Epic Metal
Epic metal (from greek ἐπικός and latin epicus, both meaning “story”) is a term used to refer to metal bands that involve fantasy, history and mythology in their lyrics. Epic metal bands used to record concept albums featuring an epic storyline behind it. Epic metal bands are usually power metal or heavy metal bands, but epic black metal, symphonic, progressive and folk metal bands are not uncommon. Aliases for Epic metal include “fantasy metal”, “battle metal”, “barbarian metal” etc. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Doomsword
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CotBayun wrote:
Easy, man, it is not even in the top 100 of this tag
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metalhead61484 wrote:
how the hell is Dream Theater epic metal?
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darkrevenge16 wrote:
Rhapsody and Manowar \m/
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scapino wrote:
Blind Guardian for sure.
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Winter_Wolf1488 wrote:
bathory ;-)
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lordcthulhu wrote:
Summoning.
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TuomariNurmio wrote:
"Where is Manilla Road" I wondered same thing
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burieddreams83 wrote:
Have a listen to Engraved Disillusion We play a mix of melodic death metal and many other influences we would welcome some feedback http://www.last.fm/music/Engraved+Disillusion
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truejb wrote:
Where is Manilla Road
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Carlitolow wrote:
Virgin Steele is very very very epic. \m/
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wikuk wrote:
There is nothing epic about Dream Theater. Really nothing. Virgin Steele is a much better candidate.
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jimmytheone44 wrote:
<3
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Razor745 wrote:
Where's Dream Theater?
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GuiltyMammal wrote:
lol at the swords
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MegaHassan wrote:
No middle ground in epic metal!
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MegaHassan wrote:
Epic can either mean Epic Win or Epic Fail
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pdiddyjsbeepa wrote:
if the genre has "epic" in it then rest assured it is in no way epic
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TheRealEvilOne wrote:
this is the manliest tag ever
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duffeknol wrote:
this is the gayest tag ever
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MPrimitive wrote:
i love the sound of epic songs :D
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