• Home
• Genre
• Power Metal

Power Metal

Power Metal – Originally referring to straight up heaviness in the 80s (Pantera named an album after it, vintage gig flyers once referred to Metallica as Power Metal). These days though most power metal bands pride themselves on their playing ability and can lean towards progressive at times taking fantasy, mythological, battle or personal struggle themed lyrics mixed with melodic guitar and vocal lines, double kick drumming cues from 80s blueprints Helloween & later Gamma Ray, A massive upswing in popularity in recent times from a whole new generation check out HammerFall, DragonForce, Sabaton, Rhapsody Of Fire, Edguy, Falconer, Firewind, Blind Guardian, Stratovarius, Primal Fear, Sonata Arctica and American proponents Iced Earth, Jag Panzer, Virgin Steele and Manowar.