does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

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Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by faircell21 » Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:32 pm

Since when are Trivium and Disturbed good?

Toxicity is a great album, though.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Salmaneser » Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:48 pm

Try these:

In Flames
Amon Amarth
Disturbed
Rammstein
SOAD
Lacuna Coil
Trivium
Alestorm (pirrrrate metal)
Amenra
...

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Puscherbilbo » Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:02 pm

Blind Guardian missing?

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by BehindtheMule » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:43 pm

Forget Power metal, go for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal goodness that is the mighty Angelwitch! There first (eponymous) album.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by faircell21 » Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:33 am

One can argue that that’s already happened haha.

What Swans have you heard? They’ve encompassed so many styles.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Jamiet99uk » Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:59 pm

faircell21 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:22 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:55 pm
Thrash metal I have a great deal of time for. Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Kreator, Death Angel, and Annihilator are all bands I love.

(On the specific subject of Annihilator, Jeff Waters, the main dude from Annihilator, now lives in County Durham not far from me. He's a very nice guy and has built an amazing home studio. The drummer / vocalist from the doom metal band I'm currently in provided guest vocals on the new Annihilator album which was recorded there).
All great bands. Going down that route, I also like crossover thrash bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Agnostic Front, and Municipal Waste.

Unrelated to thrash metal, but what do you think of Swans?
I like all three of those bands. Municipal Waste is gonna fuck you up!

Swans? Michael Gira's band? Interesting. They have made music I like, but they've also made music I wasn't interested in at all.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by faircell21 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:22 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:55 pm
Thrash metal I have a great deal of time for. Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Kreator, Death Angel, and Annihilator are all bands I love.

(On the specific subject of Annihilator, Jeff Waters, the main dude from Annihilator, now lives in County Durham not far from me. He's a very nice guy and has built an amazing home studio. The drummer / vocalist from the doom metal band I'm currently in provided guest vocals on the new Annihilator album which was recorded there).
All great bands. Going down that route, I also like crossover thrash bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Agnostic Front, and Municipal Waste.

Unrelated to thrash metal, but what do you think of Swans?

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by faircell21 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:10 pm

draco2111 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:49 am
@ faircell21
This is still a question of taste. I find Doom extremely boring. Black is just shrieking.
MeloDeath is good too. But pure death? There's no melody.

And tobieee911 asked about power metal. So why do you come up with that?
I suppose you’re right about it being a matter of taste. However, I find power metal to be quite forgettable as a whole. As far as melodic death metal, I’ve listened to dark tranquility, in flames, b’elakor, insomnium, and omnium gatherum, and I find the whole thing to be rather lame. As a metal listener, I am looking for brutality and volume, and I do not wish those to be compromised for the sake of melody (though there are certainly bands that can inject melody into a heavy, brutal atmosphere). I obviously respect what other people want to get out of metal, I just think that there are other genres that as a whole do a better job of that.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Jamiet99uk » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:55 pm

Thrash metal I have a great deal of time for. Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Kreator, Death Angel, and Annihilator are all bands I love.

(On the specific subject of Annihilator, Jeff Waters, the main dude from Annihilator, now lives in County Durham not far from me. He's a very nice guy and has built an amazing home studio. The drummer / vocalist from the doom metal band I'm currently in provided guest vocals on the new Annihilator album which was recorded there).

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by New England Fire Squad » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:47 pm

draco2111 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:49 am
@ faircell21
This is still a question of taste. I find Doom extremely boring. Black is just shrieking.
MeloDeath is good too. But pure death? There's no melody.

And tobieee911 asked about power metal. So why do you come up with that?
If we're going into different directions, industrial, thrash, and that weird elven shit are best metal imo

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Jamiet99uk » Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:51 pm

Octavious wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:45 pm
You know, somehow I always imagined you as a bass player...
Well there you go.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Octavious » Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:45 pm

You know, somehow I always imagined you as a bass player...

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Jamiet99uk » Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:25 pm

draco2111 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:51 am
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:03 pm
tobieee911 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:05 am

I'm sorry Jamie :cry:

Btw don't you think this is the best power metal song there is? https://youtu.be/0jgrCKhxE1s
No, I'm afraid I don't.

Dragonforce are shit.
Okay, I see. No decency here in the forum. :eyeroll:
Trolls everywhere.
I'm not trolling.

I am a huge music fan with a large record and CD collection. I play the bass in a local metal band where I live (we will record our first EP as soon as the Covid lockdown ends). I was the editor of a regional rock and metal music zine for about 30 issues. I have been to hundreds of metal gigs.

I genuinely think that Dragonforce are shit. They demonstrate a high level of technical competency, sure. But their composition, their songwriting, their arrangements, are utter shit, displaying little or no creative vision or flair. The songs are interchangeable, forgettable shit when you look beyond the 4,000,000,000 beats per minute wankery. Their entire formula is "ZOMG FAST GUITAR PLAYING WOWW" and that's it. They've got nothing.

Absolute rubbish.

I am not trolling.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by draco2111 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:51 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:03 pm
tobieee911 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:05 am

I'm sorry Jamie :cry:

Btw don't you think this is the best power metal song there is? https://youtu.be/0jgrCKhxE1s
No, I'm afraid I don't.

Dragonforce are shit.
Okay, I see. No decency here in the forum. :eyeroll:
Trolls everywhere.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by draco2111 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:49 am

@ faircell21
This is still a question of taste. I find Doom extremely boring. Black is just shrieking.
MeloDeath is good too. But pure death? There's no melody.

And tobieee911 asked about power metal. So why do you come up with that?

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Jamiet99uk » Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:03 pm

tobieee911 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:05 am

I'm sorry Jamie :cry:

Btw don't you think this is the best power metal song there is? https://youtu.be/0jgrCKhxE1s
No, I'm afraid I don't.

Dragonforce are shit.

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by faircell21 » Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:25 pm

Why power metal that’s like the worst of the metal subgenres. Doom, sludge, stoner, death, black, and even some prog metal are better

Now, if you’re asking for metal bands in general, check out

Sleep
Electric Wizard
Elder
SLIFT
Inter Arma
Devourment
Agalloch
Infant annihilator
Ulcerate
Deafheaven
Boris
Jesu
Sunn O)))

There’s countless more, pm me if interested

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by draco2111 » Fri Apr 24, 2020 8:51 am

Even if Helloween is not your thing, you should definitely keep an eye on the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feu8bxF05Rw

And maybe you should give the two Keepers albums another chance.

Do you know Sinbreed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7QYAcXAx0I

or Dragony:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMJ_Tsn-UlQ

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by tobieee911 » Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:05 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:41 am
tobieee911 wrote:
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:29 am
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:21 am


Pretty good? There is nothing more perfect in terms of power metal than this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM__lPTWThU
Well, the sounds is perfect indeed, but i don't really like the singing, i hate that sound of his voice :shock:
You hate the vocals of Rob Halford, one of the greatest and most iconic singers in the history of heavy metal...

I don't know what to say to you.
I'm sorry Jamie :cry:

Btw don't you think this is the best power metal song there is? https://youtu.be/0jgrCKhxE1s

Re: does anyone know good (power) metal bands?

by Jamiet99uk » Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:41 am

tobieee911 wrote:
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:29 am
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:21 am
tobieee911 wrote:
Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:34 pm


I have already tried some of these! Helloween is not really my thing
Judas Priest is pretty good
and i have not really tried accept, i will give it a try, thank you Jamie!
Pretty good? There is nothing more perfect in terms of power metal than this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM__lPTWThU
Well, the sounds is perfect indeed, but i don't really like the singing, i hate that sound of his voice :shock:
You hate the vocals of Rob Halford, one of the greatest and most iconic singers in the history of heavy metal...

I don't know what to say to you.

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