Power Metal 1980s Albums

Fright Night presents a harder, darker form of heavy metal than the polished power-metal identity Stratovarius would later establish.

Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II gathers fast riffs, bright melody and grand choruses at remarkable density.

Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I connects bright, racing riffs with clear high vocals and story-driven melody.

Walls of Jericho combines Helloween’s raw speed-metal attack with the melodic instinct that would later blossom more fully.