Your First Power Metal album

If we're talking "old" power metal I'd say "A Blessing in Disguise" by the mightly Metal Church.


If we're talking "European Power Metal" it was Helloween, Keeper 1.

Helloween, First Keeper album.

I bought it after seeing the short-form "Halloween" video on MTV.

If we're going by the "Euro Power Metal" definition, then I guess Helloween's Walls of Jericho.

If we're talking "Early American Power Metal" then it would be Armored Saint's March of the Saint.

Wow, I'm old. I bought both of those as new releases.

American pm - Metal Church - S/T

Euro pm - Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

Oh God, I honestly don't remember. I started my metal journey with a bang buying loads of tapes in 1984. Should be something from that year I guess, Stormwitch, Running Wild, Omen, Griffin, Faithful Breath, etc. etc.

If I had to guess, I'd probably go with Metal Church's Blessing in Disguise. I remember hearing that one pretty early-on in my discovering of metal in the mid/late 80's.

It'd have to be pretty late 80's as BID didn't release until summer of '89. But you're pretty old so I understand the confusion.

Dark Horseman wrote:

It'd have to be pretty late 80's as BID didn't release until summer of '89. But you're pretty old so I understand the confusion.

Yea, that's been happening allot these days. Now where'd I leave my pants?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Dark Horseman wrote:

It'd have to be pretty late 80's as BID didn't release until summer of '89. But you're pretty old so I understand the confusion.

Yea, that's been happening allot these days. Now where'd I leave my pants?

turn off the webcam

I guess Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II. It was an overpriced import in the one local CD shop that stocked a decent metal selection when I was younger and before I had the Internet. I bought it on the basis of seeing the video for "I Want Out." I probably paid way too much for it, but it was worth it at the time.

I also had Metal Church's debut around that time, if you count that as power-metal. Can't remember if I heard it before or after Helloween to be honest.

I enjoy the Keepers albums and stuff like Blind Guardian, but for the most part I just can't stand the ultra-happy flower-metal stuff. If I listen to power-metal then it's usually the more heavy / speed-metal based bands like Running Wild, Grave Digger, etc or older power-metal or power-thrash.

Exact has a webcam watching MG?

Dark Horseman wrote:

Exact has a webcam watching MG?

He has a paid membership. It helps finance my cd spending habits. And crystal meth addiction.