250,000 before W:O:A 09!

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15. More solos means more epic.

 

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16. If at all possible, be Michael Kiske.

 

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17. If this is not possible, pretend to be Michael Kiske.

 

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18. Your album cover should include at least one of the following: fire, steel, weird glowing magical items, irregularly muscular men, fists thrust into the air, weaponry, magic creatures (preferably dragons), or bright beams of light around somebody/something.

 

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19. 'Grim' and 'necro' don't apply here; they just make you look silly. Now go back to your 20 minute epic about dragonslaying!

 

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20. Power metal depends on power chords.

 

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21. 16th notes are the only notes.

 

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22. Unless you're singing, in which case you are not permitted to hold a note for any less than 2 bars.

 

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23. Keyboards get solos, too.

 

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24. If you can't be Michael Kiske, you can at least be Timo Tolkki.

 

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25. Actually, don't be Timo Tolkki.

 

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26. In case you didn't know, "symphonic" is synonymous with "epic." See rule #1.

 

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27. Just because 300 bands before you have already done "epic," there's always room for more.

 

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28. Songs come in two tempos: metal and ballad.

 

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29. You are officially the only kind of people who can refer to themselves as 'mighty' without being laughed at. Much.