Your way in
Progressive power metal 1994
Power metal choruses laid over prog structures and meters.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- USA / Europe
- Tempo
- 140-190 bpm
- Song length
- 5-9 min
- Written about
- Myth and narrative, Faith, Love, operatically, Concept albums with a plot
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Progressive power metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 100% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 9 min | 58% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 86% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, length 1 out of 9. Progressive power metal ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II 1988
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II. The closing track runs thirteen minutes and deserves them.
- 2The one to put on first
Symphony X, Symphony X 1994
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy. The title track runs twenty minutes.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Power metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Progressive power metal's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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US power metal 82%
The American version, rawer and closer to thrash than its melodic European cousin.
4 steps from Progressive power metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into US power metal -
Stoner doom 80%
Stoner riffs played at half speed, with thick fuzz and subject matter drawn from witchcraft and cannabis.
4 steps from Progressive power metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Stoner doom
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 9.
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 9.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 9.
- Long. Let it go somewhere. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 9.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.