Top 25 Power Metal
Welcome to the results of Shreddit’s Power Metal vote!
So for those out of the loop: These votes originated on this sub's official Discord server, where we were having top 25 subgenre votes because we are nerds with too much free time it was a fun as a community to compare notes and see what makes each other tick. Due to the popularity of those votes we decided to open them up to the Shreddit community at large, resulting in 5 fantastic votes so far: Thrash, Death Metal, Trad, Doom, Black, Grindcore and now POWER.
This vote was our largest yet, with 166 responses submitted and only a handful of people voting for completely the wrong thing. Not bad, eh?
As always, thank you to all who voted! I would like to say a huge thank you to Mr fleshgolem for all this wonderful data you are about to read. Another thanks is in order for the lovely Ms /u/imafreakininja and the team of Sorcerers over on our Discord for helping maintain the imgur gallery.
Top 25 Power Metal Albums
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM | VOTES | YEAR | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind Guardian | Nightfall in Middle-Earth | 47 | 1998 | Germany |
| 2 | Blind Guardian | Somewhere Far Beyond | 37 | 1992 | Germany |
| 3 | Jag Panzer | Ample Destruction | 35 | 1984 | United States |
| 4 | Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 34 | 1988 | Germany |
| 5 | Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I | 33 | 1987 | Germany |
| 6 | Riot V | Thundersteel | 32 | 1988 | United States |
| 7 | Blind Guardian | Imaginations From the Other Side | 29 | 1995 | Germany |
| 8 | Sonata Arctica | Ecliptica | 27 | 1999 | Finland |
| 9 | Liege Lord | Master Control | 25 | 1988 | United States |
| 10 | Savatage | Hall of the Mountain King | 23 | 1987 | United States |
| 11 | Running Wild | Death or Glory | 22 | 1989 | Germany |
| 12 | Fates Warning | Awaken the Guardian | 21 | 1986 | United States |
| 13 | Gamma Ray | Land of the Free | 21 | 1995 | Germany |
| 14 | Rhapsody of Fire | Symphony of Enchanted Lands | 20 | 1998 | Italy |
| 15 | Helloween | Walls of Jericho | 20 | 1985 | Germany |
| 16 | Omen | Battle Cry | 19 | 1984 | United States |
| 17 | Helstar | Nosferatu | 18 | 1989 | United States |
| 18 | Avantasia | The Metal Opera | 18 | 2001 | Germany |
| 19 | Manilla Road | Crystal Logic | 17 | 1983 | United States |
| 20 | Rhapsody of Fire | Dawn of Victory | 17 | 2000 | Italy |
| 21 | Crimson Glory | Crimson Glory | 17 | 1986 | United States |
| 21 | Symphony X | The Divine Wings of Tragedy | 17 | 1996 | United States |
| 23 | Kamelot | Karma | 17 | 2001 | United States |
| 24 | Unleash the Archers | Apex | 16 | 2017 | Canada |
| 25 | Kamelot | The Black Halo | 16 | 2005 | United States |
Top 25 Power Bands
| RANK | ARTIST | VOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind Guardian | 164 |
| 2 | Helloween | 104 |
| 3 | Rhapsody of Fire | 66 |
| 4 | Sonata Arctica | 56 |
| 5 | Gamma Ray | 53 |
| 6 | Kamelot | 50 |
| 7 | Iced Earth | 49 |
| 8 | Stratovarius | 47 |
| 9 | Sabaton | 46 |
| 10 | Symphony X | 44 |
| 11 | Running Wild | 42 |
| 12 | Manowar | 40 |
| 13 | Savatage | 36 |
| 14 | Jag Panzer | 36 |
| 15 | Manilla Road | 34 |
| 16 | Riot V | 33 |
| 17 | Nightwish | 33 |
| 18 | Angra | 33 |
| 19 | DragonForce | 30 |
| 20 | Avantasia | 29 |
| 21 | Liege Lord | 28 |
| 21 | Helstar | 25 |
| 23 | Fates Warning | 24 |
| 24 | Crimson Glory | 24 |
| 25 | Virgin Steele | 23 |
Distribution by Country
| COUNTRY | VOTES |
|---|---|
| United States | 773 |
| Germany | 504 |
| Finland | 170 |
| Sweden | 148 |
| Italy | 96 |
| United Kingdom | 50 |
| Brazil | 45 |
| Japan | 41 |
| Canada | 21 |
| Norway | 11 |
| France | 10 |
| Spain | 10 |
| Greece | 9 |
| Denmark | 7 |
| International | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Poland | 3 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
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Here is the imgur album featuring the charts that users over on our Discord have made.