1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

4.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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just rating albums as I listen to them, work in progress

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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Must Listen: The First 4

1.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

2.Civil War - The Killer Angels

3.Trivium - Vengeance Falls

4.James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance

5.Pretty Maids - Motherland

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1.Judas Priest - Firepower

2.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

3.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Tygers Of Pan Tang

4.Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child

5.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

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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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1.Amorphis - Circle

2.Battle Beast - Battle Beast

3.Electronomicon - Unleashing The Shadows

4.Enforcer - Death By Fire

5.Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - High Voltage

3.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Allen/Lande - The Showdown

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1.Adrenaline Mob - Covertá

2.Amaranthe - The Nexus

3.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

4.Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time

5.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

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This is my list of favorite metal albums anno 2013. Make sure to give a comment or a thumb up, or both

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time

3.Stratovarius - Nemesis

4.Carcass - Surgical Steel

5.Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

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