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 earliest influences of power metal are traced back to 1976 when the musical group Rainbow(led by Ronnie James Dio) released the track, “Stargazer”. The track is widely considered the first power metal song. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Primal Fear

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Saturday 2 June 2012
Iced Earth Hellyeah Saturday 2 June 2012	Shrine Auditorium Billings, MT, United States 45.778091 -108.544767	1 going Add shout
Sunday 3 June 2012
Rhapsody of Fire Voyager Sunday 3 June 2012	Peabody's Downunder Cleveland OH, United States 41.50094 -81.675504	1 going Add shout
Monday 4 June 2012
Rhapsody Of Fire: World Tour 2012 Rhapsody of Fire Monday 4 June 2012	Altar Bar Pittsburgh, United States 40.448993 -79.987203	3 going 2 shouts
Wednesday 6 June 2012
RHAPSODY OF FIRE with Voyager & Hollowstone Rhapsody of Fire, Voyager, Hollowstone Wednesday 6 June 2012	Station 4 Saint Paul, Minneapolis MN, United States 44.948279 -93.087339	4 going Add shout
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Rhapsody of Fire Voyager Tuesday 12 June 2012	Slim's San Francisco CA, United States 37.771491 -122.413241	5 going 1 shout
Thursday 14 June 2012
From Chaos To Eternity World Tour 2012 Rhapsody of Fire, Voyager Thursday 14 June 2012	House of Blues San Diego CA, United States 32.716489 -117.159995	2 going Add shout

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BeIieve

I think you seem to be forgetting that obfuscation is epic

2 hours ago
Ritual_Suicide

Lambent is too literate and abstract a word for a metal genre name.

yesterday evening
WasNotWhyNot

upboats for lambent metal.

yesterday evening
BeIieve

Or, as Power Quest is one of the most flower metal bands out there, we could name the new term after them and call it Power Metal

yesterday morning
BeIieve

I think the term flower metal is fine, but if you want a new term, my vote is for Lambent Metal. It's like calling it Sunshine Metal but with more sophistication.

yesterday morning
veyita_88

I don´t know,Angra for example are very melodic and i never have seen them as "flowery" i think they are very talented.

yesterday morning
WasNotWhyNot

think of a better term then that's not insulting, then. I personally will not use the melodic power metal tag, but as this shows, mainstream power metal is beginning to split and fans of the sound won't accept flower metal. on an aside, new sonata arctica is really, really awful.

Sunday evening
Raptorg

Still doesn't mean it makes sense. Also, Pathfinder's new album out in a few days. Probably gonna have to wait for a week or something to get it in the mail. But when it comes, I will probably just listen to it and my life will be exactly the same as it is right now. But excited and stuff because good symphonic power metal is hard to find.

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