Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent, for example, in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. Wikipedia

Chronology

Released Title Classification Artist Score Ratings
1987 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I excellent Helloween 3.999 6537
1988 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II excellent Helloween 3.947 6046
1990 Tales From the Twilight World excellent Blind Guardian 3.924 3213
1991 Blazon Stone very good Running Wild 3.733 851
1992 Somewhere Far Beyond excellent Blind Guardian 3.929 4388
1993 Angels Cry very good Angra 3.809 2250
1995 Imaginations From the Other Side excellent Blind Guardian 3.942 5598
1996 The Time of the Oath very good Helloween 3.795 2048
1996 Holy Land excellent Angra 3.836 6092
1998 Invictus excellent Virgin Steele 3.850 980
1998 Nightfall in Middle-Earth excellent Blind Guardian 3.902 6003
1998 Fireworks very good Angra 3.560 1174
1999 The House of Atreus: Act I very good Virgin Steele 3.829 609
2000 The Dark Ride very good Helloween 3.822 2193
2000 The House of Atreus: Act I very good Virgin Steele 3.752 496
2002 A Night at the Opera very good Blind Guardian 3.596 3130
2004 Temple of Shadows excellent Angra 3.907 2426
2010 At the Edge of Time very good Blind Guardian 3.713 2478
2021 Helloween very good Helloween 3.784 1862
2023 Cycles of Pain very good Angra 3.588 419



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