Ultimate Album Side-Power Metal

1. Rhapsody - Emerald Sword
2. Stratovarius - Stratosphere
3. Nightwish - Wanderlust
4. Sonata Arctica - My Land
5. Symphony X - Smoke and Mirrors
6. Children of Bodom - Bodom After Midnight
 
1. "Hall of the King" - Blind Guardian
2. "Temple of Hate" - Angra
3. "Last Before the Storm (Live)" - Gamma Ray*
4. "Angels' Holocaust" - Iced Earth
5. "Soul of a Vagabond" - Stratovarius
6. "Halloween" - Helloween

The live version I'm referring to is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qKVLv0yEY

And I do realize that four of the songs have Kai Hansen involved :worship:
 
Angra - Heroes of Sand
Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror
Helloween - I Want Out (one of my favorite songs period)
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
Demons and Wizards - Fiddler on the Green
Sanctuary - Epitaph
 
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden

Don't Wait For Me - Vicious Rumors

Rage of the King - Labyrinth

Father Time - Stratovarius

Crawling From Hell - Masterplan

Kingdom for a Heart - Sonata Arctica
 
Rage- Dies Irae
Heed- I Am Alive
Sabaton- Attero Dominatus
White Skull- Here We Are
Persuader- Strike Down
Gamma Ray- Blood Religion
 
Something along these lines:

Helloween - Save Us
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Grave Digger - House Of Horror
Vicious Rumors - The Crest
Riot - Storming The Gates Of Hell
Sinergy - I Spit On Your Grave
 
Lost Horizon - Highlander (The One)
Gamma Ray - Beyond the Blackhole
Iron Savior - Battering Ram
Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
Helloween - Ride the Sky

aaaand Rage doesn't find themselves on this, despite being my favorite band, because I already had them on my thrash metal list, and i do consider them more thrash oriented anyway.
 
Helloween- Eagle Fly Free
Edguy- Save Us Now
Avantasia- The Seven Angels
Aina- Flight of Torek (Glen Hughes is amazing in this song)
Kamelot- Karma
Angra- Angels Cry

This one was a struggle, but I am gonna stick with this, for now.
 
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Nightwish - She is my Sin
Sonata Arctica - 8th Commandment
Kamelot - Abandoned
Tarot - Do You Wanna Live Forever?
Stratovarius - Black Diamond
 
Sonata Arctica - Black Sheep
Edguy - Tears of a Mandrake
Mob Rules - Fuel To The Fire
Rhapsody - Dawn Of Victory
Kamelot - Farewell
Angra - Spread Your Fire
 
Man this is a tough one to narrow down to just 6 but here goes...

1)Destiny Calls-Nocturnal Rites
2)Babylon-Edguy
3)Phantoms of Death-Helloween(those solos make my big toe shoot up in my boot-lol)
4)Man On A Mission-Gamma Ray
5)Death Rider-Attack
6)Pilgrim's Path-Rage


Gordy:headbang:
 
1> Iced Earth - Phantom of the Opera
2> Helloween - Mission Motherland
3> Stratovarius - Destiny
4> Labyrinth - Lady Lost in Time
5> Gamma Ray - Shine on
6> Blind Guardian - Mirror, Mirror
 
Some of the bands people have included on here I wouldn't consider "power metal." However, I realize that many bands don't fit into just one genre. It seems fairly common for alot of them to cross the lines from power metal into progressive, folk, or symphonic.


Ohhhh boy, so much to choose from!

HammerFall - The Way of the Warrior
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys
Falconer - The Clarion Call
Kamelot - The Spell
Sonata Arctica - San Sebastian (revisited)
Edguy - Mandrake
 
Angel Dust - Cross of Hatred
Blind GUardian - Nightfall
Sonata Arctica - Kingdon for a Heart
Labyrinth - Moonlight
Primal Fear - Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
Rage - Black in Mind
 
This is a tough one....

Nightwish - Gethsemane
Sonata Arctica - Broken
Aquaria - Choice Time
Dragonland - Cassiopeia
Kamelot - Center of the Universe
Avantasia - The Tower (or Farewell)