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Power metal. Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent in, for example, extreme metal.
- List of Power Metal Bands
United States. 1981–1988, 1994–2011, 2013-present. NWOBHM...
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Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984...
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Power Metal. (1988) Cowboys from Hell. (1990) Power Metal is...
- List of Power Metal Bands
Mar 23, 2018 · Power metal in its earliest definable form can refer to either US or European power metal, which in their original incarnation wasn’t identical. US power metal refers to early-1980s North American heavy metal bands that formed in the wake of the NWOBHM, whether or not they embody the general characteristics commonly associated with power ...
Power metal. Power metal is a type of heavy metal music that mixes traditional metal with thrash metal or speed metal. There are two types of power metal. One comes from North America that sounds more like speed metal, and a more popular one from Europe (especially Finland, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia) and Japan that usually sounds happier and ...
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with neo-classical metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles by NWOBHM and rock music: the first pioneered and largely practiced by shred rock in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in ...
Jul 2, 2020 · 16. Sonata Arctica, 'Ecliptica' (1999) Finland’s Sonata Arctica have been one of the 21st century’s premiere power metal acts, but before they entered the new millennium, the squeezed out ...
