I love power metal, actually i love all metal except death metal and black metal. Melodic death metal is fine, but not black metal. So here is a list of power metal bands i've listenend on. Most of these bands are brazilian but they are also good. Here's the list:
(updated)
Aquaria
Sabaton
Hammerfall
Blind Guardian
Kamelot
Timeless Miracle
Zonata
Sonata Arctica
Krusader
Sky Dark
Hibria
Helloween
Stratovarius
Children of Bodoom(wait does this count as power metal?)
Burning In Hell
Storyteller
Silent Eye
Gunbridge
Stratovarius
Symphony X
Blind Guardian
Power Quest
NightWish
DragonForce
Beautiful Sin
Avantasia
Edguy
Rhapsody
Jermey
Firewand
Aina
Altaria

allright this is just some of them but i just can't list up them all.

DwmC_Foefen

Belgium2186 Posts

December 27 2007 12:36 GMT

Maybe In flames or Iron Maiden? (dunno if thats power metal tbh :p) Soilwork?
:p

[IrIs]YellOw

Sweden91 Posts

December 27 2007 12:51 GMT

no, iron maiden counts as neoclassical, in flames as melodic death metal and soilwork as trash metal. But i like all three of those :d

ishob

Norway143 Posts

December 27 2007 13:11 GMT

I guess you could try Rhapsody and Edguy stuff

besiger

Croatia2452 Posts

December 27 2007 13:11 GMT

some people would rather put soilwork into melodic death, although i personally dont like this whole new mdm scene, old arch enemy, old inflames, DT, hypocrisy, at the gates ftw !!
what do you mean by neoclassical ?

JoxxOr

Sweden1502 Posts

December 27 2007 13:18 GMT

Melodic death metal is <3.

Try to listen to swedish heavy metal, they are very good

.
And btw, "power metal" isn't that like dragonforce and stuff like that?

samachking

Bahrain4949 Posts

December 27 2007 13:24 GMT

Try out Dragonforce, thats a pretty good powermetal band.
And Sonata Arctica <3

Pads

England3228 Posts

December 27 2007 13:34 GMT

try some Gamma ray & Helloween

They both rock

And i'm going to see them both in te new year ;D

JensOfSweden

Cameroon1767 Posts

December 27 2007 14:04 GMT

Err, *most* of those bands are definately not from Brazil lol. Don't speak of things you don't have a clue about sonny

STOP PRETENDING TO KNOW ALL GENRES OF METAL, MAIDEN IS HEAVY METAL, SOILWORK AND IN FLAMES BOTH ORIGINALLY MELODIC "GOTHENBURG" DEATH METAL

Stratovarius is the shit. I love this band and listened almost exclusively to them for a long period of time.
If you listen to Sonata Arctica but haven't heard Stratovarius you have no idea where Sonata has gotten their main inspiration from ;p

KrAzYfoOL

Australia3037 Posts

December 27 2007 14:17 GMT

#10

my personal top3 is metallica,pantera and in flames

JensOfSweden

Cameroon1767 Posts

December 27 2007 14:30 GMT

#11

On December 27 2007 23:17 KrAzYfoOL wrote:
my personal top3 is metallica,pantera and in flames

and that has what exactly to do with power metal?

Rev0lution

United States1805 Posts

December 27 2007 16:04 GMT

#12

yesus christ, labeling bands is so retarded. It takes all the fun out listening to music.

SolaR-

United States2685 Posts

December 27 2007 16:39 GMT

#13

if you debate genres, you're a stupid shit

and by the way why is everyone here like the same shitfuck bands. I admit i like some of the bands from that list but seems like everyone here likes the same FUcking thing.

nA.Inky

United States794 Posts

December 27 2007 16:48 GMT

#14

I'm nearly the inverse of the OP. I like death metal and some black metal, while nearly all other metal just seems completely retarded to me. I'd much rather listen to folk music, jazz, alternative rock, or just about anything, than regular metal music.

And "melodic death metal" seems like an oxymoron to me. Granted, I'm not particularly familiar with the genre, but what I've heard of In Flames is NOTHING like death metal, and much more like regular metal.

besiger

Croatia2452 Posts

December 27 2007 16:58 GMT

#15

then you have proly been listening to the new albums, go get yourself The Jester Race ^^

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

December 27 2007 17:27 GMT

#16

On December 28 2007 01:48 nA.Inky wrote:
And "melodic death metal" seems like an oxymoron to me. Granted, I'm not particularly familiar with the genre, but what I've heard of In Flames is NOTHING like death metal, and much more like regular metal.

In Flames was melodic death metal. Their past three albums however... not so much.

tKd_

United States2916 Posts

December 27 2007 17:34 GMT

#17

On December 27 2007 21:51 [IrIs]YellOw wrote:
no, iron maiden counts as neoclassical, in flames as melodic death metal and soilwork as trash metal. But i like all three of those :d

thrash metal?
soilwork is melodeath.
i like your taste in music. if you look at old soilwork it is defeinitley melodeath with a lot of aggression.

tKd_

United States2916 Posts

December 27 2007 17:35 GMT

#18

but now they just like. mainstream screaming melody shit lol. duno wat to label it.

tKd_

United States2916 Posts

December 27 2007 17:35 GMT

#19

i guess i could say the same with inflames tho.

Caller