Genre
Power Metal
10 bands in the Top 500 carry Power Metal as a primary or secondary tag.
- 10 bands
- 2000s dominant era
- 6 countries
- #181 Children of Bodom
Espoo melodic-death/power band of virtuoso shred and chilled hooks.
- #182 Nightwish
Kitee symphonic-metal pioneers and a global flagship for the subgenre.
- #184 Stratovarius
Finnish melodic power-metal stalwarts of operatic neoclassical scale.
- #185 Helloween
Hamburg fathers of European power metal whose 'Keeper' albums are foundational.
- #186 Blind Guardian
Krefeld bards turning Tolkien epics into shredding speed metal.
- #187 Rage
Long-running German power-metal trio of relentless output.
- #262 Angra
São Paulo power-metal band of operatic and Brazilian flavor.
- #273 Mago de Oz
Madrid folk-metal band fusing Iberian melody with electric crunch.
- #292 Symphony X
New Jersey neoclassical prog-metal stalwarts.
- #497 X Japan
Tokyo visual-kei pioneers whose theatrical metal made them Japan's biggest rock band.