You're finally realizing that Nightwish sucks?

Maybe, although the orchestra **** is still pretty sweet.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future;17208494]I realized I haven't listened to power metal since I saw Sonata Arctica for free in September. And I'm going to see Nightwish on Saturday.

I don't even want to go anymore.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?!?![/QUOTE]

Burned out on the drama perhaps? I listened to Dark Passion Play for a while then had to step away because it was impossible to talk about Nightwish without the f[size=2]u[/size]cking drama.

I find myself recently coming back to some of my early power metal loves. Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire...

[QUOTE=Steerpike;17208589]Rhapsody of Fire...[/QUOTE]


Don't call them that... And yes the oldies are still the goodies. I can put on Edguy, Blind Guardian, or HammerFall on anytime and still enjoy it.

LOL @ Edguy and HammerFall being power metal 'oldies'

LORD in a fortnight!

I'd get Final Chapter for a Dungeon cd, but as Deth said they're all good.

[QUOTE=pate;17209087]LOL @ Edguy and HammerFall being power metal 'oldies'[/QUOTE]

Yeah, yeah... They play the old style even though their best releases were in the late 90's

Got Rise to Power, and it rules. Thanks

It's really ironic reading the first couple pages of this thread from five years ago and seeing how much everyone loves Children of Bodom and Dragonforce. I'd like to see someone try to do that now.

[QUOTE=Danger Zone;17209019]Don't call them that...[/QUOTE]

It has the word fire in it, so it is more epic.

Haha. Rule number 1 of Power metal: Be more epic.

Remember that playing fast is epic. No sound should be alone, everything should be harmonized. More solos is more epic. Write about international relations between magical kingdoms, by which I mean war. Entire albums may be recorded in the same key.

Dragonforce are very good at this.

The best one was, Sing in English, even though your fan-base will be comprised entirely of Brazilians, Germans, Japanese, Swedes, and Finns and It's not a tour, it's a crusade!

My favorite was, "Singers are not allowed to have balls. Unless they are Hansi, because he is God."

Saw Nightwish last night.

They played a bunch of stuff that I love but nobody else seems to enjoy (Higher Than Hope, Romanticide), and they also played Dead To The World, which was awesome, but they cut almost all of the awesome tunes out. They had this guest player who played that thing on Last Of The Wilds (really don't like that tune) and some other stuff, but at the same time there was no Everdream, no Slaying The Dreamer, nothing from Wishmaster...I was kinda disappointed.

I'm glad I went, but it just seems like the band has lost its appeal on me.

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sup thread, Any new stuff that interest you guys latley?

For me they are

[B]Impellitteri - Wicked Maiden
Wolf - Ravenous[/B]
Savior From Anger - Lost in Darkness
Iron Fire - Into the Grave (Nigga sounds exactly like Mustaine at times lol)
Dark Moor - Autumnal
Dark Empire - Humanity Dethrone
Head Hunter -2008 album
WitchKing- 2008 Album

Wolf is good.

Yeah, I just discovered Wolf not too long ago. I enjoy. Gonna have to check out a few of those other ones.

[QUOTE=Mother;17219233]sup thread, Any new stuff that interest you guys latley?

For me they are

[B]Impellitteri - Wicked Maiden
Wolf - Ravenous[/B]
Savior From Anger - Lost in Darkness
Iron Fire - Into the Grave (Nigga sounds exactly like Mustaine at times lol)
Dark Moor - Autumnal
Dark Empire - Humanity Dethrone
Head Hunter -2008 album
WitchKing- 2008 Album[/QUOTE]

So Autumnal is good? I loved Tarot. If they keep that up I'm sold :)

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future;17219122]Saw Nightwish last night.

They played a bunch of stuff that I love but nobody else seems to enjoy (Higher Than Hope, Romanticide), and they also played Dead To The World, which was awesome, but they cut almost all of the awesome tunes out. They had this guest player who played that thing on Last Of The Wilds (really don't like that tune) and some other stuff, but at the same time there was no Everdream, no Slaying The Dreamer, nothing from Wishmaster...I was kinda disappointed.

I'm glad I went, but it just seems like the band has lost its appeal on me.[/QUOTE]

I really like Last Of The Wilds. And I really want to see them play live some time.
If the setlist in any way at all resembles the one in The End Of An Era, I'm satisfied. ^^

Last Of The Wilds live is sick. I've done the mature thing and got over the fact that they're not going to be playing Wishmaster era stuff anymore. It's a new band and I like the new band. Whether or not I like them more than the old Nightwish is still unclear.

[QUOTE=Steerpike;17209267]Remember that playing fast is epic. No sound should be alone, everything should be harmonized. More solos is more epic. Write about international relations between magical kingdoms, by which I mean war. Entire albums may be recorded in the same key.

Dragonforce are very good at this.[/QUOTE]

They are also very good at making stunning live performances - they never play their songs like they are in the albums, it's a whole new experience.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future;17219122]Saw Nightwish last night.
I'm glad I went, but it just seems like the band has lost its appeal on me.[/QUOTE]

A Little part of me just died.

[QUOTE=Danger Zone;17209158]It's really ironic reading the first couple pages of this thread from five years ago and seeing how much everyone loves Children of Bodom and Dragonforce. I'd like to see someone try to do that now.[/QUOTE]

I still like (the old) Bodom and I've always hated Dragonforce from the start.

a likely story

How about leaving COB and DragonFarce out of this thread. kthx

Clearly, Lee, you must be a democrat. You use your position of power and administration to invoke law based on your personal opinion and emotion alone.

Those who govern using fact, rational, and basis of public desire would find that both COB and Dragonforce are perfectly reasonable topics of discussion in this thread, as both are indeed power metal.


(pst...this post is only half serious. Just giving you some s[size=2]h[/size]it.)

Dragonforce were all right for a little while, now their music has become trite to me and many others. Their popularity amongst guitar hero playing 15 year olds is also a source for hostility. They're best not discussed when we could discuss something like the upcoming Blind Guardian album.

Blind Guardian just keeps getting more and more interesting. Throughout their career I think that they have become more powerful, impressive, enticing, and EPIC with every album. When A Night At The Opera was released it seemed like BG had reached the pinnacle of epicness. The band seemed to think so too because their next album, A Twist in The Myth was not as over-the-top epic and blatantly face-melting as their previous two, but instead deeper, more artistic, unique and creative. Now I'm anxious to see how they're going to balance the two worlds this time, because although still very much the Blind ****ing Guardian we know and love, they're a band that is always changing and evolving. No longer moving upward, but upward, sideways, and probably to other planes and dimensions with magical artifacts and spells. That's my take on it :)

they can't play their **** live at allll. like its really bad.