Hey Carnage, you forgot some
Like you said, Sonata Arctica is great, seen them live a month ago
(laughs at Carnage
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Dragonforce is even faster: they don't call it Extreme Powermetal for nothing
These guys are great to see live as well
Stratovarius is nice, but IMHO not as good as Sonata Arctica because sometimes his voice is just too high... And I prefer Sonata's lyrics over the ones of Stratovarius.
Dragonland (
http://www.dragonland.se/ ) is a very good band as well, check the site for samples. The Holy War album is one big fantasy story turned into great powermetal.
Avantasia: the metal opera part 1 / 2 (
http://www.evils-darkland.de/b_avantasia.htm )-> A metal opera by the hands of Tobias Sammet, the singer of Edguy. However, it's been done by some big names in the scene:
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Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray, guitars) Markus Grosskopf (Helloween, bass) Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody, drums) Frank Tischer (keyboards) Norman Meiritz (Norman and Killerbums - hehehe) Jens Ludwig (Edguy, additional lead guitar) Tobias Sammet (Edguy, orchestrations and keyboards)
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Part 1 is a true masterpiece, part 2 is not as good as the first one, but nevertheless a great album. The opening song 'The Seven Angels' of 15 minutes is one of the best metal songs I know.
Some darker stuff:
Stormlord (
www.stormlord.net ) They have songs for download, 'where my spirit forever shall be' is recommended.
GRAVEWORM (
http://www.graveworm.de/ ) One of my personal favorites, shame on carnage for not mentioning them. Also great to see live ^.^
Skyfire (
http://listen.to/skyfire ) Very nice
A bit less heavy than Graveworm and Stormlord, but the music rocks :guitar:
Have fun
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@ R2RX: I guess I'll have to show you 'the light' next summer
Last edited by Cid Highwind; December 28th, 2004 at 16:25.