[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Aye, Chainsaw Skullpture.

Louie said it was awesome, so... I quite like it, nice pun.

Some sort of practice on Wednesday is going to happen, during the day hopefully.[/QUOTE]
really? i think it is balls

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]really? i think it is balls[/QUOTE]
If you can come up with a better one, in all seriousness, I'll consider it.

Hi guys! Yes it's me - sorry about the 4 month absence, but they don't have forums online inside....

...have I come back at just the right time to enjoy a good ol' argument?

[QUOTE=Kronos]Hi guys! Yes it's me - sorry about the 4 month absence, but they don't have forums online inside....

...have I come back at just the right time to enjoy a good ol' argument?[/QUOTE]
I was kind of debating our band name.
Inside as in Prison?

....inside my grannie's caravan, silly! I do wish you'd let me finish a sentence for once....

actually I've been really busy in all areas of my pitiful existence, and have had to neglect my MX brethren.

That and I ran out of things to say....

I <3 Sonata Arctica.

NP-Weballergy(live)

Dragonforce kinda introduced me to the "power metal" scene and now ive discovered more of the European power metal and i would say this stuff is what ive been looking for in metal for ages! Good vocals, good instrumentals, generally a good vibe...
and Gamma Ray have overtaken Megadeth as my favourite band :) :)

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4raG5wZZUg&search=dragonforce[/url] This is the greatest video i've seen in forever.

[QUOTE=Necronomicon][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4raG5wZZUg&search=dragonforce[/url] This is the greatest video i've seen in forever.[/QUOTE]
I really didn't like that when they did it live.

Techno sucks...balls.

I love it. :-|

Still pretty cool talent wise anyway though.

[QUOTE=Kronos]actually I've been really busy in all areas of my pitiful existence, and have had to neglect my MX brethren.

That and I ran out of things to say....[/QUOTE]
Yay! He's back!

It's nice to see the old man back.

why do you, necronomicon have the nazi symbol as your avatar?

/doesn't know if its acually the nazi symbol :p

My recent power metal puchases:

Dungeon - Resurrection
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

Ecliptica is already my favorite Sonata album. :D

Resurrection \m/

Word! \m/

I'll be picking up some more Dungeon not this weekend but the next. :D

Timmy will have money for steaks \m/ :D

[QUOTE=10th man down]Word! \m/

I'll be picking up some more Dungeon not this weekend but the next. :D[/QUOTE]
Thatta Boy ;)

Get One Step Beyond :D

[QUOTE=10th man down]My recent power metal puchases:

Dungeon - Resurrection
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

Ecliptica is already my favorite Sonata album. :D[/QUOTE]
Good man, they're some excellent purchases

NP-Firewind-Beware the beast

Hopefully Tim can get on here again.

So, are we all good little children who enjoyed Therion?

Hahaha, yeah. Pretty cool stuff. I like the two off Sirus B alot more than the other album.

Well, the second upload was their death metal era. They had three albums of death metal, three albums of middle ground, then four albums of symphonic power metal.

I never got any you Australian misser-outer:mad:

Check out the Folk/Viking Metal thread. There are two links there.

So I chcked out Firewind yesterday. They're pretty cool. Only listened to one of the 2 songs I got. I think I'll get more some other time.

Anyone here likes them ?

Yeah, I just recently picked up Forged In Fire. Pretty good CD. It goes kind of soft on the backside, but I still enjoyed it all.

Firewind's decent, I guess...haven't listened to much, but anything with Gus in it is bound to be pretty good.

[QUOTE=Riva]Hopefully Tim can get on here again.

So, are we all good little children who enjoyed Therion?[/QUOTE]
Hmm i seem to be the only one that didnt like the songs.


on a different note i got Dream evil's dragonslayer album for £3.99:thumb: and a Dio album, tis a sort of "best of"

Hey there. Haven't been posting in this thread in a while, but I've been reading.

I'm looking for something very specific and I'm hoping you can pinpoint me to what I need. I'm trying to find some more music that sounds very simliar in style, format, and aggression as the Kai-era of Helloween (Jericho, Keeper of the Seven Keys I/II) but not of the post-Kai era. I'm looking for songs simliar to Starlight, Gorgar, Dr Stein, Murderer, A Tale that Wasn't Right, Helloween. I have yet to find anything that's close enough. I'm picky about my power metal. Some just doesn't do it for me, but Helloween when Kai was in it is the most amazing stuff I've ever found.

Any help would be great. I've checked out most of the big name bands listed in this thread and other minor bands as well but nothing is what i'm looking for. If Helloween was so successful, then why aren't there more clones??

Thanks.

Give a shot at Wuthering Heights album Far from the Madding Crowd. It's very Helloween-Dio-Maiden-esque with Celtic influences thrown in for good measure.

I'm loving Cryonic Temple at the moment.

I quite like Firewind I must say.

Exit Wound, the guy thanks to whom I read the Silmarillion in order to appreciate NIME better :)

Cryonic Temple and StormWarrior might be what you're looking for...

StormWarrior \m/

I'm finding it really hard to find lesser known power metal bands than other genres.

NP: Obituary - Dying
\m/

Obituary \m/

Yeah, I had trouble finding bands like StormWarrior also. Well... not so much StormWarrior, but I had to get Riva to send me some Hibria. Okay well they're not exactly Power Metal but ehh.

Has anyone here heard a band from France called Heavenly?

I have one of their albums...

Decent band, but didn't strike me as anything special, aside from the large Rhapsody influence...

NP Nightwish - I Wish I had Angel

I really like this song. Especially the part where the guy is singing...and its upbeat. Catchy.

Indeed. I have Heavy Metal Fire by StormWarrior. I don't have their debut disc. i SOOO wanted the special edition release with the extra track (Featuring Kai!!) Heavy Metal Is the Law. I downloaded it, but haven't bought it, and since lost the mp3. They're close, but the vocals are very.... rough and yelly, unlike Michael Kiske and Kai.

Heavenly, also featuring Kai in some tracks, is very close too. BUt much like Freedom Call, they're.... boring. heh. I don't know how to describe it.

I looove Cryonic Temple's Blood, Guts, and Glory. The vocal lines are very simple though, giving the band a rather immature sound. Still, good stuff.

Still looking though for something a little more particular. Mmm. it's hard!

Wuthering Heights. I have not yet heard of them. I shall go listen!!

MetalStorm says this about Helloween:
[quote]Similar bands:
Blind Guardian
Gamma Ray
Wizard

Helloween fans also like:
Iron Maiden (145)
Blind Guardian (93)
Stratovarius (73)
Edguy (67)
Nightwish (64) [/quote]
Wizard is AMAZING. I'm a huge Gamma Ray fan, and some BG (the older stuff), but not so much Stratovarious, Edguy or Nightwish. Though, Iron Savior is really sweet stuff. I should really look into getting more of their music.

My point is that I'm trying to find a lot of guitar work, flying double bass kicks, but not enough that it ends up sounding like DragonForce. I want fun lyrics, or serious lyrics, but the voice has to be melodic and sing songy, not growly or yelly. I'm very picky :) Nostradameus' older stuff fits the bill almost perfectly. And so does Dream Evil.