Ulver - Bergtatt (1995): Ulver are a unique band. To me, bands like Iced Earth, Warlord or Cirith Ungol aren't power metal, to others they are. So any kind of list of albums or bands is going to be subjective in their categorisation. I know a lot of people who call anything with clean vocals "power metal". I would be far more passionate about other genres.Īlso, power metal is probably the most overused genre label in metal, and people tend to lump all kinds of classic, doom, epic, folk and other kinds of bands into the "power" label.
This is not a ranking, I'm tossing them in no particular order also, I'm not claiming these are "my top ten", just the ten that come to mind without thinking about it too hard also, I'm not too much of a power metal fan, so don't go analysing this, they're just ten albums I like.
#Dragonforce album tier list with extreme power metal free
I'll start out with my own power metal picks, but are we free to choose our own genres later on? Having said that, I'm quite interested in this thread and hope it will pick up. I disagree with you that Manowar, Virgin Steele and Crimson Glory are power metal, I think they have significant stylistic differences from the other bands you included. Stuff like Ride The Dragon, Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee, Burning and especially The Power Of My Sword are crazy good. Other than that Metal Warriors is also a filler but credit where credit's due: everything else is top notch. And if it's true that some of the album's best moments are present in this tune (the opening and Hector Storms The Wall are stunning) it's also true it contains some truly bad stuff in form of the soloing parts (Armor Of The Gods and both parts of The Desecration Of Hector's Body). It starts with an almost half an hour long (!) track based on Homer's Illiad by the name of Achilles: Agony And Ecstasy In Eight Parts. Not that it's devoid of cheese but overall I consider it to be a really great record. Well, this bad boy here is something completely different. Yeah, they always managed to pull some good songs here and there during the 80's but nothing solid enough in a single album IMO. Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel (1992): Now I really dislike the majority of Manowar's stuff and their cheesiness.