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Old 11-15-2017, 04:50 PM   #14189 (permalink)
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Generally, I agree. The reason I have it the other way around with power metal is that I suspect the few such bands I like are highly unusual for the genre and that most of it is pretty conservative. I don't think I should expect to find many more power metal bands that I'd find downright interesting.
Def. Blind Guardian, Virgin Steele, and Iced Earth are the only three I can think of right now who truly have a distinctive sound. The bigger ones often have their own sound to an extent, but upper mid-level and below all sound the ****ing same. I honestly don't know if there's a power metal band who didn't start in the 80s who have any real originality. It's easily the most self-indulgent metal genre out there, along with prog metal, and those genres can be kissing cousins a lot of times.
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