ARTISTBLIND GUARDIAN
ALBUMFollow the Blind CD
Blind Guardian's second album, from 1989. Kai Hansen, just out of Helloween, guests on it, and it made the band's name among German-metal fans in Japan.
Power Metal 1980s Albums
Browse 8 Power Metal albums from the 1980s in the METAL BOOST catalog, with artist pages, track lists, Spotify players and English liner notes.
Albums
ARTISTRUNNING WILD
ALBUMDeath or Glory CD
Running Wild's fifth album, recorded at Studio M in Hanover in July and August 1989 and released by Noise Records on 8 November that year.
ARTISTSTRATOVARIUS
ALBUMFright Night CD
Fright Night presents a harder, darker form of heavy metal than the polished power-metal identity Stratovarius would later establish.
ARTISTBLIND GUARDIAN
Blind Guardian's debut, from 1988: raw speed metal recorded with producer Kalle Trapp, built on songs from their demos as Lucifer's Heritage.
ARTISTCRIMSON GLORY
ALBUMTranscendence CD
Crimson Glory's second album, recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida with Jim and Tom Morris producing.
ARTISTHELLOWEEN
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II gathers fast riffs, bright melody and grand choruses at remarkable density.
ARTISTHELLOWEEN
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I connects bright, racing riffs with clear high vocals and story-driven melody.
ARTISTHELLOWEEN
ALBUMWalls of Jericho CD
Walls of Jericho combines Helloween’s raw speed-metal attack with the melodic instinct that would later blossom more fully.