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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Myth and narrative, Faith, Love, operatically, Concept albums with a plot | 50% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 89% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 7. Progressive power metal leads the next by 4 points. 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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Melodic metalcore 84%
Gothenburg harmonies imported into American hardcore. The dominant formula of the 2000s.
4 steps from Progressive power metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Melodic metalcore -
Pirate metal 83%
Power metal with accordion and lyrics about rum. A small genre, entirely shameless and very effective live.
4 steps from Progressive power metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Pirate metal
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
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 7.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 7.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 7.
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.