerfall should be more frequently and more loudly celebrated than they often are.
Feb 4, 2024 · Led by guitarist Timo Tolkki and vocalist Timo Kotipelto, albums like “ Visions ” (1997) and “ Destiny ” (1998) showcased their technical prowess and intricate compositions, elevating the genre’s sound. BLIND GUARDIAN, the German “ Heavy Metal Bards,” are synonymous with epic and symphonic metal. Albums like “ Somewhere Far ...
Dec 4, 2020 · 20. Paralydium – Worlds Beyond. [Cover artwork: Gustavo Sazes] Oh, hey, Dynazty released a brand new album in 2020. We Have the Power likes Dynazty, and The Dark Delight is a solid album that sees the band mixing in a perhaps surprising bit of gloominess into their otherwise bright power / hard rock formula.
Dec 2, 2022 · THE TOP 5 EPS OF 2022 «» 5. Power Beyond – Timeless Time [Cover artwork: Felice Savarese] I had no prior knowledge of Italy’s Power Beyond before stumbling across the Timeless Time. EP a few months ago—not exactly a shocker, as the band has only managed a couple demos, one other EP, and a scattering of singles in, um, 23 years of existence.
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