Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Riot - ThunderSteel

5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias

5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on what power metal is or is not. The list exists purely for my own organizational purposes and may contain bands or albums that are not strictly True Knights of the Eternal Thundersword.

The first cluster includes my favorite albums in the genre (and a significant number of my all-time favorites); beyond that, they are listed by rating from 9/10 down to 6/10 and alphabetically within each bracket.

Last updated November 27, 2021.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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last updated: 14th December 2011

1.Machinae Supremacy - A View From The End Of The World

2.In Vain - Mantra

3.Illidiance - Damage Theory

4.Masterplan - Time To Be King

5.Instanzia - Ghosts

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1.Galneryus - Resurrection

2.Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time

3.Opera Magna - Poe

4.Wuthering Heights - Salt

5.Machinae Supremacy - A View From The End Of The World

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1.Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned

2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

3.Gamma Ray - To The Metal

4.Finntroll - Nifelvind

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Helloween - 7 Sinners

3.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

4.Dark Moor - Ancestral Romance

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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Again, I am pretty sure, I haven't heard everything worth it (namely I would definitely include Therion somewhere), but this is how I saw it at 6 November 2011, when this list was decided.

1.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

2.Jaldaboath - The Rise Of The Heraldic Beasts

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

5.Mägo De Oz - Gaia III - Atlantia

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You know it's a rough year when this much Stoner crap makes it on lol. Fuck the 2010's.

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Hooded Menace - Never Cross The Dead (Death/Doom)
The Vision Bleak - Set Sail To Mystery (Gothic)
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones (Avant-Garde/Gothic)

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Watain - Lawless Darkness

3.Dark Fortress - Ylem

4.Helloween - 7 Sinners

5.Sodom - In War And Pieces

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1.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

2.Enforcer - Diamonds

3.Steelwing - Lord Of The Wasteland

4.Wuthering Heights - Salt

5.Poisonblack - Of Rust And Bones

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These are my favorite power metal albums. Not only are they liked for their musical quality, but also for their sheer genius.

1.Dragonland - Astronomy

2.Sabaton - The Art Of War

3.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

4.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

5.Dream Evil - Dragonslayer

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age

3.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Orden Ogan - Easton Hope

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The top album of every year since I was born.

1.Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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1.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

2.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

3.Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned

4.Wizards - The Black Knight

5.Coral De Espíritos - Whisper Of Dead Light

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There's some outstanding releases from this year. Overall not that special though.

1.Watain - Lawless Darkness

2.Dråpsnatt - Hymner Till Undergången

3.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

4.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

5.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Lost

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