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maybe lyrically but i see no connection with him and power metal. and if he did somehow "father" power metal then that is more of a travesty than an accomplishment

YES!!!!! Exactly. In Headbanger's Journey, the guy and whoever his consultants were are taking power metal to be like viking metal: purely lyrical. I mean, in his list, Priest and Malsteem are power metal lol

I kind of resent it, because I dont know...its like power metallers are outcasts among outcasts. And thats just wrong lol For me, for me, power metal is the sub genre closer to traditional metal, mostly because of it being influenced by speed metal and the riffing.

It also says that ALL power metal does is write fantasy/battle/chivalric lyrics. I mean, Helloween and Sonata Arctica write more about real life, dont they? Though I do prefer abstract lyrics about space travel, evil overlords and werewolves. Just more interesting to me.

themetalbucket - thats why i cant watch metal DVDs on the big HDTV downstairs. My mom is always making comments and I cant enjoy it lol