What's with all the hate for Power Metal?

[Doriol]

Not all of it is cheesy.

[Jorgetime]

Because power metal sucks, Blind Guardian sucks. Even Glam Metal is better, Steel Panther FTW

Maybe Hammerfall and Metalium are good .

[ashyy]

Glam metal better? You better be trolling.

[MetallicaLover]

[QUOTE=Doriol;16172421]Why do you have to know what instrument is playing at all times? Do you have obsessive compulsive tendencies?[/QUOTE]

are you kidding?

In my music I like to have a rough idea of what the fuck is going on?

[Drasnus]

I have never heard anyone say they hate it.

[bravehat]

[QUOTE=ashyy;16173611]Glam metal better? You better be trolling.[/QUOTE]

Steel Panther are easily better than most power metal bands.

Speaking of which i'm gonna listen to asian hooker.

[Brawkoli]

I loveeee Blind Guardian.
The little I've heard of Sonata Artica and Stratovarious were pretty good, too.

[Kamikaze]

Dragonforce's first album is amazing.

[Upgrade123]

Steel Attack

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZhE9RuDWY[/media]

[Gmod4ever]

HammerFall are pretty good.

[i]Threshold[/i] is my favorite album of theirs.

:rock:

[Ian D]

I wasn't aware there was any hate for power metal.

But if there is, it's probably because it's 90% cheesy and lame.

[kitthehacker]

Probably the fact that it has no soul. All it is is a showcase of technical skill, and it makes the songs sound the same and fairly generic. Granted, it is better than that thrash and hardcore shit that everyone loves these days/

[SaWAH]

[QUOTE=kitthehacker;16193380]Probably the fact that it has no soul. All it is is a showcase of technical skill, and it makes the songs sound the same and fairly generic. Granted, it is better than that [b]thrash[/b] and hardcore shit that everyone loves these days/[/QUOTE]

lol.

[Visage]

[QUOTE=kitthehacker;16193380]Probably the fact that it has no soul. All it is is a showcase of technical skill, and it makes the songs sound the same and fairly generic. Granted, it is better than that [B]thrash[/B] and hardcore shit that everyone loves these days/[/QUOTE]

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3424905809_a98b52222b.jpg[/img]
Oh no you didn't.

[Wafflemaster]

Dragonforce is just overrated and tons of people think it's bad.

[bunguer]

[QUOTE=kitthehacker;16193380]Probably the fact that it has no soul. All it is is a showcase of technical skill, and it makes the songs sound the same and fairly generic. Granted, it is better than that thrash and hardcore shit that everyone loves these days/[/QUOTE]

Hahahaha
No.

[Godlybomb]

Power metal CAN be brilliant. A lot of it is cheesy, but still...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PExQbxSTw70&feature=related[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtLcaFuxlGs&feature=related[/media]

[genyus]

I love that cheesy stuff :P But im very selective of my power metal bands !

its a big no for dragonforce ...

[Pleather]

I like the instrumental aspect of the genre, but (in the most cases) the vocalist and the cheesy fantasy lyrics ruin it for me.

[dcalde78]

[QUOTE=kitthehacker;16193380]Probably the fact that it has no soul. All it is is a showcase of technical skill, and it makes the songs sound the same and fairly generic. Granted, it is better than [B]that thrash and hardcore shit that everyone loves these days[/B]/[/QUOTE]

Ahem...

Are you an idiot?

As for me, I don't listen to Power Metal, but I could.

[Z3r0747]

People don't like it because a lot of people take it way too seriously. For me, it's just major fun to listen to.

Also incoming epicness:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKD0Q5LfSl8[/media]

[Virtanen]

Thread needs more Stratovarius.

I'll just leave these here...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsEHu-wxEyU[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPEkmOomglQ&feature=related[/media]

[Patjo_sweden]

Hell yeah, used to love power metal but now I mostly listen to other forms of metal.

Still I shall continue promoting Dragonland since they're underrated as shit.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiiSwhzhy3g[/media]

[xxFoxxx]

[QUOTE=Shibbey;16160414]Dragonforce is to power metal what the Black Out Band is to rock.[/QUOTE]

What's with all the hate for Dragonforce?

It isn't bad at all, while it is not my favourite band, it is very enjoyable to listen to, why does everyone hate it?

[bravehat]

[QUOTE=xxFoxxx;16216238]What's with all the hate for Dragonforce?

It isn't bad at all, while it is not my favourite band, it is very enjoyable to listen to, why does everyone hate it?[/QUOTE]
Cause the lyrics are interchangeable, the solos and shit are all the same, and its filled with whiney cheesy vocals, aswell as guitar wank.

Korpiklaani are an infinitely superior power metal band

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kJRGPgvRQ[/url]

[>LEAD22<]

Am I the only one who ever brings up Jag Panzer?

[TheMiracle]

[QUOTE=Kazumi;16160582]I enjoy some powermetal. Especially Sonata Arctica (my cousin teached the current drummer how to play the drums, I got all of their latest albums for free + a shitload of autographs). It fits quite nicely to have it in the background when reading something from David Eddings or David Gemmell.[/QUOTE]

Sonata Arctica is okay, but definetely NOT metal. They are more like power/speed rock.

Lol, Sonata Arctica is now known as "Speed Rock".

[Z3r0747]

How are they not metal?

and what the hell is speed rock?

[Drasnus]

[QUOTE=kitthehacker;16193380]Probably the fact that it has no soul. All it is is a showcase of technical skill, and it makes the songs sound the same and fairly generic. Granted, it is better than that thrash and hardcore shit that everyone loves these days/[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTbBllPjJs[/media]
No.