Metal Band Search
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Topic: Metal Band Search
Posted By: Abstrakt
Subject: Metal Band Search
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 12:49
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I'm looking for a band similar to Blind Guardians albums "Battalions of Fear" up to "Somewhere far Beyond".
I tried Rhapsody, but they were just too much of everything. Opera vocals and Orchestras are just turn-offs for me.
So are there any "fantasy-metal" bands, but more metal and less cheesy operatic/classical music in it?
Thank thou!
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 14:00
Oh, and preferly progressive 
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 15:26
| Try Athena - Twilight of days - 2000 or Shadow Keep - The chaos theory - 2002, great albums. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 18:26
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I'm probably not much help here, but the band that first comes to mind for me with Blind Guardian is Symphony X, because I learned of these two bands at the same time (they were on tour together and I read an article that discussed both bands) but there are probably only minor similarities. Other bands that I associate with Blind Guardian would be Iced Earth, Helloween, Gamma Ray, and Stratovarius but none of these bands probably fall under the "progressive" umbrella or are really that similar to Blind Guardian. ------------- 
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 03:55
this one is really good !!!!!!
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 05:26
There is no such band, because BG weren't progressive at that point. You should check out Helloween and Gamma Ray ... they're *very* close in style to early BG. In fact BG started as a Helloween clone ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Abstrakt wrote:Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 05:33
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AM i the only one to think that some songs off BG's first album actually is progressive?
Symphony X is one my to-get list, and has been for a good while.
I'll check out Iced Earth, Athena & Shadow Keep.
Anyone here really likes Rhapsody!?
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 10:31
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I recommend Helloween's Keeper of Seven Keys albums from 1987/88. I haven't heard'em in a good while, but from what I remember it's pretty much in the same style as BG, only a but more thrash influenced at the same time. You will like them, Im sure.
As for Iced Earth, Night of The Stromrider and Burnt Offerings are my faves, and both are good introductions to them. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 10:43
Of course. I really like their earlier albums (Legends, Symphony, Dawn of Victory). ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 11:57
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Rhapsody was just to me! Even the non-orchestral/operatic passages!
@Blowie: Thanks! Will check them out for sure!
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