Gamma Ray at Dong Open Air 2015: two guitarists stand side by side at the front of the stage, one with a Flying V and one with a white guitar, in blue stage light with the drum kit behind them.
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The Best Power Metal Songs

A power metal song tells a listener how it ends while it is still in its opening bars, so the only craft left to it is subtraction: what comes out of the arrangement between one chorus and the next, and how long the thing everybody is waiting for is kept out of reach.

By Julien Vasseur 21 October · 12 min read

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Date Band Album Type
23 Oct 2026 Absolute Darkness Witness To A Dying World Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Turmion KÄtilÖt Resodance Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Mental Cruelty Echoes of a Forlorn Land Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Mental Cruelty Echoes of a Forlorn Land (24-bit HD audio) Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Forbidden Forbidden Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Entheos Empty on the Inside Full-length
23 Oct 2026 After Infinity Beyond Eternity Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Windwaker smile, you're on camera. Full-length
23 Oct 2026 Wolves in the Throne Room Estuary Full-length