Best Power Metal Band?

[Karsten]

Hm, best Power Metal stuff? *scratchhead*
Maybe the first Crimson Glory album?
Or Armoured Saint- Raising Fear?
Keeper I or Kings Of Metal?
Or should I prefer Iced Earth- Somethig Wicked...?
Ever heard Riot´s Privilege Of Power? It´s Power Metal sometimes with a little Jazz- Mixture.
Rage with Black In Mind are definitly part of this league.
I don´t have a clue...
I´m not even shure all these band are what you call Power Metal.

 

[gnoff]

Old Helloween is great, but in those days there were no such thing as "power metal", maybe "glam"

 

[Supercharger]

Gimme trash and deathmetal

 

[Carpathian_Wolf]

I thought wizards performance at wacken was superb!

 

[Blackwizard69]

Well, back in the eighties power metal was Fates' Warning, one of the best metal bands to ever walk the earth. You guys should check out their first albums, Night on Broken, Awaken the Guardian and The Spectre Within.

 

[Blackwizard69]

...and of course, as Karsten rightly mentioned, the mighty Armoured Saint (March of the Saint!!!!!!!!!!)

 

[Carpathian_Wolf]

Damn i forgot about them two !

I will have to get some of the stuff!

 

[Blackwizard69]

I guarantee you will not regret it: even after almost 15-20 years the Fates' Warning albums are still amazing. You also get a good deal for the CDs: I bought Night on Broken and The Spectre Within in a 2-for-1 package. The same for Awaken the Guardian and No Exit.

 

[Karsten]

Yeah, the old Fates Warning stuff rules.
The Apparition or Giants Lore or Fata Morgana are some of the best metal tracks ever written.

 

[Blackwizard69]

FATA MORGANA! One of my all-time favorites...The guitar solos in that song are amazing. I still listen to that shit all the time.

 

[Fallen_Knight]

I say it's a tough question.. wellthat is in my opinion

 

[Supercharger]

Amored saint is a great band. I don't much of their old stuff but I love their "Symbol of salvation" and "Revelations" albums

Fates Warning is great. Should get their "A pleasent shade of grey" and "disconected" albums

 

[Karsten]

Originally posted by Supercharger
Fates Warning is great. Should get their "A pleasent shade of grey" and "disconected" albums

They are okay but the first three are a legend. I listen to them for 15 years and they still don´t bore me.

 

[Blackwizard69]

Fully agree with Karsten: the first 3 FW albums are some of the best stuff I've ever heard. Incredibly underestimated albums. I also like their newer stuff (I really like prog, such as Dream Theater, so I also like Fw's more recent albums), but nothing comes close to Night on Broken, Awaken the Guardian and the Spectre Within. Now that I think of it, Wacken should invite the FW original line-up for a reunion in Wacken 2003!

 

[MAIDEN]

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