sounds good

I am just listening to Fates Warning - The Spectre Within ... fantastic album. if you don't have it, i suggest you get it as soon as possible! Mixes power metal and prog in exactly the right way. I don't know how i went without this album for so long! ****.

Has anyone here heard of teh band Manticora? I need some songs by them, argh.

[QUOTE=FrailandBedazzled1979]well, i do have a suggestion...you ever tried the band Heavenly? if not try their album "sign of winter" its preety fun stuff :)[/QUOTE]
Kai Hansen appears on their debut disc!! ;)

Is there a band that Kai hasn't appeared in at one time or another?! :p

[QUOTE=JMetallica]sounds good

I am just listening to Fates Warning - The Spectre Within ... fantastic album. if you don't have it, i suggest you get it as soon as possible! Mixes power metal and prog in exactly the right way. I don't know how i went without this album for so long! ****.[/QUOTE]


yes, that album is awesome, really great early progressive metal, I think its thier 2nd best album, I pesonally like No Exit the best

[QUOTE=ExitWound]Kai Hansen appears on their debut disc!! ;)[/QUOTE]

i shoulda mentioned that lol, do you like it?

[QUOTE=LordDargon]I'm saying that Children of Bodom are exceedingly gay and they suck. :)[/QUOTE]

I bet Alexi Laiho could play circles around you or anyone you know on guitar. The man is a robot and his leads are amazing.

[QUOTE=JMetallica]Is there a band that Kai hasn't appeared in at one time or another?! :p[/QUOTE]

He invented music.

[QUOTE=aSubtleDaggerSxE]I bet Alexi Laiho could play circles around you or anyone you know on guitar. The man is a robot and his leads are amazing.[/QUOTE]

I aggree 110% here, Alexi is a fantastic lead player as well as songwriter, you can dislike the vocals all you want but ignoring their talent in every instrument is being hard headed.

[QUOTE=JMetallica]sounds good

I am just listening to Fates Warning - The Spectre Within ... fantastic album. if you don't have it, i suggest you get it as soon as possible! Mixes power metal and prog in exactly the right way. I don't know how i went without this album for so long! ****.[/QUOTE]

thats a cool cd, i do however like "awaken the guardian" and "night on brocken" more :p

Oh snap. I forgot to get into Fates Warning. So which album should I pick up as a first?

[QUOTE]Is there a band that Kai hasn't appeared in at one time or another?![/QUOTE]
Hehe. It's so true!! He [b]is[/b] the Iron Savior.

Heavenly is okay, but slightly too soft. While the music is hard, the overall sound is extremely soft compared to gamma ray and galloglass and montany. There's a certain sound I enjoy, and Heavenly misses it only slightly. They fall where Freedom Call falls for me, just outside my realm of enjoying it fully. I cannot find exactly what I dislike, but something bugs me.

Kai is king. He invented music and keeps reinventing it with each release or guest appearance he does. He's in the studio fooling around with new Gamma Ray material. Can't wait!!

Today I picked up Stratovarious's Elements pt. 1.


I think I have a new favorite band.

That was my first Strat album. I don't mind it but I'm not their biggest fan.

Stratovarius = Awesome

My favorite album is "Visions".

Sadly, no stores around where I live carry Visions. Which is too bad, because I've heard a couple songs from that album and they kick ***.

The one thing that kinda bugs me about Stratovarius is their singer. He has a [i]really[/i] strong accent, which comes through alot in his singing. I suppose I'll get used to it though.

I like how Timo sings with his accent. It adds something to the song.

Page 20 this thread was on. [i]20[/i]!!! That’s disgusting.

Anyways, has anyone hear heard of a band called Magic Kingdom? I picked up their latest CD ‘Metallic Tragedy’ and it’s awesome. Symphonic Power/Speed Metal at it’s best. The title track is amazing. It’s a 13 minute mini-opera (literally; it has a plot, characters, dialogue, etc) with each character represented by a different kind of metal singer. There’s the Nightwish-esq female soprano, the death metal growler, the black metal shrieker, the bands normal vocalist and I think there’s another guy in there too. The voices all work together to form an incredible atmosphere. The whole kicks more *** than words can describe.

****!!!... Everyone when they talk about power metal no one mentions Helloween.. theyre like the ebst power metal band ever.. and the most influential 2!!.. But people dont apreciate them at all anymore!!!!

Yes, Helloween are an amazing band, and the fore fathers of power metal.

I think Helloween get recognised a lot.

[QUOTE=RideTheSpiral]I like how Timo sings with his accent. It adds something to the song.[/QUOTE]

I rather like Tony Kakko's (Sonata Arctica) singing with his accent as well. Especially on the slightly slower songs.

I was wondering, why are there so few reviews of power metal albums in the Cd Reviews forum? I was thinking of doing a Sonata Arctica review, unless someone more qualified wants to. Anyone else?

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New Jag Panzer tracks everybody. \m/

[QUOTE=sensitiveorgan00]Oh snap. I forgot to get into Fates Warning. So which album should I pick up as a first?[/QUOTE]

awaken the guardian
night on brocken
spectre within

[QUOTE=Adam]I think Helloween get recognised a lot.[/QUOTE]


they get plenty of recgonition.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I rather like Tony Kakko's (Sonata Arctica) singing with his accent as well. Especially on the slightly slower songs.

I was wondering, why are there so few reviews of power metal albums in the Cd Reviews forum? I was thinking of doing a Sonata Arctica review, unless someone more qualified wants to. Anyone else?[/QUOTE]


I can't be bothered doing reviews anymore. :p

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New Jag Panzer tracks everybody. \m/[/QUOTE]


Awesome. :cool:

[QUOTE=Hitroshimite]Page 20 this thread was on. [i]20[/i]!!! That’s disgusting.

Anyways, has anyone hear heard of a band called Magic Kingdom? I picked up their latest CD ‘Metallic Tragedy’ and it’s awesome. Symphonic Power/Speed Metal at it’s best. The title track is amazing. It’s a 13 minute mini-opera (literally; it has a plot, characters, dialogue, etc) with each character represented by a different kind of metal singer. There’s the Nightwish-esq female soprano, the death metal growler, the black metal shrieker, the bands normal vocalist and I think there’s another guy in there too. The voices all work together to form an incredible atmosphere. The whole kicks more *** than words can describe.[/QUOTE]

nice description of the band! im going to look them up on cdnow.com and if the price is right i will order one :)

Sounds a bit like Avantasia...

really pricey online, i will add it to the list.

Avantasia uses differnet vocalsits but they dont range in black or death metal lol. I think Tobias put alot more effort with Avantasia than he does with Edguy...well, the hellfire club was the best Edguy album to date IMO which just came out hehe, he said he isnt sure if hed ever do a Metal Opera part 3 :(