Power Metal

drawnacrol · 20-09-2009 11:57pm

Definetly the best music genre, been listening to Sonata Arctica's new album and Savage Circus this week

GrizzlyMan · 22-09-2009 5:17pm

For those Power Metal Fans, I would Deffo recommend Lost Horizon's 1st and 2nd albums obsolutly Ace!!!!

Busi_Girl08 · 02-10-2009 8:46pm

Just discovered Sonata Arctica.....:eek:ALL THESE WASTED YEARS!!!!!!

rainbow kirby · 02-10-2009 11:19pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Just discovered Sonata Arctica.....:eek:ALL THESE WASTED YEARS!!!!!!

Their first 4 albums kick the crap out of their last two.

Dark Artist · 03-10-2009 1:40am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Their first 4 albums kick the crap out of their last two.

I wouldn't say 'kick the crap'... I'd rather Unia than Winterheart's Guild any day, but Reckoning Night beats the lot. Can't speak for Days of Greys cause I haven't heard it...

rainbow kirby · 03-10-2009 1:53am

I'm rather attached to Ecliptica and Silence myself. Days of Greys is probably my biggest disappointment of 2009 tbh.

Malice · 03-10-2009 10:12am

Here is some female-fronted Power Metal from Finland. Fans of Nightwish should like this a lot. It's a band called Villieläin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VYcCQSv8o

Twilightning · 03-10-2009 10:26am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I'm rather attached to Ecliptica and Silence myself. Days of Greys is probably my biggest disappointment of 2009 tbh.

Come now, it's not that bad! I'd rather they released another Winterheart's Guild myself but I still respect the band for evolving their music and taking it in another direction, since most people would probably still complain if they stayed the same for every album.

It grows on you after every listen I think. The Last Amazing Grays, Flag in the Ground, Deathaura, Zeroes and The Dead Skin are absolutely amazing! I'm liking this one more than Unia. However, it'll always go like this for me, in order of most listened:

Winterheart's Guild > Reckoning Night > Ecliptica > Silence > Days of Grays > Unia

rainbow kirby · 03-10-2009 7:54pm

For me:

Silence > Ecliptica > Reckoning Night > Winterheart's Guild > Unia > yore ma > Days of Grays

:pac:

I just much prefer them when they stick to speedy upbeat power metal, I'm not mad about the direction they've taken with the last 2 albums.

GLaDOS · 04-10-2009 1:17am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I'm not mad about the direction they've taken with the last 2 albums.

Same really, Unia has a few good tracks on it but I'm really umimpressed with Days of grays.

Personally I really rate Reckoning Night

I think it may because it's their first album I got.

For me it's:

Reckoning Night > Ecliptica > Silence/Winterheart's Guild > Unia >>>>>>> Days of Grays

Busi_Girl08 · 04-10-2009 12:54pm

Well I have Reckoning Night and Ecliptica ordered from Amazon, so it sounds like I've made the right choice

Twilightning · 04-10-2009 1:09pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Well I have Reckoning Night and Ecliptica ordered from Amazon, so it sounds like I've made the right choice

Both excellent choices, but I still think Sonata reached their power metal peak with Winterheart's Guild, which is why it'll always have that special place in my heart! You seriously can't beat the likes of The Cage, Victoria's Secret, Champagne Bath, Silver Tongue, Gravenimage and Abandoned, Please, Brainwashed, Exploited.

Busi_Girl08 · 04-10-2009 1:16pm

The first song of theirs I heard was Don't Say a Word, on this very thread, and that just sold it for me. :cool:

Twilightning · 04-10-2009 1:27pm

Try a few of these, all from Winterheart's Guild:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKD0Q5LfSl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUszotxuwGo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j1KiRQoirk

rainbow kirby · 04-10-2009 1:27pm

Love that song. Best one on Reckoning Night is White Pearl, Black Oceans imo.

Ecliptica is more upbeat and bouncy - and the songs from it are absolutely fantastic live

And I'll now also plug Silence...