| Gamma Ray Empire of the Undead | 3.5 |
| Iron Savior Rise of the Hero | 2.5 |
| Mystic Prophecy Satanic Curses | 2.5 |
| Kamelot Silverthorn | 2.0 |
| Children of Bodom Halo of Blood | 4.0 |
| Running Wild Under Jolly Roger | 2.5 |
| Primal Fear Delivering the Black | 3.5 |
| Iced Earth Plagues of Babylon | 2.0 |
| Persuader The Fiction Maze | 2.0 |
| Amon Amarth Surtur Rising | 2.5 |
| Running Wild Port Royal | 4.0 |
| Helloween Straight Out of Hell | 3.0 |
| Stratovarius Nemesis | 4.5 |
| Savage Circus Of Doom And Death | 3.0 |
| Nocturnal Rites Afterlife | 3.0 |
| It is pretty generic, but it is enjoyable enough to deserve a listen. |
| Nocturnal Rites In a Time of Blood and Fire | 2.5 |
| Ultimately a fun release, but not the most creative or unique in Power Metal. |
| Grave Digger Clash of the Gods | 2.0 |
| There are a few good songs here-and-there (Home at Last, Death Angel), but not enough to warrant multiple listens. This is just another average, generic power metal album that only the most hardcore of fans will really enjoy. |
| Death Angel Act III | 3.5 |
| Primal Fear New Religion | 2.0 |
| DragonForce Sonic Firestorm | 4.0 |
| Testament Dark Roots of Earth | 3.5 |
| Kamelot Ghost Opera | 2.5 |
| Kamelot Eternity | 3.0 |
| Kamelot Epica | 4.0 |
| Black Majesty Stargazer | 2.0 |
| Loudness Thunder In The East | 3.5 |
| Kamelot The Black Halo | 3.5 |
| Kamelot Karma | 5.0 |
| Kamelot The Fourth Legacy | 4.5 |
| Overkill Under the Influence | 3.0 |
| Iron Savior The Landing | 3.5 |
| Iron Savior Condition Red | 2.5 |
| Death Angel The Ultra-Violence | 4.0 |
| Pantera Metal Magic | 1.0 |
| Sacred Reich Ignorance | 3.5 |
| Iron Savior Dark Assault | 3.0 |
| Iron Savior Iron Savior | 4.0 |
| Mastodon Remission | 3.5 |
| Thunderstone Thunderstone | 3.0 |
| Kalmah 12 Gauge | 4.0 |
| Masterplan MK II | 3.5 |
| Mike DiMeo's vocals are not quite as strong as Lande's, though the instrumentals and album as a whole are pretty inspired. |
| Iron Savior Megatropolis | 3.5 |
| Stratovarius Elysium | 2.5 |
| Anthrax State of Euphoria | 2.0 |
| Edge of Sanity Crimson II | 3.5 |
| In Flames Whoracle | 2.0 |
| Powerwolf Blood of the Saints | 3.0 |
| Flotsam and Jetsam No Place for Disgrace | 3.5 |
| Annihilator Never, Neverland | 3.5 |
| Kreator Pleasure to Kill | 2.5 |
| Nightrage Insidious | 2.5 |
| Nightrage Descent Into Chaos | 3.5 |
| Masterplan Time to Be King | 4.0 |
| Kreator Phantom Antichrist | 3.5 |
| Edguy Mandrake | 3.0 |
| Rage Secrets In A Weird World | 4.5 |
| Anthrax Persistence of Time | 3.0 |
| Symphony X V: The New Mythology Suite | 2.0 |
| Rage Welcome To The Other Side | 2.5 |
| Stratovarius Elements, Pt. 1 | 4.5 |
| Stratovarius Twilight Time | 3.5 |
| This album is really overlooked; it may not have Tolkki on vocals, but the songs are all pretty good, and are a bit more varied compared to other Stratovarius albums. |
| Stratovarius Stratovarius | 1.0 |
| Grave Digger The Last Supper | 1.5 |
| Lacks the drive, and songwriting, that made Rheingold so good. Power Metal has never sounded so poorly played and robotic. |
| Primal Fear Devil's Ground | 2.5 |
| Grave Digger Tunes of War | 2.5 |
| Nightingale The Breathing Shadow | 3.5 |
| At the Gates The Red in the Sky Is Ours | 2.0 |
| Rage Trapped! | 4.0 |
| Overkill The Electric Age | 4.5 |
| Overkill Ironbound | 4.5 |
| Rush Clockwork Angels | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest Demolition | 1.0 |
| Judas Priest Jugulator | 1.5 |
| Flotsam and Jetsam Doomsday for the Deceiver | 2.0 |
| Mystic Prophecy Savage Souls | 4.0 |
| Kalmah The Black Waltz | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Risk | 2.0 |
| DragonForce Inhuman Rampage | 2.5 |
| Sodom Agent Orange | 3.5 |
| Kreator Coma of Souls | 4.0 |
| Vicious Rumors Digital Dictator | 3.0 |
| Mystic Prophecy Regressus | 4.5 |
| Evile Five Serpent's Teeth | 2.5 |
| Unoriginal thrash, but decent. You could do so much better, but also a lot worse... |
| Autopsy Mental Funeral | 3.0 |
| Production is really bad, but if you get past that (or enjoy the rougher productions of the 80s/90s Death Metal albums), you will find a really enjoyable and varied Death Metal album. |
| Death Spiritual Healing | 2.5 |
| Overkill Taking Over | 4.5 |
| Anthrax Fistful of Metal | 3.5 |
| Nightrage Wearing a Martyr's Crown | 4.0 |
| Rage Perfect Man | 3.5 |
| Rage 21 | 4.0 |
| Harsher singing in some songs, along with an overall heavier feel, makes this a good successor in comparison to its predecessor (Strings to a Web). Well-varied, but lacks the consistency of the previous album. |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death | 4.5 |
| Rage Strings to a Web | 3.5 |
| Overkill Feel the Fire | 3.5 |
| Stratovarius Destiny | 2.5 |
| Sabaton Carolus Rex | 2.5 |
| This is simple Power Metal. Nothing more, nothing less. |
| Stratovarius Episode | 2.0 |
| This is unbelievably boring. Speed of Light and Father Time are the only worthwhile songs on this... |
| Masterplan Masterplan | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden A Real Live One | 1.5 |
| Iron Maiden A Real Dead One | 2.5 |
| Iron Maiden A Real Live Dead One | 2.0 |
| Firewind Days of Defiance | 4.5 |
| Voivod Killing Technology | 4.0 |
| Dark Tranquillity Damage Done | 4.0 |
| Blackguard Firefight | 1.5 |
| Blackguard So it Begins | 2.5 |
| This album puts far too much emphasis on the "Folk" part of their style compared to its follow-up. |
| Persuader Evolution Purgatory | 4.5 |
| Persuader The Hunter | 4.5 |
| Firewind Few Against Many | 2.0 |
| Persuader When Eden Burns | 3.5 |
| Combine Nightfall in Middle-Earth with Thrash Metal. This is approximately the end-result. |
| Firewind Between Heaven And Hell | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica Stones Grow Her Name | 2.0 |
| Grave Digger Rheingold | 4.5 |
| Sabaton Attero Dominatus | 3.5 |
| Testament Demonic | 2.0 |
| Grave Digger The Clans Will Rise Again | 2.5 |
| Helloween High Live | 3.5 |
| Excellent live release from Helloween. The production and performances are top-notch, yet the setlist could have been better. |
| Slayer Divine Intervention | 2.0 |
| Testament The Ritual | 4.0 |
| Stratovarius Fourth Dimension | 3.0 |
| Riot Thundersteel | 4.0 |
| Gamma Ray Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome | 3.0 |
| Testament The Formation of Damnation | 4.0 |
| Unisonic Unisonic | 2.0 |
| Anthrax Worship Music | 4.5 |
| Firewind Forged by Fire | 2.5 |
| Testament The Gathering | 4.5 |
| Mystic Prophecy Vengeance | 3.5 |
| Grave Digger The Grave Digger | 3.0 |
| Death Human | 3.5 |
| Edguy Theater of Salvation | 2.5 |
| Meh album. Half of the album is pretty decent while the other half is really forgettable.rThe end of Theater of Salvation is pretty funny though. |
| Slayer Show No Mercy | 4.5 |
| Primal Fear Primal Fear | 3.0 |
| Cain's Offering Gather the Faithful | 1.5 |
| Stratovarius Visions | 4.0 |
| Stratovarius Fright Night | 3.0 |
| Stratovarius Infinite | 4.0 |
| Primal Fear Nuclear Fire | 3.5 |
| Overkill Horrorscope | 3.5 |
| Death Scream Bloody Gore | 4.5 |
| Testament Practice What You Preach | 2.5 |
| DragonForce The Power Within | 4.5 |
| Firewind Allegiance | 4.0 |
| Symphony X The Damnation Game | 3.0 |
| Death Leprosy | 3.5 |
| Death Individual Thought Patterns | 5.0 |
| Dokken Tooth and Nail | 2.0 |
| Testament First Strike Still Deadly | 3.5 |
| Certainly a unique Testament album; many of their best songs off of their first two albums are rerecorded in a much heavier style. With that said, you are probably better off getting The Legacy and The New Order before this; as interesting an album this is. |
| Symphony X Paradise Lost | 4.0 |
| At the Gates Terminal Spirit Disease | 4.0 |
| Running Wild Blazon Stone | 2.5 |
| Dethklok The Dethalbum | 2.5 |
| Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill | 1.5 |
| Sabbat (UK) Dreamweaver | 4.0 |
| Primal Fear Jaws of Death | 2.0 |
| This is pretty boring stuff here, Mr. Scheepers...A step down compared to the debut and Nuclear Fire, even if Final Embrace is the band's best song. |
| Helloween Rabbit Don't Come Easy | 2.0 |
| The problem isn't the style. I love simple Power Metal if it is done well...but this album has way too many boring moments to be essential; let alone purchase-worthy. |
| Kalmah Swamplord | 5.0 |
| Kalmah Swampsong | 3.5 |
| Dio Sacred Heart | 3.5 |
| Queen Innuendo | 2.5 |
| KISS Asylum | 3.0 |
| This is MUCH better than the previous Glam Metal efforts...but is still too generic to warrant anything higher than a 3/5. Still, I'm Alive, King of the Mountain, Who Wants to Be Lonely and Tears are Falling aren't songs you should pass up on; while the Gene Simmons songs are. |
| Dio The Last in Line | 2.5 |
| Ensiferum Ensiferum | 3.5 |
| Masterplan Aeronautics | 3.5 |
| Not quite as good as the debut, but "Crimson Rider" and "Black in the Burn" are probably the best songs Masterplan has ever created. |
| Rage The Missing Link | 4.5 |
| Unisonic Ignition | 3.0 |
| The Immortals Mortal Kombat - The Album | 1.0 |
| Blackguard Profugus Mortis | 4.5 |
| Dark Tranquillity The Gallery | 5.0 |
| Primal Fear Unbreakable | 4.0 |
| Primal Fear 16.6: (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) | 2.5 |
| Primal Fear Seven Seals | 4.0 |
| Dokken Under Lock and Key | 3.5 |
| Iced Earth The Crucible of Man | 1.0 |
No matter how good Divide Devour may be, this is easily the worst Power Metal album I have
ever heard. |
| Iced Earth Framing Armageddon | 2.5 |
| Despite pointless interludes, this was a much better album than what I was expecting. Generally a better album than Glorious Burden, at the very least... |
| Primal Fear Black Sun | 4.0 |
| Slayer Reign in Blood | 2.0 |
| In Flames The Jester Race | 3.5 |
| Helloween The Dark Ride | 4.0 |
| Gamma Ray Insanity and Genius | 4.0 |
| An impressive album by Gamma Ray, after their forgettable "Sigh No More" release. The album returns to a sound similar to "Heading For Tomorrow", and has some of the best crafted songs the band has made (until Kai took over). Fans of Power Metal should definitely listen to Tribute to the Past, Last Before the Storm, Heal Me, and Your Turn is Over. |
| Scorpions Love At First Sting | 4.0 |
| Helloween Master of the Rings | 4.5 |
| Gamma Ray Sigh No More | 1.5 |
| This album boils down to a couple of awesome songs, a few decent songs, and 6 songs of boredom. Stick with Heading for Tomorrow or Kai's albums. |
| Helloween Helloween EP | 3.0 |
| Gamma Ray Skeletons & Majesties | 1.5 |
| Helloween Unarmed | 1.0 |
| And this is why Helloween should just stay with Power Metal. |
| Machine Head Unto the Locust | 3.0 |
| Iron Savior Unification | 2.0 |
| This is Power Metal at its most generic. Little of this album stands out; with only the covers of Gorgar and Neon Knights, along with newly-penned tracks Coming Home and Starborn, being the only things worthwhile among 10 boring, plodding tracks. Avoid. |
| Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth | 4.0 |
| Helloween Better Than Raw | 3.0 |
| Symphony X The Divine Wings of Tragedy | 2.0 |
| Blind Guardian A Twist in the Myth | 4.0 |
| Dark Tranquillity Character | 3.5 |
| Blind Guardian Follow the Blind | 4.0 |
| Blind Guardian Battalions of Fear | 3.5 |
| Blind Guardian Tales from the Twilight World | 5.0 |
| Testament Souls of Black | 3.5 |
| In Flames Clayman | 3.0 |
| In Flames Colony | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica Silence | 3.5 |
| All That Remains ...For We Are Many | 2.0 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Marching Out | 2.5 |
| Overkill The Years of Decay | 3.0 |
| Koji Kondo Super Mario World | 3.0 |
| Koji Kondo Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack | 3.5 |
| Amon Amarth With Oden on Our Side | 2.0 |
| Arch Enemy Wages of Sin | 1.5 |
| Soundtrack (Television) Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | 4.0 |
| Norther Mirror of Madness | 2.0 |
| Voivod Nothingface | 2.0 |
| Kalmah They Will Return | 4.0 |
| Death Symbolic | 4.0 |
| Slayer Hell Awaits | 2.0 |
| Sonata Arctica Reckoning Night | 4.0 |
| Slayer Seasons in the Abyss | 4.0 |
| Dark Angel Darkness Descends | 2.0 |
| Savage Circus Dreamland Manor | 2.0 |
| Iron Savior Battering Ram | 3.5 |
| Sonata Arctica Winterheart's Guild | 3.0 |
| Blind Guardian At the Edge of Time | 3.5 |
| Helloween The Time of the Oath | 1.5 |
| Metallica Load | 1.5 |
| Metallica Reload | 1.5 |
| KISS Crazy Nights | 1.0 |
| Gamma Ray Heading for Tomorrow | 2.5 |
| Helloween Walls of Jericho | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell | 2.5 |
| Symphony X The Odyssey | 3.5 |
| Trivium The Crusade | 1.5 |
| Protest the Hero Scurrilous | 2.0 |
| Gamma Ray To the Metal! | 2.0 |
| Blind Guardian Somewhere Far Beyond | 4.5 |
| Testament The Legacy | 4.5 |
| Iced Earth Iced Earth | 2.0 |
| Gamma Ray Land of the Free II | 3.5 |
| Gamma Ray Power Plant | 3.0 |
| DragonForce Valley of the Damned | 3.5 |
| Slayer South of Heaven | 4.0 |
| Firewind The Premonition | 4.0 |
| Trivium Ascendancy | 1.5 |
| X Japan Art of Life | 4.5 |
| Iced Earth The Glorious Burden | 2.0 |
| Sonata Arctica Ecliptica | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 3.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Black Rain | 1.0 |
| Wintersun Wintersun | 4.0 |
| Rush Permanent Waves | 2.5 |
| Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy IV: Original Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| Judas Priest Ram It Down | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny | 2.5 |
| Judas Priest Turbo | 1.0 |
| Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll | 4.5 |
| Children of Bodom Blooddrunk | 2.0 |
| Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet? | 2.5 |
| Children of Bodom Relentless Reckless Forever | 3.5 |
| Death The Sound of Perseverance | 4.5 |
| Children of Bodom Hatebreeder | 5.0 |
| Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper | 4.5 |
| At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul | 3.5 |
| Iced Earth Days of Purgatory | 2.0 |
| Wold Screech Owl | 1.0 |
| Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God | 3.0 |
| Helloween Gambling with the Devil | 3.5 |
| Testament The New Order | 5.0 |
| Lou Reed Metal Machine Music | 1.0 |
| Iced Earth The Dark Saga | 4.0 |
| Jun Senoue Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| Jun Senoue Sonic Adventure 2: Multi-Dimensional Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| Aerosmith Classics Live | 1.5 |
| Aerosmith Pump | 2.0 |
| Aerosmith Toys in the Attic | 2.5 |
| Megadeth Th1rt3en | 3.0 |
| Gamma Ray Majestic | 4.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Scream | 1.5 |
| David Wise Donkey Kong Country 2 Soundtrack | 4.0 |
| Megadeth The System Has Failed | 3.5 |
| KISS Alive II | 3.0 |
| KISS Alive III | 2.0 |
| KISS KISS | 3.5 |
| KISS Music from "The Elder" | 1.0 |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell | 3.0 |
| Van Halen Women and Children First | 3.0 |
| Van Halen Diver Down | 1.5 |
| Van Halen Fair Warning | 2.0 |
| Machine Head The Blackening | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden Rock in Rio | 2.0 |
| Iced Earth Overture of the Wicked | 1.5 |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace Live | 4.5 |
| Megadeth Cryptic Writings | 2.5 |
| Megadeth The World Needs a Hero | 2.0 |
| Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side | 4.5 |
| Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy V: Original Soundtrack | 3.5 |
| Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy VI: Original Soundtrack | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Virtual XI | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden The X Factor | 2.0 |
| Megadeth United Abominations | 3.5 |
| KISS Dressed to Kill | 3.5 |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy | 5.0 |
| Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu | 1.0 |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 2.5 |
| Megadeth Countdown to Extinction | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden Death on the Road | 2.5 |
| Metallica St. Anger | 1.0 |
| Children of Bodom Something Wild | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World | 3.0 |
| Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes | 3.0 |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I | 4.0 |
| Dio Holy Diver | 2.0 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold | 1.0 |
| Judas Priest Unleashed in the East | 4.0 |
| Judas Priest A Touch of Evil: Live | 3.0 |
| KISS Alive! | 4.0 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon | 1.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz | 2.0 |
| Gamma Ray No World Order | 4.5 |
| Blind Guardian A Night at the Opera | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Killers | 2.5 |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave | 3.5 |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction | 1.5 |
| Aerosmith Rocks | 3.0 |
| Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! | 4.0 |
| Metallica Metallica | 2.5 |
| Van Halen Van Halen II | 4.0 |
| Van Halen Van Halen | 3.0 |
| Van Halen 1984 | 2.5 |
| KISS Sonic Boom | 2.5 |
| KISS Animalize | 1.5 |
| KISS Lick It Up | 2.0 |
| KISS Creatures of the Night | 4.0 |
| KISS Love Gun | 2.5 |
| KISS Destroyer | 2.0 |
| KISS Hotter Than Hell | 2.0 |
| Waking The Cadaver Perverse Recollections Of A Necromangler | 1.0 |
| Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly | 1.0 |
| Rush Moving Pictures | 4.0 |
| Rush 2112 | 3.0 |
| Protest the Hero Fortress | 3.5 |
| Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space | 5.0 |
| Judas Priest British Steel | 1.5 |
| Judas Priest Stained Class | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Final Frontier | 4.0 |
| When the Wild Wind Blows, The Talisman, The Man Who Would Be King, and Starblind are the end-result of 30 years of writing incredible songs and albums. Outstanding material overall; but has a poor song or two. |
| Anthrax Among the Living | 2.5 |
| Anthrax Spreading the Disease | 4.0 |
| Gamma Ray Land of the Free | 4.5 |
| Helloween 7 Sinners | 4.5 |
| Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith | 3.0 |
| Judas Priest Painkiller | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden Piece of Mind | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark | 3.0 |
| Iron Maiden No Prayer for the Dying | 1.5 |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death | 4.5 |
| Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time | 4.5 |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All | 3.5 |
| Metallica Death Magnetic | 1.5 |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All | 3.0 |
| Metallica Master of Puppets | 2.0 |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Endgame | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Youthanasia | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | 5.0 |
| Its a pity Rust in Peace will always cause fans to overlook Mustaine's first masterpiece. This album features some of Megadeth's best songs, and contains some of the best song-writing in a Thrash album. The only problem is the cover of "I Ain't Superstitious", which feels out of place on in between the two fastest songs on the album: "Bad Omen" and "My Last Words". |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 5.0 |
| This was the first album I ever purchased for a reason. There isn't a single moment of this metallic onslaught that doesn't warrant a listener's full attention; with aggression emitting from every member of the band. I would list the songs I recommend, but you can just look at the track list (though I can't deny that Tornado of Souls is the defining song of Thrash Metal). |
| Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 4.5 |
| Iced Earth Dystopia | 4.5 |
| Iced Earth Burnt Offerings | 5.0 |
| Jon Schaffer skillfully combines both genres with dark atmospheres to create one of the best Thrash and Power Metal albums ever composed. The album is filled with incredible playing from each member; especially Matt Barlow, then-new vocalist for Iced Earth. Each song is another journey through anger and sadness, with their record company, foolish teenage romance, and religious individuals with "holier-than-thou" attitudes being the band's targets. However, none of these songs (Burnt Offerings, Last December, Brainwashed respectively) come even close to Dante's Inferno, the 16 minute album closer that transcends moods and has each member doing their absolute best work with their skill. |
| Iced Earth Horror Show | 4.5 |
| Iced Earth Night of the Stormrider | 4.5 |
