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[IrIs]YellOw
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden91 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-01-14 16:54:31
December 27 2007 12:31 GMT
#1
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
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Belgium2186 Posts
December 27 2007 12:36 GMT
#2
Maybe In flames or Iron Maiden? (dunno if thats power metal tbh :p) Soilwork?
:p
[IrIs]YellOw
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden91 Posts
December 27 2007 12:51 GMT
#3
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
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
Norway143 Posts
December 27 2007 13:11 GMT
#4
I guess you could try Rhapsody and Edguy stuff
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
December 27 2007 13:11 GMT
#5
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 ?
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
JoxxOr
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Sweden1502 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-12-27 13:19:11
December 27 2007 13:18 GMT
#6
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?
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samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
December 27 2007 13:24 GMT
#7
Try out Dragonforce, thats a pretty good powermetal band.
And Sonata Arctica <3
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Pads
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
England3228 Posts
December 27 2007 13:34 GMT
#8
try some Gamma ray & Helloween

They both rock

And i'm going to see them both in te new year ;D
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JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
December 27 2007 14:04 GMT
#9
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
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
KrAzYfoOL
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Australia3037 Posts
December 27 2007 14:17 GMT
#10
my personal top3 is metallica,pantera and in flames
It's better to burn out than to fade away
JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
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?
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
Rev0lution
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
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.
My dealer is my best friend, and we don't even chill.
SolaR-
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
United States2685 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-12-27 16:41:17
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
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
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.
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besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-12-27 16:58:42
December 27 2007 16:58 GMT
#15
then you have proly been listening to the new albums, go get yourself The Jester Race ^^
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-12-27 17:28:02
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.
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
tKd_
Profile Joined February 2005
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_
Profile Joined February 2005
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_
Profile Joined February 2005
United States2916 Posts
December 27 2007 17:35 GMT
#19
i guess i could say the same with inflames tho.
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
December 27 2007 17:49 GMT
#20
Try Muse. They're british power metal i think.
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JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
December 27 2007 18:31 GMT
#21
Muse are...weird, I dunno what to make of them. Although they have a pretty cool and unique sound
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
December 27 2007 18:32 GMT
#22
I'm not usually one to support the genre classification debate, but how in the world is muse metal?
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
December 27 2007 18:32 GMT
#23
On December 28 2007 02:49 Caller wrote:
Try Muse. They\'re british power metal i think.


wtf no
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
omgbnetsux
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States3749 Posts
December 27 2007 18:34 GMT
#24
On December 28 2007 03:32 Mindcrime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2007 02:49 Caller wrote:
Try Muse. They're british power metal i think.

wtf no

Yeah uh what...
JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
December 27 2007 18:35 GMT
#25
lol@ everyone who "thinks" they know what genres bands belong to, it's hilarious

how is iron maiden neo-classical, soilwork trash metal, and muse power metal? rofl
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
Scorpion
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1974 Posts
December 27 2007 19:12 GMT
#26
On December 28 2007 03:35 JensOfSweden wrote:
lol@ everyone who "thinks" they know what genres bands belong to, it's hilarious

how is iron maiden neo-classical, soilwork trash metal, and muse power metal? rofl


Yes, because we all have the power of Wikipedia on our side.
Mango @ U.S.East!
AmorVincitOmnia
Profile Joined March 2005
Kenya3846 Posts
December 27 2007 19:17 GMT
#27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_metal_bands

power metal will get on your nerves sooner than later though. don't get me wrong, guardian is one of my favorite bands of all time (although i do tend to like their earlier thrashy stuff) but most power metal is just so fucking cheesy. but i guess that's what they're going for.

what's wrong with categorizing music? metal has more subgenres than i can count, but they're all extremely diverse and necessary. the problems start when people start putting music in the wrong category. like, for example, muse being power metal.
r.i.p. Bud Shank May 27, 1926 - April 2, 2009
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
December 27 2007 19:50 GMT
#28
On December 28 2007 04:17 AmorVincitOmnia wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_metal_bands

power metal will get on your nerves sooner than later though. don't get me wrong, guardian is one of my favorite bands of all time (although i do tend to like their earlier thrashy stuff) but most power metal is just so fucking cheesy. but i guess that's what they're going for.

what's wrong with categorizing music? metal has more subgenres than i can count, but they're all extremely diverse and necessary. the problems start when people start putting music in the wrong category. like, for example, muse being power metal.
There's nothing really wrong with categorizing metal into sub-genres. The only problem is there are too many. I can understand having to specify between power metal, death metal, and thrash, but when I hear people explaining the difference between 20 sub-genres of death metal when they ALL sound alike (and probably don't really exist) then it seems pretty gratuitous.


Well...then again this probably just makes a point for your arguement about the only problem being people miscategorizing bands so...nevermind.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
December 27 2007 20:00 GMT
#29
Dragonforce....
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-12-27 22:29:13
December 27 2007 22:26 GMT
#30
categorization is useful for instance when you are searching for bands similar to the ones you like, it however does not make good debate material since there these days more and more bands mix a lot of stuff up and there are 224154 names for it, so saying *rofl u dont know what genre that and this is * is useless, people are gonna call stuff what they want, and just because the majority says its so does not mean it is, just look whats labeled under "melodic death metal" these days.
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51589 Posts
December 27 2007 23:29 GMT
#31
On December 28 2007 03:32 Mindcrime wrote:
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On December 28 2007 02:49 Caller wrote:
Try Muse. They\'re british power metal i think.


wtf no


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Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12970 Posts
December 28 2007 01:36 GMT
#32
There's no such thing as trash metal. It's THRASH people, THRASH.
And it is the best subgenre ever. : [
[IrIs]YellOw
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden91 Posts
January 14 2008 16:57 GMT
#33
All metal is good. I know alot of sub-categories in metal.

Trash
Orechestral/Symphonic(in almost all generes, except trash and death and nu-metal.)
Melodic(in all sub-generes except nu-metal, as far as i've seen.)
Power Metal
Nu-Metal
Glam Metal
Neoclassical
Speed metal
Alternative metal
Dark Metal
Doom Metal
Death Metal
JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
January 14 2008 18:07 GMT
#34
Wow [IrIs]YellOw you are so cool for naming "all" sub-categories of metal

The ones I love best from your list are "alternative metal" and "trash"
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
January 15 2008 01:06 GMT
#35
On January 15 2008 03:07 JensOfSweden wrote:
Wow [IrIs]YellOw you are so cool for naming "all" sub-categories of metal

The ones I love best from your list are "alternative metal" and "trash"


Alternative metal actually exists. :|
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
snowbird
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Germany2044 Posts
January 15 2008 01:20 GMT
#36
i like minimal-techhouse-goa-hooligan-afterdeath-metal

but i don't think you nerds will know that sub-subgenre
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