Heavy metal branch
US power metal
Heavy metal › Traditional heavy metal › US power metal
- Emerged
- 1983
- Origin
- USA
- Subgenres
- None
The American version, rawer and closer to thrash than its melodic European cousin.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 8
Key acts
- Manowar
- Riot
- Jag Panzer
- Vicious Rumors