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] #55
2	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #34 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #112 Infinite (2000) #113
3	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #31 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #102 Into the Legend (2016) #156
4	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #23 Karma (2001) #87 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #159
5	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #116 Power Plant (1999) #153 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #187
6	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #58 Moonglow (2019) #72 The Scarecrow (2008) #154
7	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #19 Rebirth (2001) #91 Holy Land (1996) #438
8	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #124 Angel of Salvation (2012) #370 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #490
9	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #40 Once (2004) #312 Dark Passion Play (2007) #371
10	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #129 Follow the Reaper (2000) #151 Hatebreeder (1999) #202
11	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #88 Silence (2001) #300 Reckoning Night (2004) #475
12	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #70 Iconoclast (2011) #130 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #136
13	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #99 Hellfire Club (2004) #188 Theater of Salvation (1999) #459
14	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #50 Dust to Dust (2004) #89 Sign of the Winner (2001) #305
15	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #176 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #376 At the Edge of Time (2010) #423
16	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #118 Jealousy (1991) #512 Endless Rain (1989) [Single]
17	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #471 Strings to a Web (2010) #576 Trapped! (1992) #862
18	Dragonforce 2001, United Kingdom Power Metal	The Power Within (2012) #553 Valley of the Damned (2003) #1499 Inhuman Rampage (2006) #2005
19	Primal Fear 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Unbreakable (2012) #526 Devil's Ground (2004) #898 Seven Seals (2005) #1021
20	Dark Moor 1993, Spain Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Gates of Oblivion (2002) #510 Tarot (2007) #1158 From Hell (2003) [Single]
21	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #511 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #1116 Horror Show (2001) #1122
22	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #500 Hunting Time (1989) #713 Immortal (2006) #973
23	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #575 The Premonition (2008) #982 Allegiance (2006) #1649
24	At Vance 1998, Germany Neoclassical Metal, Power Metal	Only Human (2002) #349 The Evil in You (2003) #1478 No Escape (1999) #2407
25	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody 2011, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ascending to Infinity (2012) #146 Cinematic and Live (2016) [Live] #570 Prometheus: Symphonia Ignis Divinus (2015) #805
26	Masterplan 2001, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Masterplan (2003) #360 Aeronautics (2005) #953 MK II (2007) #1585
27	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #415 The 8th Sin (2007) #662 Shadowland (2002) #900
28	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #233 Mirror of Souls (2008) #248 As the World Bleeds (2011) #424
29	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #142 Awakening the World (2001) #638 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
30	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #277 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] The Perfect Machine (2005) #1135
31	HammerFall 1993, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Threshold (2006) #1311 No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009) #1684 Crimson Thunder (2002) #1889
32	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #365 The Passage (2016) #1456 Momentum (2013) #2254
33	Time Concerto Korea Neoclassical Metal, Power Metal	The Redemption (2011) [Single] Broken Faith (2010) [Single] Nameless Death (2009) [Single]
34	Insania 1992, Sweden Power Metal	Agony - Gift of Life (2007) #574 Sunrise in Riverland (2001) #767 Fantasy (A New Dimension) (2003) #958
35	Hibria 1996, Brazil Power Metal	Defying the Rules (2004) #1190 The Skull Collectors (2008) #3498 Blinded by Tokyo - Live in Japan (2012) [Video]
36	Freedom Call 1998, Germany Power Metal	Beyond (2014) #2323 M.E.T.A.L. (2019) #2571 Stairway to Fairyland (1999) #3098
37	Adagio 2000, France Progressive Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Underworld (2003) #601 Sanctus Ignis (2001) #1213 A Band in Upperworld (2004) [Live] #2040
38	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1069 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #1720 Heart and Anger (2005) #1878
39	ReinXeed 2002, Sweden Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	1912 (2011) #928 Majestic (2010) #1678 The Light (2008) #3584
40	Serenity 2001, Austria Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	War of Ages (2013) #676 Fallen Sanctuary (2008) #1919 Words Untold & Dreams Unlived (2007) #3540

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