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The Best Power Metal Album
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Probably a lot of you are already familiar with this French band that released a spectacular progressive power metal back in 2001. With their fourth album these Frenchies are a bit less progressive and a bit less neo-classical too. However they added a lot of aggressive elements to their music instead, making Archangels In Black a really dark, powerful and energetic album.
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| Now if this isn't the definition of neo-classical power metal and grand orchestration, I don't know what is. Autumnal is a showcase of great vocals, memorable songs and symphonic goodness. |
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Mixing very melodic and catchy female-fronted power metal with aggressive speed metal sections and majestic keyboard parts, Human Fragility is a real treat for fans of the style. Although this third album of the German powerhouse still doesn't really offer anything new to the genre, they do offer varied and somewhat technical songwriting and one hell of a power metal album. And as if vocalist Tanja Maul wouldn't already be enough power goodness yet, this CD features guest appearances of Bernie Weiss (Axxis) and Ian Perry (Elegy) to boot!
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Strongly keyboard-based power metal from Fance anyone? Massive cheese for some metalheads, but massive awesome for others! Fans of bands like Rhapsody Of Fire and super-melodic, epic power metal in general are definitely at the right address here
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| Vote for this one, there are boobs on the cover art! Not only boobs on the outside, the inside is really boobas- sry, bombastic as well. Strong, epic, symphonic and uncompromising European power metal. No more, no less, who needs more though? |
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| Traditional German power metal a la Helloween and Gamma Ray, hell yeah! With power vocals, strong, sharp riff-work and catchy choruses, 16.6 is a more than worthy addition to the collections of genre-fans all around the globe. |
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| After four years Blind Guardian 2.0 is finally back with a follow up to the great Dreamland Manor! I can assure you that Of Doom And Death is more of the same. Fast drumming - now by Mike Terrana - convincing riffing and a vocalist who's almost Hansi, I'd definitely pick this over the last album of the original… |
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After a dream start with the incredible Ecliptica, Sonata Arctica suffered a mild case of the "amazing debut syndrome". It bothered them especially on the Unia album, which was basically a critic's wet dream. Never ones to give up, though, Sonata Arctica strikes back with the fantastic The Days Of Grays. They seem to have matured a lot, although they stick to their winning-formula of highly energetic and refreshing tracks coupled with their catchy lyrics.
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| After multiple line-up changes Stormhammer are back with Signs Of Revolution. The big question, will this album revolutionise the metal scene? Highly unlikely, but that doesn't mean the German bands take on US power metal (with an added sprinkling of melody) isn't highly enjoyable! |
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These long-standing power metalheads have always been a guarantee for high quality. Album number 8 is no exception here. With some high-class guitar work, catchy refrains, fantastic vocals; high, low and 'rough', and even an air of non-cheesiness, Wizard combine elements of 'European' and 'US' power and the result is a force to be reckoned with.
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