More Power Metal/Progressive Metal needed

[Runa216]

Okay, so you got your classic rock requests, your hair metal requests, modern rock, linkin park, metal, rock, punk, thrash, ect...but where's the Power Metal and Progressive Metal? I mean, these bands have the skill and melody of Iron Maiden mixed with classical music, and some awesome vocals that usually revolve around Fantasy stuff. (I used to call it Epic/fantasy metal, but that's not what it is.)

Here are some songs from bands I love in this genre. Most of it is unknown, so there's little chance you'll find it on youtube. The ones I COULD find, I linked, so you got an idea of what they sounded like, since most of them are Music Videos.)

Elvenking:

Seasonspeech
another Haven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqp2d_Cot_o
Rouse Your dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hrwXvyPXM
The Scythe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUb7LGUyPg
Swallowtail -
Moonchariot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy95bEmprPk&feature=related
Pagan Purity

blind Guardian:

And Then There was Silence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snwvpJ7DxyY
Another Holy War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_ZDeGTgFA
Battlefield - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmu0LMlS8Us
the curse of Feanor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lg2AAXaWCU
Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDR_ncgqwg
The Soulforged - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDj9cJBOJMw
Nightfall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB2m1MBlS-4

Kamelot

Lost and Damned - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0wvWr5Rkm4
March of Mephisto - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qdcl67H1Jw
Ghost Opera - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-TUufvK0gU&feature=related

(okay, so I'm still new to them and haven't found a whole lot of awesome songs like these, but you can't deny the awesomeness of his voice!)

Rhapsody

the Mighty Ride of the Firelord - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJwLxYlWNaY
Emerald Sword - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNc0bosUyI4
Holy Thunderforce - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxdoLFXgb6U&feature=related
Rage of the Winter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXdbQAuD_gY
Unholy Warcry - (starts at about a minute in) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYpxQEPzpJk&feature=related

Avantasia

The Scarecrow
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRfGlG8EY8&feature=related
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uHNHxEuM1s
the Toy Master - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWDW14agGE
Twisted Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NifGseIFB18
Scary Eyes -
Serpents in Paradise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grlNQjxTgJ4

And let's not forget Dream Theatre, they are incredibly talented, and their songs would be both difficult and fun. I'd suggest dragonforce, but people here seem to hate dragonforce becuase of the difficulty, so I stopped caring long ago, but I would still love Operation Ground and Pound and Revolution Deathsquad.

as for my Dream Theatre Wishes, well, most of them would be long, including, but not limited to:

A Change of seasons - 23 minutes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nue36kDfbZY (GH custom)
six degrees of inner turbulence - 42 minutes
Part 1: Overture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Am_guS7WFM&feature=related (I can't find the rest, but it's pretty wicked)
Octavarium - 24 minutes
the Dark eternal Night - 9 minutes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkF4JD2rO3Q
constant Motion - just shy of 7 minutes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdNnD-qCXYI

The Constant Motion Video is a GH Custom track, and it's really impressive till about 5:40 when they decide to go cheap on the second half of the solo and opt to play rythm instead.

(what can I say? I like Pain!)

[Runa216]

can anybody pick any faves here? I took a good 45 minutes going through my list and finding the ones I liked the most, then finding the youtube vides for most of them....

[bierfaht]

would you consider firewind?

[Runa216]

is that a band or a song? becuase I'm always willing to consider new music

[bierfaht]

band,
firewind-head up high power metal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ficmVOeOTg0
i'll check out your clips when i have a few min.. def spend some work there!

[Der_Lex]

Do I really have to pick? I'm a huge Kamelot fan (one of the best live bands I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot) and I love both Avantasia and Dream Theater as well. I'm not really into the other three bands, though, although Blind Guardian is starting to grow on me (some of my friends are big fans).

Personal picks, in addition to the ones you have:

Kamelot: Descent of the Archangel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1XOHeeerJc
Blücher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkESKitBPQc

Dream Theater: The Mirror http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ekpMw-lxY
Lie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AQSraUMRyk

Ayreon - Into the Black Hole (with Bruce dickinson on vocals!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0-l5jkQU2o
- Dawn of a Million Souls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khw2Rk5rV1c&feature=related

Firewind is pretty decent as well...they opened for Kamelot when I saw them last April, and they weren't half bad.

[Stryfex]

With dream theater, if they had in the presence of enemies part 1 and 2. That'd be so awesome. Or The Glass Prison

[Runa216]

I'm definitely liking Firewind, I'll have to pick up some of their stuff.

Also, I forgot about Descent of the Archangel.

[Eerif]

If I had to choose from Power Metal, I'd invision a band three pack for the following bands consisting of the following three songs.

Kamelot
March of Mephisto - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qdcl67H1Jw
Center of the Universe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVW9GezQ0k
Soul Society - don't really have a vid

Gamma Ray
Rebellion in Dreamland - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyvra-xOf_k
Land of the Free - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOeA06_vOs
Men on a Mission
You know what, just give me the entire Land of the Free album...

Helloween

I'm Alive - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdu-Qk7wUXw
Halloween - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI&feature=related
I Want Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk

Stratovarius

Black Diamond - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNLdTfwx5ZQ
Speed of Light - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVtznRLOX5s
The Hands of Time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQnoiA5h9A

Does Pantera count?
If so, I'll take the Cowboys from Hell album, or at least...

Cowboys from Hell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV2xVvJddxY
The Art of Shredding - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Ccv6reRU8
Cemetary Gates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn65d01YXsc

And if In Flames counts, give me...

Come Clarity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAfRW_RMK4M
Vacuum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQS9rBRByzI
Trigger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF93pQZbXUo

Now as for Progressive Metal...

Tool

I can't emphasize this band any more. It would totally be making the bass fun. If entire Aenima/10k Days albums wouldn't be available, I'd take...

Aenima - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo
Rosetta Stoned - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpWwHsct8x8
Vicarious - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUXBCdt5IPg
Lateralus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlC7oG_2W4
Hooker with a Pen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_pNwbERNY

Dream Theater

Caught in a Web - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgkWeftmWUs
Pull Me Under - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIjHeBbRtY
Another Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPgSOwTIAA
Prophets of War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZ2PmpUTkA

Octavarium/Change of Seasons would be epic, but I bet after a half hour straight, my hands would want to fall off.

Riverside

Out of Myself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWenolQcEmg
Panic Room - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqd7zYkQaw
Second Life Syndrome - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HAlWdPraQo

Anathema

Fragile Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP6_IE03t-I
Empty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n07rqKPvqPU
Deep - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Vm9yb3hZ8

I'm not too big on Blind Guardian, my favourite song from them would probably be Nightfall or The Quest for Tanelorn.

Don't really listen to Elvenking, Rhapsody or Avantasia, so I can't really comment :P

It takes forever to list and find those videos eh? lol

[Runa216]

I'll have to look at those bands in a bit, but the Kamelot stuff you mentioned is top score.

[Runa216]

Pantera and In Flames, though awesome, don't count as Power Metal or Progressive Metal....

[tobbAddol]

Some Seventh Wonder as well as more X Japan (though it's kinda hard to say if they should be called Power Metal or Progressive or something completely different...) wouldn't hurt. I want to see Unbreakable as well as the Angelmaker by Seventh Wonder. :)

[darkwinterbeast8]

More Power Metal in Rock Band?!?

I say yes!!!

[Numskull]

Blind Guardian's absence from the Rock Band platform is a grave injustice. Their later material, in particular, would easily generate some "pleasant surprise" sales from people who don't normally listen to metal but who preview all the DLC.