This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on what power metal is or is not. The list exists purely for my own organizational purposes and may contain bands or albums that are not strictly True Knights of the Eternal Thundersword.

The first cluster includes my favorite albums in the genre (and a significant number of my all-time favorites); beyond that, they are listed by rating from 9/10 down to 6/10 and alphabetically within each bracket.

Last updated November 27, 2021.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2014

1.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

2.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Sólstafir - Ótta

5.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

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A very heavy year for progressive metal and for the first time in 10 years, an unknown band to me takes the crown.

1.Need - Orvam: A Song For Home

2.Vanden Plas - Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)

3.RPWL - Wanted

4.Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)

5.Anubis Gate - Horizons

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1.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

2.Empyrium - The Turn Of The Tides

3.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

5.In Flames - Siren Charms

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1.Septicflesh - Titan

2.Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died

3.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

4.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

5.Diabulus In Musica - Argia

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1.Killer Be Killed - Killer Be Killed

2.Channel Zero - Kill All Kings

3.Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died

4.Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter

5.Overkill - White Devil Armory

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1.Hatriot - Dawn Of The New Centurion

2.Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral

3.Benighted - Carnivore Sublime

4.Thanatos - Global Purification

5.Harlott - Origin

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Will be updated constantly as I remember albums/have time to add them! if more than one album per year- runner up. If none, then i picked none for that year.

1.The Agonist - The Eye of Providence

2.Queensrÿche - Condition Hüman

3.Arch Enemy - War Eternal

4.Marty Friedman - Inferno

5.Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia

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Cos, y'know, same shiz different year. Ran out of space again so will post final album opinions in comments.

1.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

2.Dirge - Hyperion

3.Nero Di Marte - Derivae

4.Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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1.Septicflesh - Titan

2.Tengger Cavalry - Ancient Call

3.Avatar - Hail The Apocalypse

4.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

5.Devin Townsend - Z²

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This list is provisional with no specific order. It's subject to change as time passes and more albums get released. For now, Triptykon's new work tops my chart.

1.Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare

2.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

3.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

4.Behemoth - The Satanist

5.Witch Mountain - Mobile Of Angels

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Albums I need to check out

1.Arch Enemy - War Eternal

2.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

3.Grave Digger - Return Of The Reaper

4.Blues Pills - Blues Pills

5.Opeth - Pale Communion

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My list of 2014 likes (to be expanded). Notes can and will change during the year, since I like listening to albums multiple times and have a really good view before the final note.

I'd say 3/5 is my default note, just an okay CD with nothing spectacular.

1.Soen - Tellurian

2.Opeth - Pale Communion

3.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

5.Threshold - For The Journey

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Albums I'm enjoying as 2014 progresses, order and all that is updated weekly. Suggestions and also comments are very welcome, I'm also finally finished my 2013 list. Check that out as well
As new 2014 albums come and go please note the order is subject to change before you have an aneurism.

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1.Buckethead - Pikes 42-129

2.Vader - Tibi Et Igni

3.Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era

4.Delain - The Human Contradiction

5.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

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1.Mr. Big - The Stories We Could Tell

2.Allen/Lande - The Great Divide

3.Rubicon Cross - Rubicon Cross

4.Suicidal Angels - Divide And Conquer

5.Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died

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