Why Is European Metal Better Than American?

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This is 1977.That's even before the NWOBHM emerged.


You are confusing music taste with education. Deep Purple predates Riot so does Judas Priest. Again England beat the US to the mainstream metal. I'm not a big fan of Riot, BTW.


The thread question is why is European metal better than American? Answer: it's not better however I prefer bands that are not from the USA.
 
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You are confusing music taste with education. Deep Purple predates Riot so does Judas Priest. Again England beat the US to the mainstream metal. I'm not a big fan of Riot, BTW.
Riot is just an example showing that heavy music existed in the USA long before 1980s. BTW, their album 'Thundersteel' is a true masterpiece.
 

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Answer for me to the question is not about better but way more enjoyable bands for me from the European side of the globe.
 

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I'm partial to Metal from across the pond. However, there are a bunch of bands from the good ole USA that would easily make it into my top-notch metal list.

Kamelot
Manowar
Iced Earth
Savatage
Virgin Steele
Hourglass & Dream Theater (for the more prog metal)

Kamelot did, in fact, start in Florida, though were hardly popular here in the U.S. But they became a different band when Roy Khan arrived and were more "European" after that :D
One of my all time favorite band though.
 

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Kamelot did, in fact, start in Florida, though were hardly popular here in the U.S. But they became a different band when Roy Khan arrived and were more "European" after that :D
One of my all time favorite band though.

Love Roy Khan! Tommy Karavik was a good replacement.....but I'm a Khan fan.
 

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I saw this on facebook. The U.S. isn't included, but I can't imagine it even comes close to the lower end in Europe.
 

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