A work in progress, the bands & albums I discover and enjoy (from this subgenre that is) will be added.
There were a few more bands but they're progressive power metal or I don't think they're power metal (like Morgana Lefay).

Keep calm and go kill the dragon!

Great List is good I don’t missed Avantasia or Edguy cause I don’t like I can suggest a few if you want?

Written by Blackcrowe on 26.02.2022 at 13:11

Great List is good I don’t miss Avantasia or Edguy cause I don’t like I can suggest a few if you want?

Thanks for commenting.
Sure you can suggest bands, i'll tell you which ones I know, I might even discover a band or two.
A very hit and miss subgenre for me. Fair warning.

Adeed Keldian to the list, forgot about them yesterday.

Alot of bands here I enjoy listening too, the obvious one's being Blind Guardian, from debut to Nightfall, and early Helloween stuff. I've recently been getting into Masterplan, and Stratovarius, but there is quite a few bands here I'm not that familiar with, I will have to check some of them out

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 26.02.2022 at 17:06

Alot of bands here I enjoy listening too, the obvious one's being Blind Guardian, from debut to Nightfall, and early Helloween stuff. I've recently been getting into Masterplan, and Stratovarius, but there is quite a few bands here I'm not that familiar with, I will have to check some of them out

thanks for commenting.

I'm also not the biggest fan of euro power metal, at least not the kind with lots of synth melodies, heavy symphonic/ neo-classical elements and lyrics about rainbows and unicorns but still there's lot of great bands in the genre. I like probably 2/3 of the bands in your list. Some recommendations:

Crystal Eyes (Dead City Dreaming, Killer)
Tarot (To Live Again, For The Glory Of Nothing)
Domain (Last Days Of Utopia)
Iron Savior (Unification, Battering Ram)
Labyrinth (Return to Heaven Denied, s/t)
Lost Horizon (both records)

Written by majormalfunction on 02.03.2022 at 05:38

I'm also not the biggest fan of euro power metal, at least not the kind with lots of synth melodies, heavy symphonic/ neo-classical elements and lyrics about rainbows and unicorns but still there's lot of great bands in the genre. I like probably 2/3 of the bands in your list. Some recommendations:

Crystal Eyes (Dead City Dreaming, Killer)
Tarot (To Live Again, For The Glory Of Nothing)
Domain (Last Days Of Utopia)
Iron Savior (Unification, Battering Ram)
Labyrinth (Return to Heaven Denied, s/t)
Lost Horizon (both records)

No, I'm not into those, maybe Tarot is tolerable. I thought they were just a heavy metal band.

Written by JoHn Doe on 02.03.2022 at 08:58

No, I'm not into those, maybe Tarot is tolerable. I thought they were just a heavy metal band.

It's such a thin line between heavy metal and power metal in some cases so I could categorise them either way

Written by majormalfunction on 02.03.2022 at 14:47

Written by JoHn Doe on 02.03.2022 at 08:58

No, I'm not into those, maybe Tarot is tolerable. I thought they were just a heavy metal band.

It's such a thin line between heavy metal and power metal in some cases so I could categorise them either way

that's true, sometimes there is a very thin line.

Check out Ravian from Germany, a new discovery of mine. Symphonic power metal with a great vocalist.
https://ravian.bandcamp.com/album/kinsmen-from-afar-2

Written by Grouch Douglas on 02.03.2022 at 17:25

Check out Ravian from Germany, a new discovery of mine. Symphonic power metal with a great vocalist.
https://ravian.bandcamp.com/album/kinsmen-from-afar-2

Thanks, I will check it out.

Two more bands added, Cain's Offering and Serenity.

Hi,
There are plenty of groups i like here and some i don't even know like "mob rules" and most of the end of your liste (apart from serenity and beast in black).
Do you know dreamtale ( try the 1rst album, difference, world changes forever), freedom call (crystal empire, eternity, beyond) and nocturnal rites (many good albums tales, shadowland,grand illusion, 8th sin) ? According to your list you could like them i guess. Nice list !

Written by jeffster69 on 30.06.2022 at 07:27

Hi,
There are plenty of groups i like here and some i don't even know like "mob rules" and most of the end of your liste (apart from serenity and beast in black).
Do you know dreamtale ( try the 1rst album, difference, world changes forever), freedom call (crystal empire, eternity, beyond) and nocturnal rites (many good albums tales, shadowland,grand illusion, 8th sin) ? According to your list you could like them i guess. Nice list !

Thanks for commenting here.
I know all those bands, I might give Nocturnal Rites another chance, but the others are too cheesy for me, especially Freedom Call.

Written by JoHn Doe on 02.03.2022 at 08:58

Written by majormalfunction on 02.03.2022 at 05:38

I'm also not the biggest fan of euro power metal, at least not the kind with lots of synth melodies, heavy symphonic/ neo-classical elements and lyrics about rainbows and unicorns but still there's lot of great bands in the genre. I like probably 2/3 of the bands in your list. Some recommendations:

Crystal Eyes (Dead City Dreaming, Killer)
Tarot (To Live Again, For The Glory Of Nothing)
Domain (Last Days Of Utopia)
Iron Savior (Unification, Battering Ram)
Labyrinth (Return to Heaven Denied, s/t)
Lost Horizon (both records)

No, I'm not into those, maybe Tarot is tolerable. I thought they were just a heavy metal band.

Lost Horizon has started to grow on me, the great vocals help here, I wouldn't have bothered if the vocals weren't so special (for lack of a better word).

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My kind of guy right here, first 2 bands are Helloween and Stratovarius. The man has taste even if he avoids bands with strange names

Written by Guib on 19.04.2024 at 03:37

My kind of guy right here, first 2 bands are Helloween and Stratovarius. The man has taste even if he avoids bands with strange names

Thank you for checking my list and posting here.