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After the banter I have been involved in over the last few weeks has subsided slightly now - I thought I would consider what power metal albums I have actually bought over the years. Here's the ones I can remember:

Are 54 - No Visable Scars

Area 54 - Beckoning Of The End

Bal Sagoth - Battle Magic

Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

Chlidren Of Bodom -

Chlidren Of Bodom - Hatecrew Death Roll

Demons And Wizards - Demons And Wizards

Gamma Ray - No World Order

Helloween - Keeper Of TheSeven Keys Part II*

Helloween - Better Than Raw

Iced Earth - Iced Earth

Iced Earth - Night Of The Storm Rider

Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory

Iced Earth - Dark Saga*

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes*

Iced Earth - Horror Show

Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

Nightwish - Wishmaster

Nightwish - Century Child

Nightwish - Once

Primal Fear - Black Sun

Stratovarius - Elements Part I

Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

Symphony X - V

Symphony X - The Odyssey*

Three Inches Of Blood - Battlecry Under A Winter Sun

Threshold - Critical Mass

Threshold - Critical Energy

1998 was a great year for me and power metal, and as you can tell, I used to like Iced Earth! Anyway...

What power metal albums do you own? Any ones you are particularly proud or ashamed of?

And don't be dirty: downloading doesn't count - they have to be REAL copies. :D

I haven't included stuff like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden - who some people might say were.

* denotes particularly good power metal album

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Apocalyptica- Self-titled

Blind Guardian- Nightfall on Middle Earth

Tales From the Twightlight World

Cacophony(??)- Speed Metal Symphony

Go Off!

Ensiferum- Self-titled

Iron

Iced Earth- Dark Genesis

Primal Fear- Black Sun

Devil's Ground

Sonata Arctica- Silence

Stratovarius- Dreamspace

Fright Night

Symphony X- The Damnation Game

Not loads, but enough to have a slight grasp of the genre.....

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Lets see my power collection:

Dragonforce - Valley Of The Damned

Hammerfall - Renegade

GLory To The Brave

Legacy Of Kings

Stratovarius - Elements pt 1 & 2

Intermission

Primal Fear - Black Sun

Pantera - i Am The Night

Power Metal

Rhapsody - Magic Of The Wizards Dream

Sonata Arctica - Of Silence

Helloween - The Keeper of the seven keys pt 1 n 2

the metal jukbox

chameleon

Rabbit dont come easy

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Bal Sagoth - Battle Magic (not really power metal)

Demons And Wizards - Demons And Wizards

Gamma Ray - No World Order

Helloween - Keeper Of TheSeven Keys Part II*

Iced Earth - Iced Earth

Iced Earth - Night Of The Storm Rider

Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory

Iced Earth - Dark Saga*

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes*

Iced Earth - Horror Show

Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

Nightwish - Wishmaster

Nightwish - Century Child

Nightwish - Once

Primal Fear - Black Sun

Stratovarius - Elements Part I

Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

Symphony X - The Odyssey*

[Doc etc - you guys might want to sit this one out!]

Holy shit Dan, you have just raised a notch in my book for that list! Not bad... but give me a few mins to piece together mine :)

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Holy shit Dan' date=' you have just raised a notch in my book for that list! Not bad... but give me a few mins to piece together mine :)[/quote']

All the iced earth ones are the original American releases too... not the British reissues ;) (although the reisuues actually have the cooler artwork, done by Travis Smith I think)

I'll have to level with you though, I don't think too much of the Stratovarius one, or Glorius Burden. Also the day I bought Demons and Wizards I listed to the first proper song (Heaven Denies) and loved it! But then I heard the rest of the album and was a bit gutted...especially stuff like Fiddler On The Green.

However, people will rip me for Bal Sagoth but I love that album :)

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However' date=' people will rip me for Bal Sagoth but I love that album :)[/quote']

No, 'A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria' is a favourite here.

Don't suppose you've heard of Mithras have you, Daniel? They supported BS on their last tour, they play fantasy metal with dozens of effects pedals and 1120bpm drumming. I know their live drummer too, I may need lessons from him......

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Blind Guardian

Battalions of Fear

Follow the Blind

Tales from the Twilight World

Somewhere Far Beyond

Imaginations from the Other Side

Nightfall in Middle-Earth

A Night at the Opera

Live

Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (Live DVD)

Demons & Wizards

Demons & Wizards

Dragonforce

Valley of the Damned

Sonic Firestorm

Edguy

Burning Down the Opera (Live)

Gamma Ray

No World Order

Hammerfall

Renegade

Legacy of Kings

Crimson Thunder

One Crimson Night

One Crimson Night (Live DVD)

Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken

Helloween

Keeper of the Seven Keys pt.2

Iced Earth

Alive in Athens

The Glorious Burden

Kamelot

Karma

Epica

The Black Halo

Lost Horizon

A Flame to the Ground Beneath

Luca Turilli

King of the Nordic Twilight

Nightwish

Angels Fall First

Oceanborn

Wishmaster

Century Child

Once

Rhapsody

Power of the Dragonflame

Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Vol.2: The Dark Secret

Sonata Arctica

Reckoning Night

Stratovarius

Fright Night

Visions

Episode

Infinite

Elements pt.1

Elements pt.2

Symphony X

The Odyssey

Turisas

Battle Metal

I think that's it, now let me go away and think what I've forgotten to list...

Elements pt.2 is awful - but pt.1 is fantastic! Check out Visions to see the older stuff - and Fright Night is by far the best guitarwork album from them... you may like that better still.

GB - I love that album but all of Black Atom seem to collectively hate it, can't figure out why!!

Demon's & Wizards... BLood on my Hands is awesome, also Fidldler on the Green is the best ballad ever written ever (about a girl who died, some sort of car accident i think). BTW, check here...

http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/showthread.php?p=354742#post354742

That's all for now.

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I have no shame in saying I fookin' love TGB. I have two other IE albums, but don't like them as much. They have some awesome songs, but quite a few average ones.

I'd love to see them live though. I have a bootleg from last year's tour, they only played thier really good songs (the ones I've heard anyway) and Ripper makes them even better. They didn't play The Reckoning though :mad: but they did the whole of Gettusburg as an encore so that made up for it ;)

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Maybe it's just when I got into Iced Earth, but Dark Saga and Something Wicked will always be easily my favourite two albums by them!

I had this song ages ago called 'Storming Across Heaven' by DragonLAND... it had some good moments, but also some uber fromage. Dont' know if you've heard much by them?

(I think I've quoted the lyrics here before)

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Maybe it's just when I got into Iced Earth' date=' but Dark Saga and Something Wicked will always be easily my favourite two albums by them!

I had this song ages ago called 'Storming Across Heaven' by DragonLAND... it had some good moments, but also some uber fromage. Dont' know if you've heard much by them?

(I think I've quoted the lyrics here before)[/quote']

Silly question, yep I've heard of them - they do a cover of Neverending Story which is pretty cool!!

...anyway yes uber fromage indeed, never quite got deep into them.

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Currently my Power metal collection includes

3 Inches Of Blood - Advance and Vanquish

Angel Dust - Of Human Bondage

Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm

Brainstorm - Unholy

Brainstorm - Ambiguity

Brainstorm - Metus Mortis

Children Of Bodom (kinda power) - Something Wild

Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

Children Of Bodom - Hatecrew Deathrole

Edguy - Hellfire Club

Grave Digger - Tunes Of War

Helloween - The Walls Of Jericho

Helloween - Keeper Of The 7 Keys Pt 1

Helloween - Keeper Of The 7 Keys Pt 2

Helloween - I want Out (live)

Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape

Helloween - Chameleon

Helloween - Master Of The Rings

Helloween - High (live)

Helloween - The Time Of The Oath

Helloween - Better Than Raw

Helloween - Metal Jukebox

Helloween - The Dark Ride

Helloween - Rabbit Don't Coma Easy

Iced Earth - Days Of Purgatory

Rob Rock - Holy Hell

Metalium - Demons Of Insanity Chapter 5

Midnight Sun - Metal Machine

Nightwish - Angels Fall First

Nightwish - Century Child

Nightwish - Oceanborn

Nightwish - Wishmaster

Nightwish - Once

Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away

Rhapsody - Rain Of A Thousand Flames

Stratovarius - Fright Night

Stratovarius - Twilight Time

Stratovarius - Dreamspace

Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension

Stratovarius - Episode

Stratovarius - Visions

Stratovarius - Destiny

Stratovarius - The Chosen Ones

Stratovarius - Infinite

Stratovarius - Intermission

Stratovarius - Elements Pt 1

Stratovarius - Elements Pt 2

Symphony X - the Damnation Game

Symphony X - The Devine Wings Of Tragedy

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Symphony X - V

Twilightning - Delirium Veil

Twilightning - Plague House

That is about it for the moment. I think i have more but would have to search and i can't be bothered.

Need to get more though :D

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