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Symphonic power metal 1996
Power metal with orchestra, choir and a fantasy libretto. The more, the better.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- Italy / Finland
- Tempo
- 150-200 bpm
- Song length
- 4-8 min
- Written about
- High fantasy, Battle, Love, operatically, Narrative across multiple albums
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Symphonic power metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 8 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1996 | 84% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 91% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1 out of 8. Symphonic power metal leads the next by 1 point. 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
Rhapsody, Symphony of Enchanted Lands 1998
Rhapsody - Emerald Sword. Knowing kitsch, flawlessly executed.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
- 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 Symphonic 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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NWOTHM 90%
New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal: a new generation deliberately playing like it's 1982, down to the tape production.
4 steps from Symphonic power metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into NWOTHM -
Garage rock revival 90%
A reaction to nu metal and radio pop: crisp guitars, plain production, narrow suits. It put guitar rock back on festival bills in the 2000s.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Symphonic power metal.
The way into Garage rock revival
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 8.
- 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 8.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 8.
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.