 | Legacy of Kings by HammerFall
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.89 Hammerfall's Legacy of Kings is just epic powermetal greatness with great vocals.
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 | Angels Fall First by Nightwish
Buy used from: $2.98 Nightwish's Angels Fall First is their most creative and most dynamic album featuring about the best female lead vocalist in powermetal.
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 | Days of Purgatory by Iced Earth
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.97 Iced Earth's Days of Purgatory: True Metal at its finest!! Super hectic-paced guitar shredding and drumming and awesome song writing!
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 | Heading for Tomorrow by Gamma Ray
Buy used from: $5.72 Gamma Ray's Heading For Tomorrow has the best mix of songs over their other albums and is a helluvalotta fun to listen to whilst crusin on the highway! YEE HAW! Good stuff!
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 | Power Plant by Gamma Ray
Buy used from: $13.14 Had enough of the HFT album? Ready for more?! Then check this out! Has some of their most kick ass songs!
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 | Symphony of Enchanted Lands by Rhapsody
Buy used from: $11.00 Masters of epic symphonic hollywoodish powermetal! Theres no excuse to not own every one of their albums, if your even remotely a powermetal fan!
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 | Unification by Iron Savior
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.96 Guess what? This album is great! If you don't buy it, Gorgar will indeed eat you! Powermetal outer-space style! yay!
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 | Sign of the Winner by Heavenly
Buy used from: $9.05 I dont own it yet but from what songs i remember hearing it has some of the most beautiful powermetal every written.
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 | Episode by Stratovarius
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.98 Stratovarius's Episode is one of their best all around albums. Lots of great songs. They have a shredmaster on guitar and a vocalist who can really throw his voice out there.
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 | Return to Heaven Denied by Labyrinth
Buy used from: $5.94 Labyrinth's Return to Heaven Denied: Very good powerful powermetal ^_^ from Italy. Lots of good double-bass drumming and shredding of guitars (not literaly). They have a unique style.
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 | The Fourth Legacy by Kamelot
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.67 Kamelot's Fourth Legacy: Kamelot is not to be passed up! The title track's chorus is f--ing awesome and still can give me goosebumps! Excellent power metal! This band just gets better and better.
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 | Afterlife by Nocturnal Rites
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.99 Nocturnal Rites' Afterlife is one of thier fiercest albums. Very heavy and, of course, kick ass!
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 | Act Seven by Act Seven
Buy used from: $0.79 Crematory is by far the most beautiful-sounding metal band with near death metal vocals. Gorgeous keyboard melodies overly (yes they are the driving force) the guitars. Simply Stunning.
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 | Secret of the Runes by Therion
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.32 Although I dont own this particular album, Therion in general is a grand mix of opera, orchestra, and metal all in one.
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 | Still Life by Opeth
Buy used from: $4.86 Opeth is one of the better metal bands out there. Their music is creative and frequently alternates between heavy to light/acoustic.
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 | Kull: The Conqueror - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Buy used from: $4.48 Yes this is Kull. Although the movie may have been merely ok, did you notice the musical scores?? The second track is pure metal/orchestral bliss! If you like some classical as well, this is for u!
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 | Far Beyond Driven by Pantera
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.51 One of the only "popular" true metal bands. And originating right from my own city of Ft. worth, Texas! This is one of their heaviest and most awesome albums. Get it!
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 | Master of Puppets by Metallica
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.00 the title track of this album is what got me hooked on metal in the first place! So, of course its on my top list! I can play that song start to finish on guitar too! ^_^ I feel so proud!
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 | Rust in Peace by Megadeth
Buy used from: $3.55 This is megadeth's best album! This is their pinnacle; the cream of their crop. Musically, this is their masterpiece. It has the song w/ the melody they stole from Metallica's Call of Ktulu.hehehe!
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 | Time Nevercome by Secret Sphere
Buy new: $47.98 / Used from: $39.99 Secret Sphere is just great powermetal akin to rhapsody or Labyrinth.
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 | Theater of Salvation by Edguy
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.39 Edguy is a great metal band. And this is one of their best albums. The songs are just great. Arrows Fly has one of the most beautiful opening riffs I've ever heard.
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 | Silence by Sonata Arctica
Buy used from: $2.99 Sonata Arctica is one of those bands u wish u discovered earlier. A sound of their own, they play powerful, wonderful powermetal with skill and creativity. Some great songs here.
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 | Nightfall in Middle-Earth by Blind Guardian
Buy used from: $7.32 Kings of fantasy style metal, influenced by Tolkien (author of Lord of the Rings). Kai Hansen is a big figure in the metal world. *Ok im tired so ill stop now, I hope this list helps you all out!*
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 | Lord of Earth and Heavens Heir by Human Fortress
Buy used from: $39.99 Human Fortress. Im glad i found them. Just listen to track 3, one of the greatest, most epic power metal masterpieces right up there with any of Luca Turilli's material, surpassing even Hammerfall.
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 | Illusion Dimensions by Oratory
Buy used from: $7.98 Oratory. Good pm with male and some female vocals. Actually an even better band to check out (alas not carried by Amazon) is Beholder, who's home you can find through Y!. Even better m/f duo imo.
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