First power metal album ever - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Author

Message

Topic Search

Topic Options

Trickster F. View Drop Down

Prog Reviewer

Joined: February 10 2006
Location: Belize
Status: Offline
Points: 5308

Posted: March 21 2006 at 14:14

Aaah, Manowar
Born to live forever more
The right to conquer every shore
Hold your ground and give no more
Manowar
Born to live forever more
The right to conquer every shore
Manowar
Born to live forever more
Manowar
Born to live forever more
The right to conquer every shore
Hold your ground and give no more
Born to live forever more
The right to conquer every shore
Manowar

Sing along guys!

-- Ivan

Lindsay Lohan View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: May 25 2005
Location: Norway
Status: Offline
Points: 3254

Posted: March 21 2006 at 14:08

Besides there seems to be numerous power metal bands that sound very similar to iron maiden

[IMG">http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif">

MikeEnRegalia View Drop Down

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 21114

Posted: March 21 2006 at 13:55

Snow Dog wrote:

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

What is Power Metal? How come Iron Maiden are? I've been lis=tening to them from the beginning and never heard them described thus.

Well, there is a definitive connection between Iron Maiden and Helloween ... I think that Iron Maiden are forerunners of Power Metal - the only problem is that a) they started in another genre (NWOBHM) and b) the label "Power Metal" simply hadn't been "invented" yet back then.

Nwobhm is not a genre surely?

New Wave of British Heavy Metal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWOBHM

Recently listened to:

Snow Dog

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995

Posted: March 21 2006 at 13:42

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

What is Power Metal? How come Iron Maiden are? I've been lis=tening to them from the beginning and never heard them described thus.

Nwobhm is not a genre surely?

MikeEnRegalia View Drop Down

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 21114

Posted: March 21 2006 at 13:18

Snow Dog wrote:

What is Power Metal? How come Iron Maiden are? I've been lis=tening to them from the beginning and never heard them described thus.

Recently listened to:

aapatsos

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 11 2005
Location: Manchester, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 9226

Posted: March 21 2006 at 11:50

^ Powerslave has some 'power metal' moments...

but generally, no, they are not considered power metal

Snow Dog

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995

Posted: March 21 2006 at 11:41

What is Power Metal? How come Iron Maiden are? I've been lis=tening to them from the beginning and never heard them described thus.

aapatsos

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 11 2005
Location: Manchester, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 9226

Posted: March 21 2006 at 11:32

^ definitely agree Mike

European: Helloween, Blind Guardian etc.

American: Heathen, Agent Steel, Hades etc.

American Power has a more thrashy approach...

MikeEnRegalia View Drop Down

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 21114

Posted: March 21 2006 at 11:10

Remember that there are two different types of Power Metal: European and American:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_metal

Recently listened to:

aapatsos

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 11 2005
Location: Manchester, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 9226

Posted: March 21 2006 at 10:33

I disagree with Iron Maiden as power metal, maybe a transition as Mike said

ANDREW:

Battle hymns: epic metal

Pantera: Not much of power metal, kind of hard/glam rock in their early days

Ratt: NWOBHM

Sirens: very close to power metal, mostly heavy metal

Virgin Steele: same as above, more of epic/heavy metal

The unstoppable force: 1987 (the first time I caught you not well informed)

Rising Force View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: January 09 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 439

Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:51

I always considered Iron Maiden to be the original power metal band...

ANDREW

Forum Senior Member

Joined: November 21 2005
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 3064

Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:33

How about "Battle Hymns" of MANOWAR released in 1982?

PANTERA: "Metal Magic" (1983)

RATT: "Ratt" (miniCD 1983)

SAVATAGE: "Sirens" (1983)

VIRGIN STEELE: "Virgin Steele" (1982)

AGENT STEEL: "The Unstoppable Force" (1982)

MikeEnRegalia View Drop Down

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 21114

Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:18

I'd suggest Iron Maiden's debut. Somewhere around 1980 there is a transition between NWOBHM and "Modern" Power Metal ...

Recently listened to:

aapatsos

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 11 2005
Location: Manchester, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 9226

Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:05

I always wondered about this question.

Which is the first ever power metal album?

IMO it has to be QUEENSRYCHE'S EP (1983) !!!

Although they evolved afterwards, I find this to be an excellent pure power metal album

Am I the only one???

Note: I don't consider bands that were in the NWOBHM genre etc. that can be classified as proto-power , I mean power metal as it is considered nowadays (Helloween etc.)