1.Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin

2.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

3.Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed

4.Powerwolf - Bible Of The Beast

5.Powerwolf - Lupus Dei

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just rating albums as I listen to them, work in progress

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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1.Judas Priest - Firepower

2.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

3.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Tygers Of Pan Tang

4.Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child

5.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

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This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on what power metal is or is not. The list exists purely for my own organizational purposes and may contain bands or albums that are not strictly True Knights of the Eternal Thundersword.

The first cluster includes my favorite albums in the genre (and a significant number of my all-time favorites); beyond that, they are listed by rating from 9/10 down to 6/10 and alphabetically within each bracket.

Last updated November 27, 2021.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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1.Stratovarius - Nemesis

2.Children Of Bodom - Halo Of Blood

3.Saxon - Sacrifice

4.Black Sabbath - 13

5.Masterplan - Novum Initium

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My Favorite Albums Of The Year \m/

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Stratovarius - Nemesis

3.Ghost - Infestissumam

4.Powerwolf - Preachers Of The Night

5.Orphaned Land - All Is One

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1.Amorphis - Circle

2.Battle Beast - Battle Beast

3.Electronomicon - Unleashing The Shadows

4.Enforcer - Death By Fire

5.Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - High Voltage

3.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Allen/Lande - The Showdown

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1.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

3.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

4.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

5.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

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1.Stratovarius - Nemesis

2.Powerwolf - Preachers Of The Night

3.Dragonfly - Atlas

4.Thaurorod - Anteinferno

5.Dreamtale - World Changed Forever

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1.Stratovarius - Nemesis

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.Heaven Shall Burn - Veto

4.Black Sabbath - 13

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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There is no real arrangement here, apart for the top 3.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour

4.Avatarium - Avatarium

5.Black Sabbath - 13

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1.Powerwolf - Preachers Of The Night

2.James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance

3.Thy Light - No Morrow Shall Dawn

4.Obsidian Tongue - A Nest Of Ravens In The Throat Of Time

5.Hibria - Silent Revenge

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---10.04.2014.
Many moons later (twelve of them, in fact), I'm still disappointed with 2013.

It wasn't as terrible as it looked back nearly a year ago (previous update was March 10, 2013 (coincidence, btw)), but not a single thing to really blow me away or make me feel I found something fresh.

So it goes.

1.Satan - Life Sentence

2.Avatarium - Avatarium

3.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

4.Coprolalia Intoxication - Level 7

5.Death Dealer - War Master

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1.Amaranthe - The Nexus

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

3.ReVamp - Wild Card

4.Amorphis - Circle

5.Vandroya - One

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