Vanden Plas' Beyond Daylight album is a gem! I also recommend it for this topic. All songs are 10/10 but the very best would be: Scaarlet Flower Fields, Healing Tree and the amazing title-track (fantastic vocal melodies there!!)

Anything by Iced Earth has catcfhy riffs and has a cool melodic vocals, sometimes more agressive near gothic nice choice ^^ one of my favourites

rhapsody's knight rider of dooom is a great one ...as a matter of fact any song by rhapsody has what u are looking for

kalmah are a great band

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 02.10.2006 at 11:27

kalmah are a great band

Yeah, but they do not have clean vocals as requested.

Written by Warman on 02.10.2006 at 14:07

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 02.10.2006 at 11:27

kalmah are a great band

Yeah, but they do not have clean vocals as requested.

sorry my bad. forgot about that criteria

If yoou realy wanna melodic band from Sweden try Thanius its werry melodic, old school heavy metal sound whit clean male vocals

Crystal ball - Crystal ball
Majesty - Heavy metal desire
Helloween - Mr Torture
Try these so catchy, they will be in your head forever

Yeah, Iced Earth and Helloween which some has recommended are pretty good, I guess, if you're looking for that music.

I would strongly recommend Iced Earth's Something Wicked This Way Comes you want be disappointed. Also try the Schaffer, Kursch, Hybird Band Demons and Wizards both of thier cds are great. But my number one choice for you is Paradise Lost Draconian Times the album is brillant with amazing guitar riffs and haunting vocals. Great stuff

most of the Iron Maiden songs; some of them are 'the rainmaker' 'the trooper' 'lightening strike twice' , 'montsegur' and so on...

Try Helstar and Vicious Rumors, you won't regret it....

Therion - Via Nocturna
This is the chunkiest most catchy riff i have ever heard, i think its like 1 or 2 mins in.

King Diamond - A Mansion In Darkness
It has to be one of the most amazing opening riffs ever.

Dungeon - A Rise To Power
Their best song with another one of my fav riffs.

If just melodic /catchy riffs are enough then whyu don't you listen to Amon Amarth? They relly have catchy music, however no clean vocals. They are melodic Death metal.

A really catchy riff and refrain is a song from The old dead tree called "How could you?" . Give it a try!

This is probably way out of left field, and am not really sure how heavy you're wanting; but check out Alkaline Trio's 'Crimson'.

This, in my opinion was the album of 2005. Not overly heavy, but just catchy as all f*&k.

See if you can download the track 'Burn' (track #3) off this album just for a taste.

Megadeth: "Tornado of Souls" and "Hanagr 18", very catchy and clean oldschool thrash, with plenty of catchyness in the writing as well as tonnes of melody, for all those familiar to their better/older era... I'd be very surprised if they weren't mentioned yet... definitely worth checking out if you haven't as of yet.

I love progressive metal for the most part but I tried to look a little of everything in this list that had clean vocals and melodic for the most parts;

Father by Hollow
The Eyes of Lara Moon by Arena
When I Die by Angel Dust
Come and Gone by Q5
Second Life Syndrome by Riverside
Somebody's Watching You by Nightshade
Building the Ark by Orphaned Land
Norra El Norra (entering the ark) by Orphaned Land
Rare Diamond by Doro (female vox)
River of Tears by Doro (female vox)
The Sorrowed Man by Nevermore
Shades of You by New Eden
Humanity by Aquaria
The Eye of Ra by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Goin' Home by Artension
Epitaph by King Crimson
Evening Eye by Steve Stevens
Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath
Harvest of Sorrow by Blind Guardian
Man of Sorrows by Bruce Dickinson
Tears of the Dragon by Bruce Dickinson
The Union by D.C.Cooper
Lost Without Your Love by Loudness
The Last Forever by Dirty Looks (rock/roll)
When Love Finds a Fool by Don Dokken (slow love song style)
As Far As Eyes Can See by Edenbridge (female vox)
Time Is Not by Sanvoisen
Broken Silence by Sanvoisen
The Forgotten by Elegy
Cry by Conception
Gethsemane by Conception
Different Worlds by Evergrey
Don't Get Your Heart Set by Monster
Shattered Memories by Exhibition
The Road Goes on Forever by Fates Warning
Broken Dreams by Fifth Angel
House of Broken Love by Great White
Gone With the Wind by Great White
Blood from a Stone by House of Not
In My Dreams by Legs Diamond
Fallen by Superior
Never Ending Nightmare by Michael Schenker Group (MSG)
Shores of Avalon by Mullmuzzler

Written by Empress on 11.03.2007 at 20:53

I love progressive metal for the most part but I tried to look a little of everything in this list that had clean vocals and melodic for the most parts;

Father by Hollow
The Eyes of Lara Moon by Arena
When I Die by Angel Dust
Come and Gone by Q5
Second Life Syndrome by Riverside
Somebody's Watching You by Nightshade
Building the Ark by Orphaned Land
Norra El Norra (entering the ark) by Orphaned Land
Rare Diamond by Doro (female vox)
River of Tears by Doro (female vox)
The Sorrowed Man by Nevermore
Shades of You by New Eden
Humanity by Aquaria
The Eye of Ra by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
Goin' Home by Artension
Epitaph by King Crimson
Evening Eye by Steve Stevens
Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath
Harvest of Sorrow by Blind Guardian
Man of Sorrows by Bruce Dickinson
Tears of the Dragon by Bruce Dickinson
The Union by D.C.Cooper
Lost Without Your Love by Loudness
The Last Forever by Dirty Looks (rock/roll)
When Love Finds a Fool by Don Dokken (slow love song style)
As Far As Eyes Can See by Edenbridge (female vox)
Time Is Not by Sanvoisen
Broken Silence by Sanvoisen
The Forgotten by Elegy
Cry by Conception
Gethsemane by Conception
Different Worlds by Evergrey
Don't Get Your Heart Set by Monster
Shattered Memories by Exhibition
The Road Goes on Forever by Fates Warning
Broken Dreams by Fifth Angel
House of Broken Love by Great White
Gone With the Wind by Great White
Blood from a Stone by House of Not
In My Dreams by Legs Diamond
Fallen by Superior
Never Ending Nightmare by Michael Schenker Group (MSG)
Shores of Avalon by Mullmuzzler

Nice list! You know your metal! New Eden, Hollow, Q5, Fifth ANgel, Superior, MSG, Exhibition, Fates Warning, Sanvoisen, Conception,....

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Nice list! You know your metal! New Eden, Hollow, Q5, Fifth ANgel, Superior, MSG, Exhibition, Fates Warning, Sanvoisen, Conception,....

Thank You, I will take that as a special compliment coming from some one who excellent musical knowledge as yourself....I was hoping to bring a list of songs that would not be listed standardly by others and maybe to open some doors to different styles that hasn't been mentioned before.

You could get Opeth. They do alot of folk metal. But it's really good. I think you'd like it.

Try Doomsword, I like them a lot,, mixture of more genres with clean and powerful but also kinda different vocals, you'll like it.

Like cursed said - Hammerfall's "Hearts on Fire" is possibly the catchiest song. Ever.

But try "Hammer of Justice" and "The Fire Burns Forever" from the same band. Also:

"If I Could Fly" - Heloween
"When the Lights are Down", "Wander", "Karma" - Kamelot
"The Winter Wake" and "Neverending Nights" - Elvenking
"Crimson King", "Winter of Souls" - Demons and Wizards
"Metal Tyrant" - Seven Witches
"The Bane of Daninsky" - Dark Moor

...and remember - "Hearts on Fire" from Hammerfall!