what are some of your favourite American Power Metal bands ?

ultmetal wrote:

I love many of the bands listed above. I guess I always thought of American Power Metal as those bands who straddled the line between traditional heavy metal and thrash metal. Metal Church is a prime example.

Bands like Riot, Warlord, Steeler, Fates Warning, etc. I've always just considered to be "heavy metal".

Not trying to be a genre nazi. Just wondering if others thought the same thing.

Yes....

When those first two Metal Church albums came out that "power metal" label was thrown about a lot in the press.... Maiden was metal.... Metallica was Thrash.... but Metal Church was POWER metal.... that was always how I remember reading it.... but now adays..... who knows!!! lol