Power Metal 2010s Albums - Page 2

Titanic Mass places Dynazty’s large melodies and strong vocal delivery inside a heavier, more modern metal sound.

Master of Light lets Freedom Call’s bright melody, speed and positive singalongs ring out with particular openness.

Titancraft delivers Iron Savior’s science-fiction world and thick-riffed German power metal with complete confidence.

Myrath's fourth album, from February 2016, named with the English translation of the band's own name.

War Brigade puts Mystic Prophecy’s thick guitar riffs and forceful beat at the front of a combative power-metal record.

Rulebreaker assembles Primal Fear’s hard-edged riffs, piercing high vocals and heavy rhythm with great precision.

Into the Legend unites Rhapsody of Fire’s fantasy storytelling, orchestral grandeur and racing power metal.

Sabaton's eighth album, from August 2016, a concept record built on last stands from history.

The Ninth Hour presents Sonata Arctica’s lyrical melody and storytelling in more measured structures.

The second album by Sweden's Twilight Force, from August 2016 and their first for Nuclear Blast.

An original EP first sold at Comic Market 91 on 29 December 2016 and put into national distribution through Canned music on 18 January 2017. Three tracks. The title song got one of the band's earliest official music videos and has been a fixture of their live set ever since.

Blind Guardian's tenth album, from January 2015, made with three choirs and two orchestras.

Stormcrow combines Cain’s Offering’s clear vocals, shining keyboards and guitar lines that sing alongside the melody.

I Worship Chaos preserves Children of Bodom’s fast riffs, neoclassical keyboard flair and sharp vocals while presenting a darker, tighter character.

Woman gathers Cyntia’s bright, extended vocals, technical guitar work and sparkling keyboards into accessible melody.

Project X uses Dark Moor’s symphonic keyboards, classical-leaning melody and refined vocals to create power metal rich in narrative feeling.

Under the Force of Courage builds Galneryus’s fast twin guitars, precise rhythm section and soaring high vocals into a large-scale drama that keeps its lift even across its longer songs.

My God-Given Right fills Helloween’s power metal with racing riffs, bright melody and a touch of playful humor.

A self-titled fifth album that cuts its song titles down to single words and strips the arrangements to match.

Haven connects Kamelot’s dark symphonic-metal atmosphere, detailed guitar work, melancholy melody and dramatic vocal expression.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful overlays Nightwish’s symphonic-metal grandeur with a gaze toward nature, life and science.

The sixth album, home to “Army Of The Night” and “Armata Strigoi” — blessing and possession set against each other in the most direct terms yet.

Eternal presents Stratovarius’s power-metal tradition through charging beats, shining keyboards, soaring vocals and thick choruses.

Underworld connects Symphony X’s progressive-metal rhythm complexity and traditional heavy-metal weight to dramatic vocal melody.

The second original full album, first sold at M3-2015 Spring on 26 April 2015 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 13 May. Its songs are titled in German and French and its subject is the vampire. The CD holds six tracks, the streaming release five.

The band's first original single, sold at Comic Market 88 on 14 August 2015. Five tracks: the song itself and four versions of it with the vocal, the guitar, the bass and the drums taken out in turn. Disk Union put it into national distribution on 31 March 2018.

The Great Divide centers on two distinctive vocal personalities, supported by grand keyboards, thick guitars and the drama of melodic metal.

Massive Addictive sends Amaranthe’s multiple vocal voices, electronic textures and heavy guitars racing across one another.

Secret Garden joins Angra’s progressive construction, Brazilian rhythmic sense and classically shaped melody.

The debut album that collided idol pop with extreme metal language and introduced kawaii metal as a worldwide surprise.

Limit Break combines Cyntia’s sparkling keyboards, soaring vocals and sharp twin guitars into melodic metal with real speed.

DragonForce's sixth album, from August 2014: the first made with an outside producer, Jens Bogren, away from the band's own studio.

Renatus keeps Dynazty’s melodic hard-rock foundation but moves decisively toward sharper riffs and power-metal momentum.

Space Police: Defenders of the Crown mixes Edguy’s oversized melodies, hard-rock swing and playful humor.

Beyond fills Freedom Call’s world with light-catching melodies, fast rhythms and choruses made for collective singing.

Vetelgyus mobilizes Galneryus’s virtuosic guitar and keyboards, soaring high vocals and precise rhythm work.

Empire of the Undead delivers Gamma Ray’s power metal with fast riffs, clear melodies and a cosmic sense of scale.

Rise of the Hero is power metal built from hard-edged riffs, mechanical momentum and large, heroic choruses.

Delivering the Black unites Primal Fear’s cutting twin guitars, forceful high vocals and heavy rhythm section.

Sabaton's seventh album, from May 2014, written one individual at a time rather than one battle at a time.

Ecliptica Revisited: 15th Anniversary Edition is SONATA ARCTICA's full re-recording of its debut Ecliptica with the current band and modern production.

Pariah’s Child brings Sonata Arctica’s fast rhythms, keyboard color and bittersweet melodies to the front.

Light of Dawn carefully joins Unisonic’s rich vocal melodies to hard-edged guitar work.

The first original full album, sold at Comic Market 86 on 16 August 2014 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 22 October. After six years of Touhou Project arrangement records it was the first Unlucky Morpheus album made entirely of their own songs. Seven tracks.

The Nexus sends clean vocals, harsh vocals, electronic texture and heavy guitars across one another at high speed.

The Mystery of Time uses multiple vocalists, thick choirs and symphonic arrangement to tell a large-scale rock-opera story.

Battle Beast's second album, from May 2013 and the first with Noora Louhimo singing.

The first mini album, out the year after the band formed; "Pray" and "Wing Of Hope" were still worth re-cutting twelve years later.

Halo of Blood puts Children of Bodom’s slicing riffs, high-speed keyboard exchanges and rough vocals in the foreground.

Lady Made combines sparkling keyboards, fluent twin guitars and soaring vocals to put melodic metal’s brightness in full view.

Ars Musica builds a fantasy-metal world through classically shaped melody, symphonic keyboards and elegant guitar work.

The Bonding combines weighty orchestration, transparent vocals and lyrical guitar to create grand symphonic metal.