Best Power Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Helloween 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #7 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #28 United Alive (2019) [Live] #50
2	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #21 Infinite (2000) #135 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #136
3	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #34 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #67 Into the Legend (2016) #200
4	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #19 Rebirth (2001) #105 Holy Land (1996) #320
5	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #48 Moonglow (2019) #77 The Scarecrow (2008) #155
6	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #31 Karma (2001) #89 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #175
7	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #159 Power Plant (1999) #173 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #191
8	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #35 Once (2004) #280 Dark Passion Play (2007) #329
9	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #152 Angel of Salvation (2012) #493 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #517
10	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #86 Silence (2001) #317 Reckoning Night (2004) #442
11	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #99 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #115 Hatebreeder (1999) #267
12	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #87 Hellfire Club (2004) #255 Theater of Salvation (1999) #334
13	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #167 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #186 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #298
14	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #74 Dust to Dust (2004) #111 Sign of the Winner (2001) #425
15	Dragonforce 2001, United Kingdom Power Metal	The Power Within (2012) #638 Valley of the Damned (2003) #1641 Inhuman Rampage (2006) #1985
16	Primal Fear 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Unbreakable (2012) #582 Seven Seals (2005) #645 Nuclear Fire (2001) #928
17	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #508 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #976 Night of the Stormrider (1991) #1158
18	Dark Moor 1993, Spain Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Gates of Oblivion (2002) #539 Tarot (2007) #1396 From Hell (2003) [Single]
19	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #553 The Premonition (2008) #1101 Allegiance (2006) #1813
20	HammerFall 1993, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Threshold (2006) #1212 No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009) #1679 Crimson Thunder (2002) #2300
21	At Vance 1998, Germany Neoclassical Metal, Power Metal	Only Human (2002) #391 The Evil in You (2003) #1546 Chained (2005) #3345
22	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #464 The 8th Sin (2007) #699 Shadowland (2002) #919
23	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #279 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1398
24	Masterplan 2001, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Masterplan (2003) #336 Aeronautics (2005) #1182 MK II (2007) #1973
25	Twilight Force 2011, Sweden Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Dawn of the Dragonstar (2019) #455 Heroes of Mighty Magic (2016) #524 At the Heart of Wintervale (2023) #1507
26	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #177 Awakening the World (2001) #488 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
27	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody 2011, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ascending to Infinity (2012) #178 Cinematic and Live (2016) [Live] #707 Prometheus: Symphonia Ignis Divinus (2015) #1008
28	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #282 Mirror of Souls (2008) #315 As the World Bleeds (2011) #545
29	Sabaton 1999, Sweden Power Metal, Heavy Metal	The Great War (2019) #1139 Carolus Rex (2012) #2633 Primo Victoria (2005) #3215
30	Freedom Call 1998, Germany Power Metal	Beyond (2014) #1911 M.E.T.A.L. (2019) #3074 Stairway to Fairyland (1999) #3877
31	Labÿrinth 1994, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #918 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1676 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1582
32	Insania 1992, Sweden Power Metal	Agony - Gift of Life (2007) #678 Sunrise in Riverland (2001) #880 Fantasy (A New Dimension) (2003) #967
33	Serenity 2001, Austria Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	War of Ages (2013) #1121 Fallen Sanctuary (2008) #1907 Death & Legacy (2011) #2927
34	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #534 The Passage (2016) #1598 Momentum (2013) #2551
35	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1330 Lifeblood (2021) #1401 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #1750
36	Luca Turilli Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Prophet of the Last Eclipse (2002) #604 King of the Nordic Twilight (1999) #809 Demonheart (2002) [EP] #2515
37	Grave Digger 1980, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	25 to Live (2005) [Live] Tunes of Wacken (2002) [Live] The Grave Digger (2001) #4034
38	Unisonic 2009, Germany Power Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Unisonic (2012) #1675 Ignition (2012) [EP] #2346 Light of Dawn (2014) #2352
39	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #97 V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #90 Iconoclast (2011) #148
40	Dragonland 1999, Sweden Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Astronomy (2006) #856 Starfall (2004) #1935 Holy War (2002) #4873
41	Pink Cream 69 1987, Germany Hard Rock, Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Ceremonial (2013) #1340 In10Sity (2007) #1521 Endangered (2001)
42	SkeleToon 2011, Italy Power Metal	Nemesis (2020) #207 The 1.21 Gigawatts Club (2021) #1025 They Never Say Die (2019) #3387
43	Hibria 1996, Brazil Power Metal	Defying the Rules (2004) #1821 The Skull Collectors (2008) #4948 ME7AMORPHOSIS (2022) #5528
44	Beast in Black 2015, Finland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Berserker (2017) #654 From Hell with Love (2019) #1012 Dark Connection (2021) #4032
45	Running Wild 1979, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Port Royal (1988) #959 Death or Glory (1989) #1626 Masquerade (1995) #3394
46	Lovebites 2016, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Judgement Day (2023) #1050 Five of a Kind - Live in Tokyo 2020 (2020) [Live] Golden Destination (2020) [EP]
47	ReinXeed 2002, Sweden Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	1912 (2011) #1428 Majestic (2010) #2180 Higher (2009) #5588
48	Gloryhammer 2010, United Kingdom Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Tales From the Kingdom of Fife (2013) #797 Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards (2015) #1807 Legends From Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex (2019) #1957
49	Rob Rock United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Holy Hell (2005) #613 Garden of Chaos (2007) #2902 The Voice of Melodic Metal - Live in Atlanta (2009) [Live] #3403
50	Majestica 2019, Sweden Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Christmas Carol (2020) #731 Above the Sky (2019) #1070 Power Train (2025) #1976

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