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: Intense

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Wednesday 15 February 2012
Iced Earth Symphony X, Warbringer Wednesday 15 February 2012	Showbox at The Market Seattle, United States 47.608494 -122.339429	7 going 1 shout
Thursday 16 February 2012
Iced Earth Symphony X, Warbringer Thursday 16 February 2012	Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR, United States 45.51195 -122.623126	5 going 1 shout
Friday 17 February 2012
Iced Earth Symphony X, Warbringer Friday 17 February 2012	The Regency Ballroom San Francisco CA, San Francisco, United States 37.787583 -122.421665	6 going Add shout
Saturday 18 February 2012
Iced Earth Symphony X, Warbringer Saturday 18 February 2012	Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.042579 -118.267565	5 going Add shout
Monday 20 February 2012
Iced Earth Symphony X, Warbringer Monday 20 February 2012	House of Blues Las Vegas NV, United States 36.093057 -115.175815	4 going Add shout
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Iced Earth Symphony X, Warbringer Tuesday 21 February 2012	The Grove of Anaheim Anaheim, Los Angeles CA, United States 33.803079 -117.88624	3 going Add shout

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
last month

Power metal is good and all, but it can't hold a candle to technical gothic metal.

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Ritual_Suicide wrote:
last month

Do you love metal? Then join Metalheads Who Support Metal Culture

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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
last month

TELEVISION SUCKS BECAUSE MOST OF IT PANDERS TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR WAIT I THINK I MISSED A PART

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Napalmer wrote:
last month

Listen new single of ukrainian dark metal band Tectum feat. a capella female band Budnitay Tectum - Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) feat. Budnitay download links and comments in my journal: http://www.lastfm.ru/user/Napalmer/journal/2012/01/13/5aahd6_tectum_-_shchedryk_

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Ritual_Suicide wrote:
last month

If you too suffer from the debilitating condition of being so trve that small nickel plated bits of steel exit your posterior whenever you take a crap, then please join I'm so trve I shit metal studs!

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HurricaneGregor wrote:
last month

People today suck, because most of them complain. Haters gonna hate...

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somemusicdude wrote:
December 2011

Literature today sucks, because most of it is as unoriginal as most television today.

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FearCrusher wrote:
December 2011

Music sucks, because most of it is as unoriginal as most literature today.

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Mercenarion wrote:
December 2011

Pop sucks, because most of it is as unoriginal as most metal music today.

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loachy16 wrote:
December 2011

http://redbullbedroomjam.com/band/dendera/ Please vote Dendera 5 stars in this competition. Support the future of real British Heavy Metal. For fans of Iron Maiden, Dio, Manowar, Black Sabbath, Dream Theater, Judas Priest and all NWOBHM and Power Metal in general. Also "Like" them on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/DenderaUK

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Ritual_Suicide wrote:
December 2011

(Insert any metal genre here) sucks, because most of it is as unoriginal as most pop music today. [FIXED]

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mtw900 wrote:
December 2011

Power metal sucks, because most of it is as unoriginal as most pop music today.

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amitoj84 wrote:
December 2011

power metal makes me push the pedal to the metal.. and cause of it ive lost too many demerit points. FUCK YOU POWER METAL IM DONE listening to doom metal and cruising..

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Ritual_Suicide wrote:
December 2011

Well power metal and thrash metal did both branch off from speed metal.

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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
December 2011

actually, trash denies any relation to power, so you're going to have to show your sources.

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guilherme1498 wrote:
December 2011

Brother of folk metal and trash

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Mercenarion wrote:
December 2011

@veyita_88: The music is cheesy (yet good). Obviously the lyrics are dark, but yep.

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ypcanoTKD wrote:
December 2011

For a long, my favorite subgenre of metal!

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veyita_88 wrote:
November 2011

The lyrics aren´t that cheesy sometimes.Again,listen to Aura Consurgens,it´s quite dark.It deals about depression,mental disorders,and suicide.No happy happy halloween there.

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Mercenarion wrote:
November 2011

Nah, regardless of godly Angra is, they're still cheesy. But that is why power metal is so good.

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