[QUOTE=Misfitted_Mecha]I only have Winterhearts Guild, but I like them a LOT. More good songs than bad to me :D

And..I think Dragonforce is my favorite Power Metal band, although I havent heard very many. Can anyone suggest some good Helloween or Iced Earth songs?[/QUOTE]

Helloween: eagle fly free, future world, twilight of the gods, rise and fall, save us, kids of the century, back on the streets, we burn, wake up a mountain, mr.torture, escallation 666, where the rain grows, gake me home, just a little sign, open your life, the tune.

Iced Earth: when the night falls, angels holocost, stormrider, desert rain, pure evil, travler in stygian, burnt offerings, dante's inferno, winter nights, violate, the hunter, the last laugh, depths of hell, vengance is mine, burning times, melancholy, disciples of the lie, watching over me, stand alone, consequences, my own savior, reaping stone, birth of the wicked , wolf, damien, dragons child, dracula, the reckoning, greenface, attila, red baron, waterloo.

Im not sure if anyones mentioned them yet but Dungeon is a mad power metal band in australia and i highly recommend you have a listen

[QUOTE=Iai]Not seen that one. Where'd you get it?[/QUOTE]
Official website. I'll get teh link in a second.

Edit: [url]http://www.oncelosthorizon.com/downloads/Video_AgainWTFB/AgainWillTheFireBurn.wmv[/url]

Gah this is horrible news!!!! I wrote my last response before that was posted. :( I am truly saddened.

Let's refresh this baby.

achoo

One on one, He's a Renegade!!! Do dodo dooo.

Running Wild own. Catchiest band ever. Sorry, but they even beat Helloween.

My parents got back from France about half an hour ago, and my dad has brought me Sonata Arctica - Successor and he bought himself Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands vol2.

I know what Sonata sounds like, so I've popped Rhapsody into my computer.

And I'm very impressed, it rocks and is alot better than what I thought they'd be like.

Looks like I've found the 2 cd's that'll be blasting down my ears over the next week or so.

Has anyone here heard Siegfried? I've just been listening to the Drachenherz album..it's not really power metal, by any stretch, but it's got elements in there.

[QUOTE=Lord Brummington]My parents got back from France about half an hour ago, and my dad has brought me Sonata Arctica - Successor and he bought himself Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands vol2.

I know what Sonata sounds like, so I've popped Rhapsody into my computer.

And I'm very impressed, it rocks and is alot better than what I thought they'd be like.

Looks like I've found the 2 cd's that'll be blasting down my ears over the next week or so.[/QUOTE]

Your dad likes power metal? Ownage.

[QUOTE=sensitiveorgan00]Your dad likes power metal? Ownage.[/QUOTE]

My dad introduced me to Dragonforce.

He's more into prog than power metal, but he likes some power metal bands.

Yesterday I bought Blind Guardian - Imaginations... my first BG CD! I can't find Night of the Opera anywhere though

[QUOTE=Lord Brummington]My dad introduced me to Dragonforce.

He's more into prog than power metal, but he likes some power metal bands.[/QUOTE]

You have a cool dad.

Anybody here likes Luca Turili? My favorite Luca Turili's song is "Legend of Steel". Awesome!!

I have most of the songs off of his first solo album. My favorites are Black Dragon and The Ancient Forest of Elves.

To the wind I will sing
The tale of the king
Who reigned in peace and love
Of the one of the man
Who crossed the paths
Of the ancient forest of elves

Cool.. do you know what scales did Turili uses most in his playing?

Haha, Ancient Forest Of Elves is the only song i have heard by him and it's pretty bad. But hell, i like it.

Whats a Dragonforce album that would get me into them?

[QUOTE=Kafkastolemyslippers]You have a cool dad.[/QUOTE]

He's alright, a bit of a twat at times though.


And to the dude above me, I recommend Sonic Firestorm.

Thanks.

b-u-m-p

[QUOTE=PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]Whats a Dragonforce album that would get me into them?[/QUOTE]

Well, they only have two, Valley of the Da[COLOR=white]m[/COLOR]ned and Sonic Firestorm. Both of them are great. I think my favorite is probably Sonic Firestorm if I HAD to pick one of them. Definitely check them out, amazing band.

Well let's talk about another band. Blind Guardian. I was into them, then out of them and now I am back into them. Jeez, whenever I listen to them I just simply feel cool. That's it. Just cool...

The best power metal albums i have are:
Stratovarius Elements Pt. 1
Sonata Artica Winterhearts Guild
Hammerfall Crimson Thunder

Yeah I'm getting Crimson Thunder soon. I know this has probably been asked somewhere here, but I don't feel like looking. So which Blind Guardian album should I get? Oh and which one has Dark Elf? I really like that song.

[QUOTE=MetalNightBodomNight]The best power metal albums i have are:
Stratovarius Elements Pt. 1
Sonata Artica Winterhearts Guild
Hammerfall Crimson Thunder[/QUOTE]

I like each one of those albums, but in this order:
Winterheart's
Crimson
Elements

[QUOTE=s0ldsoul4roknrol]Yeah I'm getting Crimson Thunder soon. I know this has probably been asked somewhere here, but I don't feel like looking. So which Blind Guardian album should I get? Oh and which one has Dark Elf? I really like that song.[/QUOTE]

Dark Elf is off of Nightfall in Middle Earth. That and A Night at the Opera are brilliant albums. I recommend either. The Soulforged is actually the song that a got a friend of mine into them.

Dunno why I'm bumping this - I hate most power metal. Most of it, quite frankly lacks power. If its too clean and nice then it loses what makes it metal.

However, I must say that Twisted Tower Dire, Ironsword, Ritual Steel are excellent bands - check em out.

Dragonforce are so good fury of the storm has the funniest chorus ever. Anyone know any bands similar to them?

[QUOTE=Jondur]Dunno why I'm bumping this - I hate most power metal. Most of it, quite frankly lacks power. If its too clean and nice then it loses what makes it metal.

However, I must say that Twisted Tower Dire, Ironsword, Ritual Steel are excellent bands - check em out.[/QUOTE]

It's not that clean and nice...

[QUOTE=anorternsoul84]Dragonforce are so good fury of the storm has the funniest chorus ever. Anyone know any bands similar to them?[/QUOTE]

I quite like that chorus.

For similar speed...try Sonata Arctica and maybe Ensiferum.

[QUOTE=s0ldsoul4roknrol]It's not that clean and nice...[/QUOTE]

You gotta be shi[COLOR=White]t[/COLOR]ing me. Power Metal is gay, and quite proud of it.

Twisted Tower Dire rips by the way!

[QUOTE=Lefty]You gotta be shi[COLOR=White]t[/COLOR]ing me. Power Metal is gay, and quite proud of it.[/QUOTE]

Oh sure, just because that Manowar album cover turns you on... ;)

Please find a better adjective than "gay." It's just tired and immature.

[QUOTE=Illegal_Immigrant]I just discovered Children of Bodom. Those guys eat chains for breakfast. They have long hair and play the ultimate shred guitars: Jacksons. What more can I say. They own.[/QUOTE]

AHHH COB!!!! theyre great and the have funnny names, what a combo!

on another note, is Nevermore power metal? cuz that**** is POWERFUL

Nevermore are kinda Power.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Oh sure, just because that Manowar album cover turns you on... ;)

Please find a better adjective than "gay." It's just tired and immature.[/QUOTE]

And why is that? It's a fitting adjective for the genre, both meanings of the word. How fuc[COLOR=White]k[/COLOR]ing politically correct to point out worthless shi[COLOR=White]t[/COLOR] like that.

And Manowar covers does indeed rule. Even Into Glory Ride. Sign Of The Hammer is quite possibly one of the coolest metal covers ever made. And definately one of the best Manowar albums.

Manowar were pretty gay, but other power metal bands don't come across as being gay at all.

But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter aslong as the music kicks arse.

[QUOTE=Lefty]And why is that? It's a fitting adjective for the genre, both meanings of the word. How fuc[COLOR=White]k[/COLOR]ing politically correct to point out worthless shi[COLOR=White]t[/COLOR] like that.[/QUOTE]

I just think using the word like that is stale, tasteless, and immature. It's not funny, it's not witty, and it's really grautitous considering just how nebulous the English language is. Of course, I was also beginning to think no one around here gave a flying **** what I say, anyway.

And besides that, the only connection Power Metal has to gay subculture is wearing leather and chains, and all metal does that courtesy of Rob Halford who got the look from the England gay bar scene. So calling Power Metal gay isn't politically incorrect, it just doesn't make sense.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]I just think using the word like that is stale, tasteless, and immature. It's not funny, it's not witty, and it's really grautitous considering just how nebulous the English language is. Of course, I was also beginning to think no one around here gave a flying **** what I say, anyway.

And besides that, the only connection Power Metal has to gay subculture is wearing leather and chains, and all metal does that courtesy of Rob Halford who got the look from the England gay bar scene. So calling Power Metal gay isn't politically incorrect, it just doesn't make sense.[/QUOTE]

You missed my point. YOU are PC. It seems that the best way to come across as semi-intelligent on boards nowadays is to make half-as[COLOR=White]s[/COLOR]ed remarks about others spelling and/or vocabulary. The language on messageboards has allways been kinda vocal, I mean, who the fuc[COLOR=White]k[/COLOR] cares? The worst thing is that you cun[COLOR=White]t[/COLOR]s drive threads completely off-topic.

Power Metal is still the gayest sub-genre of metal. It has grown to become pretty dam[COLOR=White]n[/COLOR] parodic and melo-dramatic, but there's still a lot of great bands out there. I actually like where things are headed nowadays, it seems that more and more heavy metal inspired bands are entering the scene, and the Stratovarius/Helloween copies are not so frequent anymore.

[QUOTE=Lefty]You missed my point. YOU are PC. It seems that the best way to come across as semi-intelligent on boards nowadays is to make half-as[COLOR=White]s[/COLOR]ed remarks about others spelling and/or vocabulary.[/quote]

Now you're just getting really assinine. [i]You[/i] completely missed [i]my[/i] point. I don't give a rat's *** if you think I'm being politically correct, and I'm not trying to look intelligent because honestly I don't have to prove anything to you. I'm secure enough in my own intelligence that I talk however I want, so long as it's within the rules.

[quote]The worst thing is that you cun[COLOR=White]t[/COLOR]s drive threads completely off-topic.[/QUOTE]

Okay, dude, seriously. Don't get into a pissing contest with me, I'm not in the ****ing mood.

All I was saying is that I didn't think "gay" was an appropriate word for describing Power Metal. It has nothing to do with being politically correct. In this case, I just don't think it was the right word. I know gay people and they don't see any connection between gay culture and Power Metal.

Does that clear things up?