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) #25 United Alive (2019) [Live] #44
2	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #29 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #109 Infinite (2000) #148
3	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #33 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #89 Into the Legend (2016) #191
4	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #26 Karma (2001) #93 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #163
5	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #119 Power Plant (1999) #146 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #165
6	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #17 Rebirth (2001) #97 Holy Land (1996) #395
7	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #60 Moonglow (2019) #76 The Scarecrow (2008) #176
8	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #126 Angel of Salvation (2012) #409 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #471
9	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #38 Once (2004) #367 Dark Passion Play (2007) #368
10	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #114 Follow the Reaper (2000) #154 Hatebreeder (1999) #213
11	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #101 Silence (2001) #310 Reckoning Night (2004) #528
12	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #85 Iconoclast (2011) #144 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #155
13	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #102 Hellfire Club (2004) #214 Theater of Salvation (1999) #440
14	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #50 Dust to Dust (2004) #103 Sign of the Winner (2001) #338
15	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #199 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #325 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #465
16	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #135 Jealousy (1991) #444 Endless Rain (1989) [Single]
17	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #525 Strings to a Web (2010) #596 Trapped! (1992) #694
18	Dragonforce 2001, United Kingdom Power Metal	The Power Within (2012) #608 Valley of the Damned (2003) #1560 Inhuman Rampage (2006) #1878
19	Primal Fear 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Unbreakable (2012) #573 Seven Seals (2005) #744 Devil's Ground (2004) #1001
20	Dark Moor 1993, Spain Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Gates of Oblivion (2002) #524 Tarot (2007) #1236 From Hell (2003) [Single]
21	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #562 The Glorious Burden (2004) #1222 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #1244
22	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #576 The Premonition (2008) #1044 Allegiance (2006) #1747
23	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #550 Hunting Time (1989) #762 Immortal (2006) #1036
24	At Vance 1998, Germany Neoclassical Metal, Power Metal	Only Human (2002) #374 The Evil in You (2003) #1569 No Escape (1999) #2560
25	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody 2011, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ascending to Infinity (2012) #193 Cinematic and Live (2016) [Live] #620 Prometheus: Symphonia Ignis Divinus (2015) #928
26	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #405 The 8th Sin (2007) #667 Shadowland (2002) #955
27	Masterplan 2001, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Masterplan (2003) #391 Aeronautics (2005) #1020 MK II (2007) #1677
28	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #124 Awakening the World (2001) #638 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
29	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Mirror of Souls (2008) #266 Ghost Ship (2016) #270 As the World Bleeds (2011) #474
30	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #268 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1278
31	HammerFall 1993, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Threshold (2006) #1404 No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009) #1780 Crimson Thunder (2002) #1882
32	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #398 The Passage (2016) #1554 Momentum (2013) #2195
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) #622 Sunrise in Riverland (2001) #766 Fantasy (A New Dimension) (2003) #861
35	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1134 Lifeblood (2021) #1357 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #1815
36	Manowar 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Hail to England (1984) #1128 Kings of Metal (1988) #1217 Sign of the Hammer (1984) #2658
37	Freedom Call 1998, Germany Power Metal	Beyond (2014) #1962 M.E.T.A.L. (2019) #2386 Stairway to Fairyland (1999) #3292
38	Hibria 1996, Brazil Power Metal	Defying the Rules (2004) #1273 The Skull Collectors (2008) #3704 Blinded by Tokyo - Live in Japan (2012) [Video]
39	Adagio 2000, France Progressive Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Underworld (2003) #697 Sanctus Ignis (2001) #1295 A Band in Upperworld (2004) [Live] #2153
40	Serenity 2001, Austria Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	War of Ages (2013) #745 Fallen Sanctuary (2008) #2031 Words Untold & Dreams Unlived (2007) #3748

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