1.Queensrÿche - Promised Land

2.The Cult - The Cult

3.AC/DC - Ballbreaker

4.Praying Mantis - Forever In Time

5.Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

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Power Metal is a genre I've gotten into quite a bit over the past few years. I'd only really listened to Symphony X before, but discovered Blind Guardian, Wuthering Heights, Gamma Ray and others thanks to MS!

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of power metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd

3.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

4.Symphony X - The Odyssey

5.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

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This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
My last.fm user: daniloescolin

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

3.W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

4.Kreator - Enemy Of God

5.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Sentenced - Amok

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Anathema - Alternative 4

5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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1.Gamma Ray - No World Order

2.Gamma Ray - Sigh No More

3.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

4.Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space

5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free II

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1.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

2.Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space

3.Gamma Ray - Power Plant

4.Gamma Ray - Insanity And Genius

5.Gamma Ray - Sigh No More

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Must Have: The First 14

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Anathema - Judgement

3.Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black

4.Amorphis - Tuonela

5.Crimson Glory - Astronomica

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Here's my take on Gamma Rays discography. And I'll throw in Kai Hansen's solo album as well, as a nice bonus.

1.Gamma Ray - No World Order

2.Gamma Ray - Majestic

3.Gamma Ray - Insanity And Genius

4.Gamma Ray - Sigh No More

5.Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow

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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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I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the album give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 25 EPs (ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

Genre-Specific:
Top 50 Black Metal Albums
Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums
Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 40 Power Metal Albums
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Opeth - Still Life

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This is my top 10 list of albums from Hamburg, Germany. That is, my favourite albums by bands based in that city.

1.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

2.Gamma Ray - No World Order

3.Helloween - The Time Of The Oath

4.Iron Savior - Dark Assault

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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1.Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip

2.Gamma Ray - Power Plant

3.Samael - Eternal

4.Amorphis - Tuonela

5.Biohazard - New World Disorder

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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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My personal ranking of all the Gamma Ray studio albums. My top 3 sometimes switches, but I do consider Power Plant to be the best power metal album of the 90's so it makes sense to keep it at number 1 here. The albums of the early 90's have grown on me over the years and I am starting to enjoy them more than their latest efforts. Albums like Sigh No More, Empire Of The Undead and To The Metal! have some great tracks, but I find them all to be pretty average. Sigh No More nearly made it a little higher up thanks to "One With The World", but no...it is surely the weakest Gamma Ray album.

1.Gamma Ray - Power Plant

2.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

3.Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space

4.Gamma Ray - No World Order

5.Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow

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1.Grave Digger - Excalibur

2.Primal Fear - Jaws Of Death

3.Pegazus - Breaking The Chains

4.Wolf - Wolf

5.White Skull - Tales From The North

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