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Power metal

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent in, for example, extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound.[1][2]

This article is about the music genre. For the Pantera album, see Power Metal (album). For the Metallica demo, see List of Metallica demos § Power Metal demo.

Power metal

Europe and United States in the 1980s

The term was first used in the mid-1980s[3] and refers to two different but related styles:

List of power metal bands

Neoclassical metal

Symphonic metal

(2003). A–Z of Power Metal. Rockdetector Series. Cherry Red Books. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-901447-13-2.

Sharpe-Young, Garry

; Bukszpan, Daniel (2003). The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. Barnes & Noble Publishing. p. 300. ISBN 0-7607-4218-9.

Dio, Ronnie James

Kahn-Harris, Keith (2007). Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. Rockdetector Series. Berg Publishers. p. 194.  978-1-84520-399-3.

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Power Metal

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