the only true heavy metal (some may consider it to be a subgenre, but power metal is what heavy metal would be today if all the crap, a.k.a. death/black/nu etc., was removed from existence) which usually includes medieval/fantasy lyrical themes and very complex musicianship.
by Fallen Angel November 3, 2003
Get the Power metal mug.extreme power metal is a form music spawned from the power metal genre. The key ideal behind it is the music is played at very high speeds and to make sound well has to be done with skill. extreme power metal bands often use keybords or keytars and the vocals are almost operatic, there is usually many solos within the songs which tend to be long songs. the concept of the style is to make the listner feel powerfull and the songs are uplifting
the original extreme power metal band is "dragonforce" who have started to pick up credit for there music after there signing with "roadrunner records" and there 3rd album "inhuman rampage" and there music video for the song "through the fire and the flames" which shows the band simply playing the song. there early albums "valley of the damned" and "sonic firestorm " the songs often include lyrics about epic battles with riding across battle feilds. the band also includes a 3rd of the worlds slammers (a style of playing the guitar) and herman lei won the best shredder metal hammer award
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a subdivision of metal which focuses in melody and precision, often dealing with themes from the Dark ages like fairies, elves and stuff. Looking alike and sounding alike is an unusually common tendency within bands of this genre
Rhapsody and Blind Guardian can duke it out for the second prize while Boanerges calmly takes the first place.
by Paolo April 3, 2004
Get the power metal mug.A combination of power metal and extreme metal, defined by high tempo songs, technically challenging and melodic riffs/solos, mid-range growled vocals, and an overall darker sound. Bands are often labeled Melodic Death Metal, even though they have as much in common with death metal as they do Glam. Quite popular in the Finnish metal scene.
Children of Bodom, Norther, Wintersun, and Kalmah are the prime examples of Extreme power metal. Dragonforce is not, though they think that they invented the term.
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Get the Extreme power metal mug.also known as E.P.M, is a style brought about when melodic metal fuses with extreme metal(speed and power metal fused). the first origin of epic power metal came from the band "Dragonforce", when experts didnt have a way to describe their combonation of ambiant breakdowns, break-neck solos, heavy gallops, melodic singing, and seemingly undefinable lyrics. most epic power metal songs include a great amount of speed, organization, wide octive vocals, twin guitar solos, heavy bridges, and usually from 6 to 10 mins long. and are meant to give one the sense of epicness or disbelief.
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the lyriks are usualy about knights, castels, dragons, swords, or other fancey things
the lyriks are usualy about knights, castels, dragons, swords, or other fancey things
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