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Lord of Fire:
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--- Quote from: Darkblade92 on October 13, 2011, 08:48:56 PM ---Well, I listen to Blind Guardian mostly. If anyone has a band that has a similar sound ( they seem Folk and Smphonic metal in one IMO ) please tell me XD
Out of the genre tho, I like the classical stuff ( Metalica, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and other old bands )
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Sounds like you're more a fan of their later stuff than the early; early Blind Guardian was more speed-like. It might be worth looking into:
Elvenking, Minstrelix's "Reflections", Balflare, Thy Majestie, Labyrinth, Eternal Legacy, Luca Turilli
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If you're gonna mention Luca Turilli, then I'd say it's a must to mention Rhapsody of Fire as well, as that is the band he is best known for (though he recently left it).
--- Quote from: Ixarku on October 14, 2011, 01:10:57 AM ---
--- Quote from: Darkblade92 on October 13, 2011, 08:48:56 PM ---Well, I listen to Blind Guardian mostly. If anyone has a band that has a similar sound ( they seem Folk and Smphonic metal in one IMO ) please tell me XD
Out of the genre tho, I like the classical stuff ( Metalica, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and other old bands )
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If you're a fan of Blind Guardian, then I assume you're familiar with Demons & Wizards and Iced Earth. If not, D&W is basically a side project, a crossover of BG and IE, with Hansi Kursch on vocals of course and Jon Schaeffer on guitar. Iced Earth's stuff from the 90s is mostly really good, Iron Maiden-influenced power metal, although I don't like much that Schaeffer has done in the last decade and haven't kept up with them. Ripper Owens was in Iced Earth for a few years, and recorded at least 1 album with them.
Pyramaze also did an album called "Immortal" with Iced Earth's former singer, Matt Barlow, which is a good listen. I haven't heard their other albums.
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Iced Earth's latest albums aren't too bad IMO. I think the first one with Owens (The Glorious Burden was actually a very good album. It's a shame Schaffer kicked him out after the album after that and replaced him with Barlow (who lasted only one more album before quitting again to focus on his family). Now they have Stu Block (from Into Eternity) on vocals, who I think is holding up quite well to his predecessors so far. Hopefully, Schaffer gives him the time to fit in even more.
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: Lord of Fire on October 14, 2011, 07:33:51 PM ---
--- Quote from: rostheferret on October 14, 2011, 11:00:41 AM ---
--- Quote from: Darkblade92 on October 13, 2011, 08:48:56 PM ---Well, I listen to Blind Guardian mostly. If anyone has a band that has a similar sound ( they seem Folk and Smphonic metal in one IMO ) please tell me XD
Out of the genre tho, I like the classical stuff ( Metalica, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and other old bands )
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Sounds like you're more a fan of their later stuff than the early; early Blind Guardian was more speed-like. It might be worth looking into:
Elvenking, Minstrelix's "Reflections", Balflare, Thy Majestie, Labyrinth, Eternal Legacy, Luca Turilli
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If you're gonna mention Luca Turilli, then I'd say it's a must to mention Rhapsody of Fire as well, as that is the band he is best known for (though he recently left it).
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His solo stuff was a better fit imo. There's tonnes of "big" bands I could have listed but left off, simply because I don't think they fit as well. I mean c'mon, no mention of Gamma Ray yet? No Manticora? Hibria? Labyrinth? Stratovarius? Pffft.
Ixarku:
I kind of had Stratovarius in the back of my mind, but then I started thinking about Iced Earth and went off in that direction. Odd, but personally I keep going back to "Infinite" over and over when I want to listen to Stratovarius; I haven't developed a taste for many of their other albums.
I guess I'll have to give Iced Earth's newer stuff another chance. I remember one of the albums post-Ripper having a horrible mix, though. I've come to the conclusion that bands whose music is too much the product of one person for too long tend to stagnate, Schaeffer and IE being the example I'm obviously referencing now.
Darkblade92:
Wow peeps, thanks for all those awesome bands you posted! And yes, I am familiar with some of these bands, but only a few ( Iced Earth, Demons and Wizards, Stratovarius, Gamma Ray, Helloween )
rostheferret:
My usual sources failed me, and I only just got my hands on the new Project Hate. If you already know them, then expect better guitar work and a new female vocalist with a lot more power to her lines. The whole album flows better with less of a jump between the vocalists, only twisting for the electronica interludes.
If you don't know them, they play a sort of Industrial Death Metal that collides the Prodigy with Grave (Swedeath), throws in some beauty and the beast vocals and comes out with some compositions that can only be described as "epic." They're probably my favourite DM band these days, and I own a fair whack of their back catalogue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qkwIEnrnKI
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