Power Metal

Power Metal is a generally up-beat metal genre consisting of fast guitar hooks and catchy tunes, often associated with neo-classical metal and progressive metal, and occasionally glam metal. The first influences of power metal appeared in the late 70’s and early 80’s when Ronnie James Dio was singing in Rainbow, the Rainbow song Stargazer is often named as the first power metal song. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Falconer

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Nov 18 Wednesday 18 November 2009
3 Inches of Blood at Nutty's North 3 Inches of Blood	Nutty's North Sioux Falls SD, United States 43.556526 -96.747424	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Nov 27 Friday 27 November 2009
3 Inches of Blood at Gators 3 Inches of Blood	Gators Farmington, NM, United States 36.737247 -108.184127	Add shout Buy Tickets
Nov 28 Saturday 28 November 2009
3 Inches of Blood	The Rock Tucson AZ, United States 32.223301 -110.956323	2 people attending Add shout
Dec 1 Tuesday 1 December 2009
Saviours 3 Inches of Blood	Chain Reaction Anaheim, Los Angeles CA, United States 33.832468 -117.939694	1 person attending Add shout
Dec 11 Friday 11 December 2009
3 Inches of Blood Heiress	El Corazón Seattle WA, United States 47.618802 -122.329261	5 people attending 2 shouts
Dec 12 Saturday 12 December 2009
Bang Camaro at Paradise Rock Club Bang Camaro, Powerglove	Paradise Rock Club Boston MA, United States 42.351676 -71.119647	9 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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BroadwayJr wrote:
yesterday evening

Euro power metal sucks ass. American power metal is FAR superior.

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bloodgrave45 wrote:
yesterday evening

your scene charts suck more

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xxxKillianxxx wrote:
Friday afternoon

power metal fucking sucks

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RenanSalaberga wrote:
Thursday morning

omg, this is horrible

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bloodgrave45 wrote:
last week

african power metal wtf

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hammerstrikebg wrote:
last week

EURO POWER METAL IS NUMBER 1!!!!!!!!!!!

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carlos_galvan wrote:
last week

power metal!

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bradkarate wrote:
last month

ZANDELLE!!!

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Carnassial1 wrote:
last month

Cheers everyone! You can vote for "Power metal" in "Favorite Heavy metal Sub-genre Poll" on my profile page Carnassial1 It's over 1900 votes now. I'll be glad if you take a shot.

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BloodRedChaos wrote:
last month

The problem is everyone thinks all power metal sounds like fucking Rhapsody and Nightwish.

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KingOfTriptiis wrote:
last month

Seconded. Also "middle school metal"? Interesting to hear that from guys who probably still are in middle school and listen to stuff I was into at that time.

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Vggamegod wrote:
last month

faggot trolls don't know shit about power metal, and need to cut their wrists like the emos they are

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bloodgrave45 wrote:
last month

this genre is at the same level wit nu metal

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bloodgrave45 wrote:
last month

regarded also as "comedy metal" "poser metal" "girl oriented metal or written by girls metal" "new wave goes metal" "pop goes metal" "backstreet boys with guitars metal" "menstruation metal" "guitar hero metal" "middle school metal" "the sounds that depict contraction of aids durign the 1980s metal" (4)

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nekrokvlt666 wrote:
last month

i dont see whats wrong with gamer nerds

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MrPablosky wrote:
last month

I prefer American Power Metal. Manowar, Virgin Steele, Jag Panzer, Iced Earth...

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Tizz78 wrote:
last month

All the fucking gamer nerds that went to my high school listend to this shit Thrash > country music > power

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nDroae wrote:
last month

yeah man. i'll gnaw your face off -teh c.

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Siffie91 wrote:
last month

FUCK EURO POWER METAL

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kablorte wrote:
last month

^^

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