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2 Hours of Epic Power Metal Pt. 1 // Best of Power Metal Compilation // AFM RecordsSubscribe to AFM Records here: http://bit.ly/1Ag5sAWGet the records here: ...
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A medley of 10 Power Metal songs sung by me and all instruments played by Victor The Guitar Nerd. Support my videos on Patreon! -- https://www.patreon.com/da...
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Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent in, for example, extreme metal.
- Helloween, 'Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II' (1988) The second installment on Helloween’s ‘Keeper of the Seven Keys’ series built upon everything the band had laid out in the previous year.
- Blind Guardian, 'Imaginations From the Other Side' (1995) Blind Guardian helped to further define the power metal style throughout the ‘90s with standouts like ‘Imaginations From the Other Side.’
- Helloween, 'Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I' (1987) With Kai Hansen resigning from double duty, focusing on just guitar, Helloween landed on the uber young Michael Kiske as their new frontman.
- Gamma Ray, 'Land of the Free' (1995) Kai Hansen is one of power metal’s most revered musicians, renowned for his neoclassical playing and lovable nasal-toned singing.
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- 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.
Mar 13, 2023 · The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time, including Black Sabbath, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden.
Though it sometimes incorporated the complexity of progressive metal, or the menace and growling vocals of death metal, power metal was essentially a classicist style, paying unabashed tribute to its influences.
