List of power metal bands

This is a list of power metal bands. Note that this list includes bands that have at some point in their careers played power metal. This list also includes bands who at least with some controversy have been categorized as power metal.

0–9

• 3 Inches of Blood

• Sect of the White Worm
• Battlecry Under a Wintersun
• Advance and Vanquish
• Fire Up the Blades
• Trial of Champions

A

• Accept
• Acropolis
• After Forever
• Aina
• Alestorm
• AlogiA
• Altaria
• Amaran
• Angel Dust

• Angra

• Reaching Horizons
• Angels Cry
• Holy Land
• Fireworks
• Rebirth
• Temple of Shadows
• Aurora Consurgens

• Arakain
• Aquaria
• Archontes
• AREA51
• Armageddon
• Artch
• Arthemis
• Ascension
• Assailant
• At Vance
• Audiovision

• Avalanch

• La Llama Eterna
• Llanto De Un Héroe
• El Ángel Caído
• Los Poetas Han Muerto
• El Hijo Pródigo
• Muerte Y Vida

• Avantasia
• Avian
• Axenstar
• Axxis
• Axel Rudi Pell

B

• Balance of Power
• Barilari
• Battlelore
• Beautiful Sin
• Beto Vázquez Infinity
• Beyond Twilight
• Black Majesty

• Blind Guardian

• Follow the Blind
• Tales from the Twilight World
• Somewhere Far Beyond
• Imaginations from the Other Side
• Nightfall in Middle-Earth
• A Night at the Opera (Blind Guardian album)
• A Twist in the Myth

• Bloodbound
• Bodine
• Brainstorm
• Brocas Helm
• Brother Firetribe
• Burning Point

C

• Cadacross
• Cage
• Catharsis
• Cauldron Born
• Celesty
• Cellador
• Chinchilla
• Children of Bodom
• Circle II Circle
• Cloven Hoof
• Communic
• Conception
• Concerto Moon
• Conquest
• Control Denied
• Craydawn
• Cryonic Temple
• Crystal Blaze
• Crystal Eyes

D

• Dargoron
• Dark at Dawn

• Dark Moor

• Shadowland
• The Hall of the Olden Dreams
• The Fall of Melnibone
• Gates of Oblivion
• Dark Moor (album)
• Beyond the Sea
• Tarot (album)
• Autumnal

• DarkSun

• El Legado
• El Lado Oscuro
• The Dark Side
• Libera Me

• Darna

• Darna
• II

• Demons & Wizards
• Derdian
• DGM
• Dionysus
• Divinefire
• Domain
• Domine
• Double Dealer
• DragonForce
• Dragonheart
• Dragonland

• The Battle of the Ivory Plains
• Holy War
• Starfall
• Astronomy

• Dream Evil
• Dreamaker
• Dreamtale
• Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland
• Dungeon

E

• Edguy

• Kingdom of Madness
• Vain Glory Opera
• Theater of Salvation
• The Savage Poetry
• Mandrake (album)
• Hellfire Club (album)
• Rocket Ride
• Tinnitus Sanctus

• Eidolon
• Elegy
• Elexorien
• Elvenking
• Epidemia
• Eternal Legacy
• Ethernity
• Evergrey
• Evil Masquerade
• Excalion

F

• Fairyland

• Realm of Wonders
• Of Wars in Osyrhia
• The Fall of an Empire
• Score to a New Beginning

• Falconer

• Falconer
• Chapters From a Vale Forlorn
• The Sceptre of Deception
• Grime vs. Grandeur
• Northwind
• Among Beggars And Thieves

• Fate
• Fifth Angel

• Firewind

• Nocturnal Symphony
• Between Heaven and Hell
• Burning Earth
• Forged by Fire
• Allegiance
• The Premonition

• Forgotten Tales

• The Promise
• All the Sinners

• Freedom Call

• Taragon
• Stairway To Fairyland
• Silent Empire
• Crystal Empire
• Eternity
• Live Invasion
• The Circle of Life
• Dimensions

G

• Galneryus

• Gamma Ray

• Heading for Tomorrow
• Sigh No More
• Insanity and Genius
• Land of the Free (album)
• Somewhere Out in Space
• Powerplant (album)
• No World Order (Gamma Ray album)
• Majestic (album)
• Land of the Free II

• Ghost Brigade
• Godiva
• Grave Digger
• Grim Reaper

H

• HammerFall

• Glory to the Brave
• Legacy of Kings
• Renegade (HammerFall album)
• Crimson Thunder
• One Crimson Night
• Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
• Threshold (HammerFall album)

• Hammers of Misfortune
• Harmony
• Hawaii
• Heaven's Gate
• Heavenly
• Heavy Load
• Heed

• Helloween

• Walls of Jericho
• Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1
• Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2
• Pink Bubbles Go Ape
• Master of the Rings
• The Time of the Oath
• Better Than Raw
• The Dark Ride
• Rabbit Don't Come Easy
• Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy
• Gambling with the Devil

• Helstar
• Hibria
• Highland Glory
• HolyHell
• Human Fortress

I

• Icarus Witch

• Iced Earth

• Iced Earth (album)
• Night of the Stormrider
• Burnt Offerings (album)
• The Dark Saga
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (album)
• Alive in Athens
• Horror Show
• The Glorious Burden
• Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1
• The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked Part 2

• Ilium
• Inferno
• Inmoria
• Innerwish
• Insania
• Iron Fire
• Iron Savior
• Into Eternity

J

• Jacob's Dream
• Jag Panzer

K

• Kaledon

• Kamelot

• Eternity (Kamelot album)
• Dominion (Kamelot album)
• Siége Perilous (album)
• The Fourth Legacy
• Karma (Kamelot album)
• Epica (album)
• The Black Halo
• Ghost Opera

• Katagory V
• Keldian
• Kerion
• Kinrick
• Kiuas
• Kryst the Conqueror

L

• Labyrinth
• Lanfear
• Last Tribe
• Leash Law
• Liege Lord
• Lion's Share
• Lizzy Borden
• Lord
• Lordi
• Lost Horizon
• Luca Turilli
• Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
• Luna Mortis
• Luzbel

M

• Machine Men
• Magica
• Magic Kingdom
• Majestic Vanguard
• Majesty
• Manilla Road

• Manowar

• Louder Than Hell
• Warriors of the World

• Manticora
• Mastermind
• Masterplan
• Meliah Rage
• Mercenary

• Metal Church

• Blessing in Disguise (Metal Church album)

• Mercury Tide
• Metal Force
• Metalium
• Mezarkabul
• Mob Rules
• Moonlight Agony
• Morgana Lefay
• Morifade
• Myopia
• Mystic Prophecy

N

• Narnia

• Nightwish

• Angels Fall First
• Oceanborn
• Wishmaster (album)
• Over the Hills and Far Away (album)
• Century Child
• Once (Nightwish album)
• Dark Passion Play

• Nocturnal Rites
• Northern Kings
• Nostradameus

O

• Omen
• Opus Atlantica
• Oratory
• Orden Ogan

P

• Pacto de Sangre

• Pagan's Mind

• Infinity Divine
• Celestial Entrance
• Enigmatic : Calling
• God's Equation

• Paragon

• World of Sin
• The Final Command
• Chalice of Steel
• Steelbound
• Law of the Blade
• The Dark Legacy
• Revenge
• Forgotten Prophecies
• Screenslaves
• Larger Than Life

• Pathosray
• Pegazus

• Persuader

• The Hunter
• Evolution Purgatory
• When Eden Burns

• Power Quest

• Wings of Forever
• Neverworld
• Magic Never Dies
• Master of Illusion

• Power Symphony
• Powersurge

• Powerwolf

• Return in Bloodred
• Lupus Dei

• Pretty Maids

• Primal Fear

• Primal Fear
• Jaws of Death
• Nuclear Fire
• Horrorscope
• Black Sun
• The History of Fear
• Devil's Ground
• Seven Seals
• Metal Is Forever - The Very Best of Primal Fear
• New Religion

• Pyramaze

• Melancholy Beast
• Legend of the Bone Carver
• Immortal

• Pythia

R

• Rage
• Raintime
• Ramp
• Rata Blanca
• Rawhead Rexx
• Rebellion
• Red Circuit
• Redemption
• Revolution Renaissance
• Rhapsody of Fire
• Ride the Sky
• Royal Hunt
• Running Wild

S

• Sabaton
• Sacred Steel
• Sanctuary
• Sauze
• Savage Circus
• Savatage
• Saxon
• Scanner
• Secret Sphere

• Seraphim

• The Soul That Never Dies
• The Equal Spirit
• Ai
• Rising

• Serenity
• Seven Witches
• Seventh Avenue
• Seyminhol
• Shaaman

• Shadow Host

• Twilight Legend
• Downfall
• Neverland
• Curse Of The Angeleye

• Shadow Warriors
• Silent Force
• Silver Seraph
• Sinergy
• Six Magics
• Skylark
• Slauter Xstroyes

• Sonata Arctica

• Ecliptica
• Silence (album)
• Winterheart's Guild
• Reckoning Night
• Unia

• Spellblast
• Starbreaker
• Steel
• Steel Attack
• Steel Prophet
• Stormwarrior
• Stormwind

• Stratovarius

• Fright Night (album)
• Stratovarius II
• Twilight Time (album)
• Dreamspace
• Fourth Dimension (Stratovarius album)
• Episode (album)
• Visions (Stratovarius album)
• Destiny (Stratovarius album)
• Infinite (Stratovarius album)
• Elements, Pt. 1
• Elements, Pt. 2
• Stratovarius (album)

• Sturm und Drang
• Symphony X

• Symphorce

• Truth to Promises
• Sinctuary
• Phorceful Ahead
• Twice Second
• Godspeed (album)
• Become Death

T

• Tad Morose
• Tarantula
• Tarot
• Teräsbetoni
• Theocracy
• Tierra Santa
• Timo Kotipelto
• Thunderstone
• Thy Majestie
• Time Requiem
• Timeless Miracle
• Trator
• Twilight Guardians
• Twilightning

V

• Vanishing Point
• Versailles
• Vicious Rumors
• Viper
• Virgin Steele
• Vision Divine
• Visions of Atlantis
• Voyager

W

• WarCry

• WarCry (album)
• El Sello De Los Tiempos
• Alea Jacta Est
• ¿Dónde Está La Luz?
• La Quinta Esencia
• Revolución

• Warmen
• Warrior
• White Skull
• Winds
• Winterborn
• Winter's Bane

• Winter's Verge

• Another Life...Another End
• Eternal Damnation

• Wintersun
• Wizard
• Wizard's Hymn
• Wolf
• Wuthering Heights

X

• X Japan

Y

• Yngwie Malmsteen

See also

• Power metal
• List of heavy metal bands