I'd add a few more: Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror / The Bard Song Saint Deamon - Run For Your Life Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames / Heartbreak Armageddon
Blind Guardian is not here because 1. they are a class of their own, 2. they don't play f****** Disney metal like the rest of the bands here (except the old Helloween and some Angra).
Man i forgot how good Rhapsody used to be. Ya know, before they split into like five different bands. Feel like Seven Angels should be higher, but that's probably personal bias, that song was the first power metal song that wasn't Dragon Force I ever liked. Speaking of Dragon Force, I completely understand why they aren't on this list. Big props for putting Angra at Number 1: R.I.P Andre Matos, he was on two songs of this list. He also sang on Seven Angels. He always had such a wonderful voice that managed to stand out even on a song that had the likes of Tobias Sammet, Kai Hansen, and Bob Catley on it.
hold on im new to metal so this is prolly a dumb question but why is dragonforce not on this list? is it something like they have no 'anthems'? i've only heard a few of their songs so im not sure.
I know ... many Complains about this ... I love Blind Guardian, especially nighfall ..., I consider them, one of the most granite bands in the Power scene, but I think that their songs do not have the typical characteristics of anthems, especially the symphonic and redundant aspect of the refrains, closer to classic metal ... this is of course my opinion , if I had made a ranking of the most important bands of the Power, surely there would be, but here we are talking about Hymns
Emerald Sword is the best power metal song for me and most of us. But it´s impossible not to recognize that "The Seven Angels" and "Keeper of the Seven Keys" are the two "Bohemian Rhapsodies" of power metal.
Excelent list, congrats. I didn't know the most of this songs, but they are f... great. The both that I could join are How Many Tears from Helloween and Lust for Life from Gamma Ray, but Carry On in First place is perfect. Man, power metal makes you get up, shout loud and fight!
Hammerfall are great, and surely can stay in a list like this, but I have only 10 place ... Malmsteen is one of the best guitarist in the history of metal, but I think that he is in a different category of metal, non power ... but neo classical
I don’t know if I will get any hate for this, but I do think that the band Twilight Force (namely for “Flight of the Sapphire Dragon”) could be added to this list
Why Hate??? Any suggestions are welcome ... Twilight Force are a great Italian Band and all their discography is particularly suitable for this kind of ranking ... maybe personally I would enter Dawn of the Dragonstar
@@stefanobranzini1 can’t be too careful nowadays, can’t seem to say anything without someone getting pissy about it lol just covering my tracks. Also I thought they were Swedish
Great choices! Some other songs I may add in the list: Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror Firewind - Head Up High Symphony X - Of Sins and Shadows Evergrey - A Touch Of Blessing Pagan's Mind - Supremacy, Our Kind Do you like any of these?
Is Blind Guardian Powermetal? I have heard them classified as Speed Metal. I guess that depends on what albums we are talking about. Their early ones were heavier and faster. Love those. Btw, Hammerfall could have a song in this list.
A top 10 without Blind Guardian cannot be serious... ;-) just kidding, nice selection but I really miss BG... apart from that, my favorite song by Avantasia is "The Tower"
So many songs to put in the list!Like ''beyond the black hole'' by Gamma Ray.A pure tribute to joy!Oh I just remembered this;''Lose your mind with power metal''!A saying back at the '90s.
@The Free Monk Have you heard Tyr they are not power metal, but kinda folky and I’m not sure what category. But they are from Scandinavia and I like them a lot
I enjoyed this video a lot, and I know and love every song, but in MY worthless opinion, Emerald Sword is the king of power metal anthems. Like, if someone asked me what power metal was, I would tell them to listen to Emerald Sword. It’s not my favorite song, it hasn’t been for many years now, but I don’t think there is anything that truly captures everything Power Metal is, even down to the fantasy.
@@stefanobranzini1 haha I understand. But don’t worry, it’s not being nationalist, it’s just recognizing the truth of what a truly epic power metal song they wrote.
I love Nightwish, but I think they don't play POWER METAL, but a sophisticated combination of opera, symphonic and Gothic metal music; I also find that the female voice does not marry with pure Power music.
I love Dragonforce, but I consider it just a little too commercial... for shure throught the fire and flames and Valley of the damned can stay in this list...
@@stefanobranzini1 Fair enough. I only started listening to metal in college, them and Avenged Sevenfold got me enamored with the genre and I owe them a lot
They are skilful ,but they are soooo over the top with the speed they are playing. The music is loosing its purpose. They remind me the lost band of Michelangelo Batio
stefano branzini 13 minuti fa I know.... until the end, I remained in doubt between them and Virgin Steel... in the end I preferred Virgin, because I find that the Blind songs, however wonderful, have less of the character of the Hymns
Hi man, I totally love Blind Guardians, like all the metal fans, but i think that their music had not the typical characteristics of the Symphonic hymns
These are good too I think: Dark Moor - A New World Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence Pathfinder - Beyond the Space, Beyond the Time Lost Horizon - Highlander (The One) Manowar - Blood of the Kings thank you for not including dragonforce
Gli acuti di Kiske sono assolutamente presenti in Eagle Fly Free ... per quanto riguarda Veni Vidi Vici, canzone che adoro, non trovo abbia le caratteristiche per essere definita inno ... linee melodiche ariose e coinvolgenti, traporto sinfonico, ritornelli ariosi da cantare a pieni polmoni, anche se, lo ripeto è una canzone stupenda con un disegno melodico nella strofa davvero sublime
@@stefanobranzini1 tommy is a great singer, it's just that I feel he's stronger in 7th wonder, here he's still under khan's shadow, even years later. Also, unfortunately, kamelot's writing has worsened on tommy's albums, since oliver's gotten a more active role in writing. For those reasons, I always stick to khan's era kamelot, and when I feel like listening to tommy I either go for 7th wonder or ayreon.
Love speed power metal band ....make me happy
Happy metal
=
makes me happy to :D
For the King
For The Land
For the Mountains
!!!
For the green valley where dragons fly...
@@stefanobranzini1 for the glory
The power to win the black lord
I WILL SEARCH FOR THE EMERALD SWOOOOOORRRRD
Lione the wizard
This is the hymn, the flag, the symbol of power metal
@@Un4GivNX yeah !
Emerald Sword is the representation of Power Metal. Fantasy, Dragon, Epic riff, High Notes, orchestra, blasting drum.. just complete package
totally agree with you
Oh yes
The best 🚬🚬🚬
Полностью согласен. Однозначно.
a lot make good power metal but no one can make like old rhapsody. different
Anyone who shows love to Rhapsody, is someone I can rock with.
You mean the old Rhapsody
@@mateoclivio is it different?
@@mateoclivio Rhapsody of Fire is as good as the old one. The new singer is amazing.
@@Revanchistwhen did they change singer?
@@gustavof.casanova1208 2016 ...
RIP Santo Andre Matos, el mejor vocalista latinoamericano
RIP 🖤
F
DEP.
Con el permiso del cantante de Rata Blanca.
and one of the best singer EVER
Era bueno, pero Andrés Barilari creo que es mejor, solo que no canta en inglés.
Andre Matos 🖤
He deserves the 1st place.
Of course
Melhor cantor da história do Brasil!
I'd add a few more:
Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror / The Bard Song
Saint Deamon - Run For Your Life
Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames / Heartbreak Armageddon
no for Dragonforce its boring
I can't believe Blind Guardian wasn't on here.
Mike Potvin how is DF boring?
@@lunahetfield Some of their new works is decent at best. The 2004-2008 stuff is pure gold tho.
Blind Guardian is not here because 1. they are a class of their own, 2. they don't play f****** Disney metal like the rest of the bands here (except the old Helloween and some Angra).
Yo creía que no ibas a poner ninguna de Angra pero gracias a tu gusto musical, Carry on está la primera!! Coincido bastante con tu elección!
I'm glad to see Emerald sword listed here. It always brings me joy. Back in the day Rhapsody was my favorite band.
Blind Guardian?look people reaction when they sing "Valhalla"!
Shure, great song, great band... but they are not, in my personal opinion, a band that compose tipical power metal himns
Valhalla! Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me~
RHAPSODY = EPIC METAL
Man i forgot how good Rhapsody used to be. Ya know, before they split into like five different bands. Feel like Seven Angels should be higher, but that's probably personal bias, that song was the first power metal song that wasn't Dragon Force I ever liked. Speaking of Dragon Force, I completely understand why they aren't on this list.
Big props for putting Angra at Number 1: R.I.P Andre Matos, he was on two songs of this list. He also sang on Seven Angels. He always had such a wonderful voice that managed to stand out even on a song that had the likes of Tobias Sammet, Kai Hansen, and Bob Catley on it.
hold on im new to metal so this is prolly a dumb question but why is dragonforce not on this list? is it something like they have no 'anthems'? i've only heard a few of their songs so im not sure.
"For the king, for the land, for the mountains!" gaah, no kidding. They were awesome for a quite a bit.
@@MartinUnderwood this whole list could have been songs from their first two albums
Google Turilli/Lione Rhapsody. They reunited, except Alex Staropoli (unfortunately).
@@damsaucy if u got the answer, tell me too
I'm curious
Not having Blind Guardian here is crime
I know ... many Complains about this ...
I love Blind Guardian, especially nighfall ..., I consider them, one of the most granite bands in the Power scene, but I think that their songs do not have the typical characteristics of anthems, especially the symphonic and redundant aspect of the refrains, closer to classic metal ... this is of course my opinion , if I had made a ranking of the most important bands of the Power, surely there would be, but here we are talking about Hymns
Um the bards song@stefanobranzini1
Stunning list!! I headbanged with every song here. Long live this metal anthems!!!!
Thank you for adding Land of the Free. Seriously, for some reason Gamma Ray is pretty underrated despise being Kai Hansen's band
SOONAAATAAAAA... maaan that music still gives me the chills... and uffcorse the first one is epic as hell :D
i mean you got ALL my favs here :D
Power metal positive vibration here
Emerald Sword is the best power metal song for me and most of us. But it´s impossible not to recognize that "The Seven Angels" and "Keeper of the Seven Keys" are the two "Bohemian Rhapsodies" of power metal.
with Odissey ...
Such a great list! All of my favorite songs
Definitely on point - so many awesome songs on this list!!!
Excelent list, congrats. I didn't know the most of this songs, but they are f... great. The both that I could join are How Many Tears from Helloween and Lust for Life from Gamma Ray, but Carry On in First place is perfect. Man, power metal makes you get up, shout loud and fight!
9:31 Kiko Loureiro holding his guitar as a left-handed person, even though he plays right-handed. XD
XD XD
No blind guardian?
For the green valley when dragons fly, It's epic!!!
Kamelot...my inner force!!
Roy Khan ... unbeatable ... and yes, but first things first helloween and then .... angra ... and I'm a fan of angra
It's mainly for Andre ...
No Hammerfall and Malmsteen?
Hammerfall are great, and surely can stay in a list like this, but I have only 10 place ...
Malmsteen is one of the best guitarist in the history of metal, but I think that he is in a different category of metal, non power ... but neo classical
Great list 🤘🎸
7 angels is just fkin epic! Great list
Man... I was watching this video hoping to see Angra on the list. I lost the hope to see it around #5. And BOOOOMMM Carry on in #1! HELL YEAH!
CARRY ON is "THE HYMN" great Andrè Matos RIP
Great selection of songs although I would've put land of the free in the top 3 and Hell🎃ween in the first place.
Great selection!
Sonata Arctica 🔥
wow! amazing appreaciate!
ohhh Andre Mattos!! we miss you! :'(
POWER METAL FOREVER
Gamma Ray- Send me a sign
It's criminal that Galneryus isn't on this list.
Only ten places my friends... I also don't think they have the thickness of other bands in this ranking
The best thing about power metal is that there is no best one. All of them are great.
I don’t know if I will get any hate for this, but I do think that the band Twilight Force (namely for “Flight of the Sapphire Dragon”) could be added to this list
Why Hate??? Any suggestions are welcome ... Twilight Force are a great Italian Band and all their discography is particularly suitable for this kind of ranking ... maybe personally I would enter Dawn of the Dragonstar
@@stefanobranzini1 can’t be too careful nowadays, can’t seem to say anything without someone getting pissy about it lol just covering my tracks. Also I thought they were Swedish
@@VikingFyre you're right, I'm confused because the current singer, Alessandro Conti, is Italian
Great choices! Some other songs I may add in the list:
Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror
Firewind - Head Up High
Symphony X - Of Sins and Shadows
Evergrey - A Touch Of Blessing
Pagan's Mind - Supremacy, Our Kind
Do you like any of these?
Absolutely yes! Most of Symphony X are a great band and Odissey is a master piece! I don't know Pagan's mind but I will ear it as soon as possible
What about "the curse of Feanor" ?
@@damienlejeune7840 YES!
Is Blind Guardian Powermetal? I have heard them classified as Speed Metal.
I guess that depends on what albums we are talking about. Their early ones were heavier and faster. Love those.
Btw, Hammerfall could have a song in this list.
I'm Completly agree with you!
Lista stupenda. Posso dire di essere stato fortunato di aver visto gli Angra nel loro primo tour a Milano con André Matos ❤
Credo aver visto Matos dal vivo si possa davvero considerare un privilegio...
Enough is enough -rage
Border of reality - angel dust
A top 10 without Blind Guardian cannot be serious... ;-) just kidding, nice selection but I really miss BG... apart from that, my favorite song by Avantasia is "The Tower"
Absolutely agree with you ... one of their best song...
São Ótimas bandas gostei parabéns pelo vídeo
I'm pretty surprised there's no Dragonforce. They're one of the most famous power metal bands out there.
Absolutely a great band with super musicians
Through the fire and flames of course...
Because they suck ass compared to all the bands in this list?
@@IBJ57
Just see Fury of the Storm live in Japan 2015 and IMO that song brought more energy and power than the songs in this list.
@@IBJ57
But I'm glad there's Kamelot here. I mean just look at my profile pic.
Carry On !!!
So many songs to put in the list!Like ''beyond the black hole'' by Gamma Ray.A pure tribute to joy!Oh I just remembered this;''Lose your mind with power metal''!A saying back at the '90s.
''beyond the black hole'' ... absolutely agree with you ... one of the best song from Gamma Ray
@@stefanobranzini1 Hey friend,are you from Italy?
@@ΑποστόληςΤσιακίρης yes Man! Como Lake...
@@stefanobranzini1 Well,hello there neighbour!
@@ΑποστόληςΤσιακίρης Hello! Where are you from?
I did not know Frederic Leclerq was in Heavenly
The only power metal I have listened to really is Sabaton I will definitely listen to more
Me too but also include Dragonforce. Their song Through the fire and flames, Soldiers of the wasteland is worth listening to.
@The Free Monk Have you heard Tyr they are not power metal, but kinda folky and I’m not sure what category. But they are from Scandinavia and I like them a lot
@@zachk175 I didn't know about them but now I will surely listen to them
@@zachk175 you should watch,
LOVEBITES - glory to the world
the member are all female.. they are japanese power metal
@@dragulia_venaro okay, it happens that I am Japanese too 😁
I enjoyed this video a lot, and I know and love every song, but in MY worthless opinion, Emerald Sword is the king of power metal anthems. Like, if someone asked me what power metal was, I would tell them to listen to Emerald Sword.
It’s not my favorite song, it hasn’t been for many years now, but I don’t think there is anything that truly captures everything Power Metal is, even down to the fantasy.
I'm agree with you man, but ... I'm Italian, and I didn't want to sound too nationalist
@@stefanobranzini1 haha I understand. But don’t worry, it’s not being nationalist, it’s just recognizing the truth of what a truly epic power metal song they wrote.
Siiip
Bella compilation mancano però i Blind Guardian...Angra sempre nel ❤
Non conoscevo i kamelot ma è molto bella questa canzone li approfondirò sicuramente....
and of course Angra (Andre Matos). I felt sick when I heard he had died. But, lo and behold, the music and the voice remain
Gamma Ray from Germany also power metal band.
yes, they are in ninth position
Manowar, Helloween and Gamma Ray have the most epic power metal song, the rest just copied them and make the genre so boring and repetitive
@@XxPixie604xX it is a rather careless and superficial opinion
0:46 didn't know that a male human can do this high pitched voice
andre matos, michele luppi, michael mills, michael kiske and many others... welcome to power metal
@@silvanobianchini6924 avantasia is my new favorit band lol :D
Que lista foda!
What a list!
Freedom Call- Coming Home ... This one should be number one.
Thanks ANGRA Carry-on is best song TOTHEMETAL yeah
Power metal: the BEST music genre in the history of music!!!
amm...heavy and thrash! its better
its a matter of taste,i love all of them and many other genres!
@@odysseaslag8567 me too
The best is nu metal,but its only my opinion
@@nejobeigott2928 Not really, for me is all together, metal in general.
auch sehr interressant....... die hälfte der Songs kannte ich gar nich.............!
dude, no "Edguy - Babylon " ?
Beautiful song... But Toby is already present with Avantasia!
You right . Carry on deserve this . 🤟
Weird choice for the Stratovarius one, given they have other that are more well known that paradise.
yes, you're right, I know, but Paradise is the first power metal song that I' listened to, question of love
It should be Black Diamond instead
@@jesusgm666 shure!! But also Father Time, Forever Free, Will the sun rise, Against the wind... so many songs
Like eternal dream 🤷🏻♂
All great songs, but I guess Edguy's " Vain Glory Opera" deserve a spot 😉
great song, but still a bit immature to be in this chart
Where´s my Nightwish full playlists!!! lol
I love Nightwish, but I think they don't play POWER METAL, but a sophisticated combination of opera, symphonic and Gothic metal music; I also find that the female voice does not marry with pure Power music.
Wow. A powerful list indeed. If I should add another one, it would be highlander the one by lost horizon.. 🤘
Great band, great album....but only that one
Angra ♡ always the best
Andre Matos
I wish Andre Matos was still with us :(
Angra 🤘
Helloween: How Many Tears
I'm disappointed by the lack of Dragonforce. They're my favorite band to listen to while doing homework and studying
I love Dragonforce, but I consider it just a little too commercial... for shure throught the fire and flames and Valley of the damned can stay in this list...
@@stefanobranzini1 Fair enough. I only started listening to metal in college, them and Avenged Sevenfold got me enamored with the genre and I owe them a lot
@@tvbnine793 Well Done my friend!
They are skilful ,but they are soooo over the top with the speed they are playing. The music is loosing its purpose. They remind me the lost band of Michelangelo Batio
Mirror Mirror Blind Guardian
stefano branzini
13 minuti fa
I know.... until the end, I remained in doubt between them and Virgin Steel...
in the end I preferred Virgin, because I find that the Blind songs, however wonderful, have less of the character of the Hymns
No Guardians Walhalla?
Hi man, I totally love Blind Guardians, like all the metal fans, but i think that their music had not the typical characteristics of the Symphonic hymns
totaly agreed!
These are good too I think:
Dark Moor - A New World
Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence
Pathfinder - Beyond the Space, Beyond the Time
Lost Horizon - Highlander (The One)
Manowar - Blood of the Kings
thank you for not including dragonforce
YES GREAT BANDS AND GREAT SONGS
Pathfinder is Very good
Maybe you can make a top list for every de café 80s, 90s,2000, 2010s
It's a good Idea! Thank You ...
Now I'm preparing a list for Power Metal "no Classic" Band
In my opinion Virgin Steele is always underrated, great theme "through blood and fire", very epic chorus
Gosh, the first band vocalist really sounds like Michael Kiske!
Heavenly ... 4 very good LP
#1 Angra.👏👏👏👏
Good list but no Blind Guardian is sacrilege haha these are all good songs but none can clean the boots that belong to And Then There Was Silence! :)
Angra representando o metal brasileiro aí!
Hibria e Soul Spell too ...
Hibria is amazing@@stefanobranzini1
Nice work man!
E adesso ho altri gruppi da cercare. Bravo Stefano
I believe the chorus of ghost of forgotten worlds tops emerald sword
Still a well made song 😃
I don't know Ghost ... but I will ear them as soon as possible
Lovebites - We the united
Ok, I don't know them, but i Will ear as soon as possible, thank you
Helloween - Eagle Fly Free.
This version of Land Of The Free sounds a little different from the original album version, is it a remaster?
It's a cut version, from original album
Já começou bem ksksksk Heavenly e muito bom.
R.I.P Andre Mathos
1 word.... ABSOLUTELYFUCKINGAWESOME!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍
good work！🇯🇵 but without DARK MOOR，BLIND GUARDIAN，HIBRIA，DRAGON LAND．
Only ten place my friend
and "Save Us" from Helloween (Far from down below one comes prepared to take us all...)
Many wonderfull songs are missing from the list, but unfortunately, I had only ten places...
I'm still waiting for the Heavenly comeback 😞
me too!!
Due regole fondamentali quando si parla di Power Metal, non può mancare veni vidi vici dei Virgin Steele, e MAI tagliare gli acuti di Michael Kiske.
Gli acuti di Kiske sono assolutamente presenti in Eagle Fly Free ... per quanto riguarda Veni Vidi Vici, canzone che adoro, non trovo abbia le caratteristiche per essere definita inno ... linee melodiche ariose e coinvolgenti, traporto sinfonico, ritornelli ariosi da cantare a pieni polmoni, anche se, lo ripeto è una canzone stupenda con un disegno melodico nella strofa davvero sublime
@@stefanobranzini1 No, quello finale su Land of the free è tagliato. 😉 Cmq bel lavoro.
@@FrancescoScasciboy Grazie ... Ma Land of the free non è cantata da Kai Hansen??
@@stefanobranzini1 Eresia. 😁 Kai Hansen canta tutta la canzone tranne il ritornello e la chiusura.
@@FrancescoScasciboy oh cazzo ... che buco enorme nella mia conoscenza metallara ... certo che Kiske non si risparmia nelle collaborazioni
Ahh Sonata Arctica used to be so good.. then Idk they lost their touch and went less power metal
Great true...
Ikr... their latest albums are boring af... it's a shame, cus they where one of my favourites
Miss alot Roy Khan ....
Great performer .... but Tommy is still an extraordinary singer
He is back with his old band Conception! They've released an EP and a LP that you should check out if you like his voice.
@@SiriaBlackYT THank you very much, I'll search him
@@stefanobranzini1 tommy is a great singer, it's just that I feel he's stronger in 7th wonder, here he's still under khan's shadow, even years later. Also, unfortunately, kamelot's writing has worsened on tommy's albums, since oliver's gotten a more active role in writing. For those reasons, I always stick to khan's era kamelot, and when I feel like listening to tommy I either go for 7th wonder or ayreon.
@@yssanne24601 Seventh Wonder is one my favourite band in absolute... Maercy Falls is a fantastic concept
Masterplan... - The spirit never dies
Ottimo pezzo, grande band, ma esula un po' dal tema della mia classifica ... qui parliamo di Inni, con conseguente pomposità e pathos sinfonico.
Que playlist foda, parabéns!
Buen top, solo que para mi gusto el numero 1 es Eagle fly free
it's near...