One of the most intense and powerful subgenres is Power Metal, a very vibrant and energetic style that was created on a foundation of arguably four bands: Iron Maiden, Dio, Judas Priest and Manowar.

Unlike Mötley Crüe and Guns N’ Roses, many hair metal bands from the 1980s disappeared into obscurity after MTV fame.

Svalbard and Noctule vocalist Serena Cherry answers Metal Hammer reader's questions on everything from Pokémon to Elden Ring ...

Allow us to introduce you to Dragoncorpse, an international band who might be the only ones playing a hybrid style of deathcore and power metal. And, yes, it's sick! Deathcore, since its inception ...

“I can’t just be like, ‘Oh, we’re a power metal band’ or, ‘We’re melodic death metal’, because that would be selling ourselves short.” In truth, Lutharo are both of these things ...

Claiming to hail from the snow-swept streets of Windhelm, Battle Born is a power metal band that writes “powerful hymns of war” to aid in the defense of their city against the “Imperial ...

The best Christian metal bands can be a divisive topic to a lot ... Furthermore, tracks like the power ballad “23” show ...

It's more than hair and metal that makes a hair metal band. The bands on this list are often given that label, but is the ...

and marks not only the winding down of the band's latest album campaign, but a 25 year journey that has seen them stake a strong claim on being the world's biggest power metal band (depending ...

As with a lot of modern power metal bands, Hamadria present a storm of pleasant-sounding notes to hang with soaring female vocals. As their popularity increases, so might the Peruvian scene, so ...

The rock label also signed Swedish power metal band Sabaton, In This Moment and Finnish rockers The Rasmus. By Chris Eggertsen Leading rock label Better Noise Music has announced a raft of new ...