'The last thing to bring up is the lyrical content. It's pretty much your standard fantasy/folklore material; lots of mythology, lots of Lord of the Rings, lots of Dungeons and Dragons, etc. It's not really my thing, but different strokes for different folks, I guess.'

pure fucking ignorance right here

you should be ashamed of yourself

its also the worst part of the review, never say "its not my thing", "in my opinion" or stuff like that
other than that par. review is good

Power metal is meant to have fantasy lyrics like that

this isnt really power metal though

'Power metal is meant to have fantasy lyrics like that'

Dio is a more than just power metal tho

edit: damn

maybe not straight up but it had a HUGE influence on power metal

'this isnt really power metal though'

I must agree with you that its more like heavy metal/hard rock but the basics are there

WHEN THERE'S LIGHTNING

Not to change the subject but NFG rule their self titled and sticks and stones are pretty much classics

i can see what you mean. anyway i never really thought there were so many lyrics about fantasy here in the first place

God damn Atari way to make me lose all my respect for you

are the words 'dragon' or 'castle' even mentioned once?

Fun fact, I downloaded a batch of new power metal albums yesterday and they all had at least one song about dragons on them

lol

@Ty, I wasn't aware u had any respect for me in the first place lol

this is to power metal what sabbath is to doom metal
or what sabbath is to any metal

I think I could compare this review to Gyromania's controversial Traced in Air review.

'Anthropologist Sam Dunn traced the origins of power metal back to the late 1970s, when the groundwork for power metal lyrical style was laid down by Ronnie James Dio. The fantasy oriented lyrics he wrote for Rainbow, concentrated around medieval, renaissance, folk and science fiction themes, directly influenced modern power metal bands. Some even consider the song "Stargazer", from the 1976 album Rising, to be the earliest example of power metal.'

thank you wikipedia!

i didnt listen to much power metal but black sabbath are closer to doom metal than this to power metal

Rainbow rules too I also reviewed rising before :D

im not arguing that this has influenced power metal, it obviously has. just saying its not really power metal