A Few Euro-Power Metal Bands & Albums I Enjoy
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I keep saying it's one of my least favorite metal genres, nevertheless I still managed to make a little list of the bands I enjoy listening to every once in a while.
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170  |
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! 
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| Blackcrowe Posts: 571  |
Great List is good I don’t missed Avantasia or Edguy cause I don’t like I can suggest a few if you want?
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by Blackcrowe on 26.02.2022 at 13:11 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.
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Adeed Keldian to the list, forgot about them yesterday.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5422  |
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 
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 26.02.2022 at 17:06 thanks for commenting.
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1510  |
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)
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by majormalfunction on 02.03.2022 at 05:38 No, I'm not into those, maybe Tarot is tolerable. I thought they were just a heavy metal band.
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1510 |
Written by John_Doe on 02.03.2022 at 08:58 It's such a thin line between heavy metal and power metal in some cases so I could categorise them either way
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by majormalfunction on 02.03.2022 at 14:47 that's true, sometimes there is a very thin line.
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| Grouch Douglas Enigma Posts: 280  |
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
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by Grouch Douglas on 02.03.2022 at 17:25 Thanks, I will check it out.
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Two more bands added, Cain's Offering and Serenity.
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| jeffster69 Posts: 44  |
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 !
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by jeffster69 on 30.06.2022 at 07:27 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.
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by John_Doe on 02.03.2022 at 08:58 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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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Updated 
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Updated (39, 40)
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| Guib Thrash Talker Posts: 3223  |
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 
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by Guib on 19.04.2024 at 03:37 Thank you for checking my list and posting here. 
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
I'm in the mood for a bit of Euro-power metal, so I've already listened to the first two Secret Sphere albums and i found myself having fun doing that. I will give Labyrinth another chance to see if i can enjoy them these days.
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by TOUGHEST MEMBER on 23.11.2024 at 16:40 No, I do not. I did listen, not for me I'm afraid (to put it kindly).
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| TOUGHEST MEMBER Posts: 3648 |
How about Dream Evil band, they are quite closed to be not old band or old time like Helloween or Stratovarius..
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by TOUGHEST MEMBER on 23.11.2024 at 16:44 I know Dream Evil, I found them cringy at some point, I don't know whether I should give them another chance. Maybe if i have the time for it, but i doubt I'll like them these days. At least with Labyrinth, i did enjoy a few of their albums in the past. I'm listening to their debut album right now and i think it's quite good. I still need a special mood for this band, I don't remember which of their album i considered a dud, i know they have a terrible one at least.
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Updated 41-43
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62192  |
Primal Fear and White Skull are heavy metal, Edenbridge more symphonic metal Warrior Path more heavy to me. Few bands could move to USA doe heavier sound, we could use uspm prefix
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by Bad English on Today at 16:17 All the bands you mention in your post are classified as 'power metal" on MS as well. No USPM in this list, i made a different list for that. You can check it out if you want to.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62192 |
Written by John_Doe on Today at 16:30 Not always ms classify genre right, its hevay metal, same as Grave Digger because non sounds as Helloween or Freedom Call
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| John_Doe Posts: 5170 |
Written by Bad English on Today at 17:14 I don't understand what you're trying to say here. 
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