Power Metal

[Gordy39]

My favorite band of all time will always be Helloween(been a fan since i first heard them back in 1986). I went through a period between 1995 and about 2007 where i was a big power metal fan collecting every power metal cd i could get my hands on. I still love power metal but not as much as i used to having sold off about 75% of my p.m. cds.

Gordy

 

[Magic]

My favorite band of all time will always be Helloween(been a fan since i first heard them back in 1986). I went through a period between 1995 and about 2007 where i was a big power metal fan collecting every power metal cd i could get my hands on. I still love power metal but not as much as i used to having sold off about 75% of my p.m. cds.

Gordy

I really like Helloween. It took me a while to warm up to power metal. I always considered myself a melodic metal chick, but LG and MP changed that. I now have quite a power metal collection:

Crimson Glory
Helloween
Stratovarius
Kamelot
Iced Earth
Gamma Ray
Nightwish
Primal Fear
Sonata Arctica
Nocturnal Rites
Savatage
Blind Guardian
Nevermore
Hammerfall
Elvenking

 

[LG]

Power Metal is my favorite of the new "Branches" of the heavy metal I grew up with. It gets a lot of stick because of bands that sing about dragons and fantasy etc., but I have a great imagination and don't mind that subject matter at all.

I am still adding bands to my PM collection, and there are enough differences between them to hold my interest for a while longer.

And as you can tell by my sig, Gamma Ray is where it started for me.

 

[Magic]

If my memory serves me right, LG you were the first one to get me to listen to Power Metal, with a Helloween album "Master of the Rings". I can remember you telling me the music isn't that much "harder" than Blue Oyster Cult's "Tyranny and Mutation" album




(I believe I was raiding that album from your vault at the time )

 

[Harkat]

Im struggling with Sonata Arctica.
Some of their songs blow me away but the rest sounds like all the sounds produced just gets mushed together into a sound =\

 

[LG]

Yeppers before convincing you to check out that Helloween album you were laid back mellow "Black Sabbath/Ozzy" fangirl...

I just like the fact so many European bands have kept the metal banner flying for the last 20 years or so.

 

[Magic]

In my defense, LG...........I was an FM radio listener. US radio doesn't play European {or any countries} power metal. Infact, you get the same old stuff on rotation.

Before I entered a forum, I didn't know this kind of music existed..........

 

[Magic]

Im struggling with Sonata Arctica.
Some of their songs blow me away but the rest sounds like all the sounds produced just gets mushed together into a sound =\

Which albums by Sonata Arctica do you have, Harkat?


I would start with Ecliptica and Winterheart's Guild

 

[Harkat]

In my defense, LG...........I was an FM radio listener. US radio doesn't play European {or any countries} power metal. Infact, you get the same old stuff on rotation.

Before I entered a forum, I didn't know this kind of music existed..........

I remember growing up with the belief that Metal was really bad and evil.

 

[LG]

^^No need to be defensive Magic, I stumbled upon Gamma Ray when I was looking for Ronnie Montrose's band Gamma...and downloaded a few tracks off Rocket and I was hooked. Then Helloween, Kamelot, Iced Earth...and a host of others all ended up in the library. Although I don't use Rocket anymore I owe it a debt of gratitude, we met there and I found so much new music it rekindled my interest to a fever pitch again.