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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