
Written in two weeks, refined over six months,and self-recorded in isolation, we had hoped the world would be back to normal by the time of its release, but somehow the constant adversity in navigating cancellations and changing public policies has strengthened our resolve and pushed us to be more creative with our marketing, online presence and branding than ever before. These songs stand for so much more than just North American Power Metal - they stand for the resolve and dedication within our industry in a time where people would rather make art than perish! We challenged ourselves to push forward past the appealing draw of the couch, and in our hubris we have created this. Cheers to Decibel for hosting our new album and premiering it to the masses - never stop making art. “The last 18 months have been a challenging and frustrating time for everyone and this album Hubris is the culmination of our creative efforts and expression during that time. 100 Metal Albums show list info From Wikipedia: 'Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. When asked about what’s been on the band’s mind as of late as they wait for the album’s release and the return of live shows, they offered the following: Do yourselves and the band a favour, at the very least, by checking out Hubris before either they’re mauled by a Sasquatch or Quincy Jones gets involved saying, “Y’know, I’ve always heard about this power metal stuff and wondered what I could do with it…” Originally recorded and produced by the band itself, legend has it that after tracks were sent to Studio Fredman in Sweden for vocal editing by Robert Kulka, metal producer of note Fredrik Nordstrom overheard what Kukla was working on and personally reached out to the band asking if they would hire him to mix and master the record, expressing that, “This is the cheesiest thing I’ve ever heard, I have to mix this!” This could be a modern day power metal legend, but we’re assured it’s the Satan’s Honest truth, same goes with the fact that the photo shoot that gleaned the picture above was interrupted by a grizzly bear. A week ago, progressive/technical death metal titans Obscurareleased a well-received album that featured the return of longtime guitarist Christian Mnzner.

The band’s latest and second album, Hubris highlights those characteristics to great length and, unsurprisingly, you can check out a stream of it below, one day before its official release via Feast Beast Records (in N.Am/Eur) and Spiritual Beast (Japan). Considering all of the above, it shouldn’t come as a surprise a large part of this quintet’s musical vocabulary involved loving it speedy, epic, melodically grandiose while having a sword waving good time in the process. Past accomplishments have included tours and gigs with Delain, Alestorm, Hammerfall, Striker and Powerglove with festival appearances and headliners interspersed in between. The Top Ten 1 Nightwish Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland.

With a history only dating back a few years to 2016, Calgary’s Ravenous have fused their flamboyant cross-breeding of European power metal and early ‘80s US speed metal, using it like a sharp ’n’ shiny scythe to forge their way through the crowded underground. Which is the first ever power metal album IMO it has to be QUEENSRYCHE'S EP (1983). There are a few lists out about female front women, but this list is for the best female fronted bands that are considered 'metal' including metalcore, nu-metal, death metal, etc. This list answers the questions "who are the best power metal bands of all time?" and "who is the greatest power metal musician ever?" If you know enough about the genre, please vote based on the quality of the band's music (albums and songs) instead of just voting for the most popular power metal bands that you might've heard of. That said, it's up to you to determine what the best power metal groups are.

But no matter how you cut it, power metal artists, at least the best power metal bands, have the ability to unite the different fans who will sing along to their catchy songs and headbang to their crunchy solos.

Power metal bands have followings across the globe, which have led to different types of power metal in the U.S. So, what are the best power metal bands? You'd be foolish to leave the names of Rainbow, Symphony X, Helloween, Queensrÿche and Rhapsody of Fire off of this list. But above all, power metal bands are very melodic and some of the most memorable bands in metal. With that out the way, here are the greatest power metal albums of all time. Other metal subgenres may focus on doom and gloom, but power metal bands write relatively catchy, anthemic songs where the lyrical content focuses on the theatrical, and even fantasy-based. Known as a wildly popular subgenre of heavy metal, power metal mixes elements of traditional metal with speed metal and symphonic metal.
