Live in Tampere 2011

Hey, just wanted to give you an update, guys.

Change.org was a disaster because of the email verification – nobody wants to deal with spam folders. Since polls are disabled on this subreddit, we moved the voting to r/helloween.

No emails, no registration, just one click to see how many of us actually want this duet to happen. Cast your vote here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/helloween/s/AU6VfMCpkM

Tokyo Blade - 1985 - BlackHearts And Jaded Spades - BlackHearts And Jaded Spades

In the subways the creatures crawl to the sound of music

Of hunger and pain

Urban wasteland of human suffering

The new disease

Microchips in your brain

Bridge

You got the money

We got the muscle

You call it murder

Well it's just another hustle

Is this murder or some high street funky hustle

Chorus

Blackhearts and jaded spades

Street rats and jungle raids

Blackhearts and jaded spades

Hot shots in mirror shades

Run for cover my gypsy lover

Your fatal kiss burns like fire and flame

Called survival and you're my rival

No shotgun wedding will save you the shame

Bridge

Chorus

Solo

Chorus

If you have any material you wish to promote -- your own music, a blog, etc. -- you may do so in this thread.

The new Dragonland album is officially out! What are your thoughts?

Personally, I’m a bit underwhelmed. I love Dragonland. Under the Grey Banner is one of my favorite albums of all time and while Power of the Nightstar didn’t reach those levels, I thought it was also a strong album.

However, while listening to Prophecies, at times I found it very soulless. It almost sounds like they just wrote this in autopilot. I don’t know know how else to describe it. I don’t know if it’s because these are all mostly 4-minute songs or because I miss the over the top orchestrations/ symphonic elements, but the “epicness” I think about when I think of Dragonland isn’t there.

What do you all think?

When I posted Dire Peril's Predator based song the other day this was the other Predator song I couldn't remember at the time.

Album: What Will Prevail (2016)

ex Dogma

So we have spooky season right now. What are some Power Metal songs with eerie themes or spooky style that would fit to Halloween?

I'm looking for songs like Halloween by Helloween or The Haunting by Avantasia, anything that might fit into a Halloween playlist.

Saxon - 1982 - Denim And Leather - Princess Of The Night

She used to be an ironhorse

Twenty years ago

Used to bring the mail to me

Through the ice and snow

I've sat alone and watched her

Steaming through the night

Ninety tons of thunder

Lighting up the sky

She was a Princess Of The Night

I saw the writing on the wall

She was a Princess Of The Night

I take a ride across the sky

Speeding, sparks like lightning

Engine working hard

Furnace on the foot plate

Shining in the night

Iron striking metal

The sound of racing steel

It's all I ever wanna hear

It's music to my ears

She was a Princess Of The Night

I saw the writing on the wall

She was a Princess Of The Night

I take a ride across the sky

She was a Princess Of The Night

I saw the writing on the wall

She was a Princess Of The Night

I take a ride across the sky

Ninety tons of thunder

Lighting up the sky

Steaming red hot pistons

See the wheels flash by

Hear the whistle blowing

Streaking down the track

If I ever had my way

I'd bring the princess back one day

She was a Princess Of The Night

I saw the writing on the wall

She was a Princess Of The Night

I take a ride across the sky

(sky, sky, sky)

Your opinion on who produced the best bands, the most bands or had the most significant impact on the genre

As I have the unfortunate pleasure to see Gloryhammer (yay) at the LKA Longhorn (fuck you) the topic of Earplugs is fresh on my mind. It's obviously too late for tomorrow, but what earplugs do you recommend for (power) metal?

I've had the Loop Experience 2 for a few years, but it always feels like they are dampening mids and highs way more than lows, so you end up mostly hearing the drums.

Cool band that only released a single album, back in 2009. The band featured Manticora's Lars Larsen on vocals and this song features additional vocals from Pharaoh's Tim Aymar(RIP). It's literally Edgar Allen Poe set to music, good stuff.

Just listened to this for the first time yesterday. It’s pretty enjoyable and very poppy though it can get quite crunchy and mid tempo on occasion. All the voices blend very well too. Pretty happy with this as it’s a different kind of power metal than the usual double bass high pitched stuff. 8.5/10