[QUOTE=Slapping Penguin]Where you live?
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I live out in Washington in the U.S. Worst place to be a power metal kind of guy.

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]I would love to be in a power metal band aswell, damn metallica fan boys :angry:[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Ollie]Yeah, I'd like to be in a proper PM band.[/QUOTE]

What kind of band are you guys in at the moment ?

NP Thyrfing - Sweoland Conqueror

[QUOTE=Stormrider331]What kind of band are you guys in at the moment ?

NP Thyrfing - Sweoland Conqueror[/QUOTE]
just general metal, we play Maiden, iced earth, metallica...

*breaks down crying and has to wait a minute before he can start again*

starting to learn Cathedral and Black sabbath stuff (think i may have missed something but not sure)


if we could find a keys player we could easily swing towards power metal

Oh OK. I don't even have a proper band right now :p

NP Blind Guardian - I'm Alive

I'd love to put together a power metal band. But that's not really feasible right now. Maybe when I have more time in my life.

This weekend, maybe, I'll put the finishing touches on my power metal song. Which involves me recording a whole new guitar part. :lol:

I would even do a one man band if I could play guitar. I need to be able to gratuitiously sweep pick at insane speeds for a power metal band I want to be in.

Remember, it's not power metal if there's non 16th notes. :p

That's what I'm thinking. Of course I'll need a ballad, but I'll just throw a few chords together will some lyrics about dying in battle.

Absolutely. The more dragons and unicorns that are included, the better.

Actually, my power metal song has a more emotional than supercrazy solo, mostly because I can't go supercrazy. :upset:

I would make a Speed Metal band instead :cool:

It would be total Agent Steel worship :D

I really love power metal for the fantasy cliches. They're so great.

They really are...

That may be why Rhapsody is so awesome.

The Magic of the Wizards Dream, Forest of Unicorns, Village of the Dwarves, Wisdom of the Kings, Steelgods of the Last Apocolypse.

That's damn fine cheese.

I only have/know 2 Rhapsody songs...they're pretty cool. I need an album from them eventually.

Power metal is my favorite genre.

I don't know how many times I've seen you say that now :p.

I really love power metal, but I find it's overpopulated with mediocre bands.

like who :confused:

Say what ? How many Rhapsody songs I have or That PM is my favorite genre ?

I've only said PM is my favorite genre once :p And I don't know about the other one...

:p

EDIT: To Deth

Everytime Rhapsody is mentioned, which is a lot.

In regard to the mediocre bands, I may only like the exceptional ones. If I hear a band like Hammerfall or a Rhapsody ripoff, I can never enjoy it. Maybe I haven't explored the genre enough, but I would say about 50% of the power metal bands I have heard are mediocre or worse. The other half have some of the best music I've ever heard.

Yeah you're right...I must stop mentioning it as everyoen knows by now :p

NP Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence

:D

[QUOTE]In regard to the mediocre bands, I may only like the exceptional ones. If I hear a band like Hammerfall or a Rhapsody ripoff, I can never enjoy it.[/QUOTE]
I'm much the same, although even some of the more highly regarded bands I'm not really a fan of.

There's a ton of great bands, but even more knockoff bands...

Yeah, but every genre has their knockoffs and imitations.

I'm not one to name a certain genre my favorite, and although there are alot of ripoff power metal bands, like you guys have said, the majority of the music I listen to is power metal, and I listen to [I]alot[/I] of music.

I listen to a lot of power metal and folk metal these days. It's pretty much overtaken my classic metal. It'll never overtake Pink Floyd though.

Welcome to the forums, anyway. You've made the right choice in posting in this thread.

What're your favourite bands?

Nightwish and Sentenced are my all time favorites. Epica too, just because there so damn different, I'll be suprised if anyone has heard of Epica though.

Thanks for the welcome by the way, you guys are damn friendly here.

Epica are relatively well-known. I personally have heard [I]Consign To Oblivion[/i]. I see you like female fronted bands. I'm not too fond of them, though I've heard enough. I like them somewhat, Nightwish and After Forever more than most, but the only band I really enjoy operatic female vocals in is Therion, which has plenty of different vocals also.

And it's kind of my job to be friendly. :)

Yeah and then when you turn your back he'll put a knife in it! RUN RUN RUN!

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I'm impressed. I have a couple Therion CD's and 3 Epica CD's. And yes, I do like female fronted [I]metal[/I] bands, and my Megadeth and Iron maiden friends think I'm crazy because of it. Therion is pretty good, but its one of those bands I only like a few songs off the CDs from. You've only heard songs off Consign to Oblivion? I like there older ones better. A good one is Cry for the moon.

If you want a link to the cry for the moon video, I can post it if interested.

Alright. I'll check out their earlier stuff.