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Primary Stylistic Influences: Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal Secondary Stylistic Influences: Progressive Rock, Classical Music, Hard Rock Remember how all Metal is descended from Led Zeppelin? Rememeber how once in a while, Zeppelin would reference Lord of the Rings in their lyrics? Power Metal is the logical continuation of that - metal about epic fantasy, history, and mythology. Power metal is a subgenre of metal which grew out of Traditional Heavy Metal and Speed Metal with the help of progressive rock in the late eighties, and is characterized by a more melodic sound than most other subgenres. An emphasis on speed, especially fast guitar solos, is also frequently present. Many power metal bands also have fantasy-based lyrics and themes with singing styles usually being higher-pitched clean vocals, operatic vocals or Soprano and Gravel; however, lower-pitched cleans and Harsh Vocals are not unheard of, as are lyrical themes beyond just sword-and-sorcery. Because the genre formed practically simultaneously in Europe and North America, there are distinct differences in styles from the two scenes. While both scenes share similar influences from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, American styled power metal tends to be more riff-focused and also influenced by the harder sound of classic thrash metal, codified by bands such as Iced Earth, Vicious Rumors, and Jag Panzer. European power metal, on the other hand, is more influenced by Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal, lending European acts a brighter and more melodic sound with a heavy emphasis on choruses and the addition of keyboards and orchestral elements. Among the codifiers are bands such as Helloween and Blind Guardian, with more recent but no less popular torchbearers including Rhapsody of Fire, Nightwishnote (both of which are also Symphonic Metal, a genre European power metal frequently crosses over with), Sabaton, and yes, Dragonforce. To add to this, beginning in The '90s and ramping up in the 2000s, Japan began to produce its own brand of power metal, with many Japanese bands drawing heavily from both the existing European power metal style and neoclassical metal acts like Stratovarius and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force along with the shreddy flair of Japan's own melodic metal pioneers such as X Japan and Loudness. Japanese codifiers include Galneryus, Concerto Moon and Versailles. South American power metal (most prominent in Brazil and Argentina, as well as Colombia and Peru to a lesser extent), meanwhile, tends not to fall into any distinct style, but the scene's most popular and codifying bands like Angra and Shaman blend the soaring and progressive European sound with the copious lead guitar shredding and neoclassical influences of J-Power. Other famous South American acts include Rata Blanca, Viper, and Hibria. Additionally, Finland is home to a variant of it that blends the typical Europower sound with its requisite Scandinavian Melodic Death Metal; Finnish melodeath/power codifiers include Children of Bodom, Norther, and Kalmah. Lastly, there is shred; while usually not viewed as a power metal subgenre, it has historically had extremely heavy overlap with the genre due to shred-style leadwork in power metal and guitarists from established acts forming instrumental rock and metal side projects and thus gets a mention. The aforementioned Yngwie Malmsteen is one of the earliest and most influential examples. Power metal is also known for the ease it can be fused with other styles, to the point that Symphonic Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, Thrash Metal and, correctly or otherwise, Progressive Metal are often considered directly linked to power metal, and a lot of early progressive metal acts (Fates Warning, Crimson Glory, and, to a degree, Watchtower) overlapped with the genre. 3 Inches of Blood is a blatant fusion of Thrash Metal and power metal and Symphony X is the Trope Codifier of progressive power metal. Or in laymans' terms: power metal is what would happen if you take five teenagers, lock them in a room with every single Iron Maiden, Rush and Metallica CD, a few classical records, and every Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook ever, let them out ten years later, and made them really good at playing instruments. Not to be confused with literal metals for powering up your goods. |
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