Top 100 Power Metal Albums of all time according to Rateyourmusic

Olafsto wrote:

the sentinel wrote:

Olafsto wrote:

"I have never understood why people always have to make lists out of everything."

I think it's done to provoke a response and give us something to discuss?

Maybe that`s why yeah..

that and some people have nothing else to do.

The ones I have here below I still own and they are keepers.



3 Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) Good, but way too high.

4 Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) My #1A ALL TIME Album

11 Falconer - Falconer (2001) Hard to argue with their whole catalogue

13 Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King (1987) Have this on vinyl, still not sure what I think.

14 Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) This is my favorite and only keeper of the 1st Barlow era.

28 Avantasia - The Metal Opera (2001) Yeah, this is good.

33 Hibria - Defying the Rules (2004) Pleasantly surprised to see this here. I don't think it's the 33rd best ever, but it's good.

36 Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd (2004) In my All-Time top 10!!

38 Masterplan - Masterplan (2003) This is a great album.


46 Helloween - Gambling With the Devil (2007) Still absorbing this, but it probably belongs.

48 Sonata Arctica - Silence (2001) Rated About right.

49 Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica (1999) Rated too low, this is awesome.

50 Edguy - Hellfire Club (2004) Rated about right.

54 Angra - Temple of Shadows (2004) This has 6-7 simply jaw dropping songs, and then too much wanking in the others.

57 Helloween - The Dark Ride (2000) Deserving.

66 Wuthering Heights - The Shadow Cabinet (2006) This is just about as good as Far From The Madding Crowd, in some ways (diversity) better.

79 Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper (2000) Can't argue with this...except maybe on genre.

87 Primal Fear - Seven Seals (2005) Hard to argue.

89 Avantasia - The Metal Opera Pt. II (2002) Again, this is very good and deserving.

91 Pharaoh - The Longest Night (2006) Wow! Very pleased to see this on any list. It deserves it, though I consider these guys Traditional Metal rather than Powermetal.

92 Cage - Darker Than Black (2003) This is about right. I think Hell Destroyer is what's missing on this list, and would be in my Top-10 (It was #1 for 2007!!)

93 Masterplan - Aeronautics (2005) Again, really good and deserving.

94 Saint Deamon - In Shadows Lost From the Brave (2008) Good! This is in my top 5-7 for 2008 and simply outstanding.

96 Firewind - Allegiance (2006) Any of theirs could have been on the list, this will do.

97 Gamma Ray - Land of the Free Part II (2007) Meh....I like it, but top-100..???

98 Timeless Miracle - Into the Enchanted Chamber (2005) Woo!!!! This is my ALL-TIME #1B album. This needs to be much higher.

100 Dark Moor - The Hall of the Olden Dreams (2000) This list needed to be riddled with Dark Moor. I like some of the others better, but even this one is rated too low.



Fun list!! Lots of good stuff, and a couple I'd never even heard of.

You haffta like Hall Of The Mountain King!!!!

That's one of my alltime favourite albums. It's so technically awesome.

EvyMetal wrote:

You haffta like Hall Of The Mountain King!!!!

That's one of my alltime favourite albums. It's so technically awesome.

Seconded. I have a long history with that one. My all time fave Savatage.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Yeah well, I'm sorry but there is no "power" in KAMELOT. I'm not even convinced there is much "metal". If their CD was a food product with an ingredients list, it would be towards the end.

this made me LOL!!

the sentinel wrote:

EvyMetal wrote:

You haffta like Hall Of The Mountain King!!!!

That's one of my alltime favourite albums. It's so technically awesome.

Seconded. I have a long history with that one. My all time fave Savatage.

Thats how I feel too. Fantastic album not a bad track on it in my opinion