Power Metal Appreciation

It's better than Helloween's, although I'm more interested in Helloween's actual album. 

Someone just send me a promo of the new Helloween album??? I guess the labels I have a promotion deal with share my e-mail adress with other labels. Keep them coming though I don�t mind

Edited by UMUR - 07 Dec 2012 at 2:01am

Mj�llnir wrote: There's few metal styles I've been so fanatical about and then become disillusioned with as fast as I have with power metal. I went crazy over the European branch of the genre, and for a whole summer through to winter listened to practially nothing else. As much as I still love many bands I think it's not evolved as much as it could have since Helloween's classic pair of Keeper albums, and I'd say it's more or less run out of steam for me. The American variant I'm still exploring, but it's a nice change listening to bands such as Manilla Road and Helstar.

Kingcrimsonprog wrote: Question : Which non-Gamma Ray or non-Helloween album sounds the most like Keeper Of The Seven Keys ? I want to buy whatever it is.

some bands I enjoy of this style are: Gamma Ray, some Edguy, Hibria, Jag Panzer, Crystal Viper, early Firewind, 'a few others I guess just can't name them at his moment... I'll admit though I'm pretty picky w/ this kind of music(at least until I drink alcohol), so I don't listen to it all that often. Also, I hate metal bands who take themselves too seriously so I am more inclined to listen to the more fun-loving ones...(hence why I avoid most death/black metal like the plague, unless it's of the progressive sort...)

Here's an album I can't get enough of lately, Embraced by Fire by Wolfchant. They weren't really a power metal band before this album, just a few elements on their previous one, so it's a real change of pace for them. I've ended up regarding it as their best though. Still has folk elements and some growling vocals but overall, much more power metal than anything else.

My favorite Power Metal albums are:

Edited by E�rendil - 09 Jul 2013 at 2:07pm

Efreet is the melodic power metal band of the South Korea, founded in April 2005 by Jeongho Han and Hwan Hwangbo from the same university. The band name “Efreet” means the god of fire from the Middle East mythology. Gyo-Hyeong Lee (guitar), Gi-Cheol Jeong (bass), and Gwang-Weon Oh (drum) joined the band in 2006, and the band started to have active performances at the ZOO, WASP, Sky high, and Sapiens 7 live clubs, located near Hongik University in Seoul. In February 2008, the band released the first regular album “God of fire”. Gyo-Hyeong Lee, Gi-Cheol Jeong, and Kwang-Weon Oh left the band soon after due to military services and with the graduation of Jeongho Han and Hwan Hwangbo the band went through a period of rest. After two years, a digital single album “Vendetta” was released in August 2010.

Recently, Efreet focused on the reorganization of band and the second regular album, prior to this, the band released the second digital single album “Poetry of Vengeance”. “Poetry of Vengeance” is composed of two songs; one is the “Dear liar” and the other is the “Vendetta” (re-recorded and remastered version). “Dear liar” is a traditional power metal music with straight composition reinterpreted from modern metal sound, representing vengeance to the villains who make a habit of cheating, deception, and hypocrisy. “Vendetta” produces the fundamental rules of melodic metal, such as the brilliant melody and speedy dynamic guitar riff, and also possesses the simple and sophisticated composition. It also represents rage to the improper reality caused from villains through the conversation of an abandoned soul and nemesis. The previous version of “Vendetta” has raked over 25,000 views on YouTube in a short amount of time, and is being well received by metal music listeners.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/poetry-of-vengeance-single/id735892446?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Edited by aminor - 03 Nov 2013 at 5:28am

aminor wrote: Efreet is the melodic power metal band of the South Korea, founded in April 2005 by Jeongho Han and Hwan Hwangbo from the same university. The band name “Efreet” means the god of fire from the Middle East mythology. Gyo-Hyeong Lee (guitar), Gi-Cheol Jeong (bass), and Gwang-Weon Oh (drum) joined the band in 2006, and the band started to have active performances at the ZOO, WASP, Sky high, and Sapiens 7 live clubs, located near Hongik University in Seoul. In February 2008, the band released the first regular album “God of fire”. Gyo-Hyeong Lee, Gi-Cheol Jeong, and Kwang-Weon Oh left the band soon after due to military services and with the graduation of Jeongho Han and Hwan Hwangbo the band went through a period of rest. After two years, a digital single album “Vendetta” was released in August 2010. Recently, Efreet focused on the reorganization of band and the second regular album, prior to this, the band released the second digital single album “Poetry of Vengeance”. “Poetry of Vengeance” is composed of two songs; one is the “Dear liar” and the other is the “Vendetta” (re-recorded and remastered version). “Dear liar” is a traditional power metal music with straight composition reinterpreted from modern metal sound, representing vengeance to the villains who make a habit of cheating, deception, and hypocrisy. “Vendetta” produces the fundamental rules of melodic metal, such as the brilliant melody and speedy dynamic guitar riff, and also possesses the simple and sophisticated composition. It also represents rage to the improper reality caused from villains through the conversation of an abandoned soul and nemesis. The previous version of “Vendetta” has raked over 25,000 views on YouTube in a short amount of time, and is being well received by metal music listeners. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/poetry-of-vengeance-single/id735892446?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Sounds interesting. If you haven't already done so, remember to suggest them for inclusion here.

I cannot recommend this one enough: