The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It

Fates Warning - "Night On Bröcken" (1984)

^ Could never get into that one. The Spectre Within and Awaken The Guardian rule hard though - some of best US power metal albums out there.

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After having tried many times, this finally seems to click.

Still trying to decide. I think I like it.
I've certainly been more interested in it than I was Sunbather.

But it kind of sounds like Jimmy Eat World meets Handful of Stars era Drudkh.

My wife snoring.

2 fists.

Entombed - Wolverine Blues

"Night On Brocken" is clearly Fates Warning's weakest release but I still find it to be a passable heavy metal album for the most part even though the Maiden plagiarism is pretty over the top. Also, I've never understood the association with power metal. There's far more traditional heavy metal if you ask me.

Slowdive - "Souvlaki" (1993)

High On Fire - Luminiferous

High Spirits - Motivator

Iced Earth - Live in Ancient Kourion

TSW and ATG sound more complex than the majority of heavy metal albums from its time, except for the early Mercyful Fate stuff (which seemed to have an influence on Fates Warning I believe). To me the choruses of ''Fata Morgana'' and ''Exodus'' to name a few remind me a lot more of, say, Blind Guardian than of Iron Maiden.

EDIT: forgot to say that those FW albums also have a much less simply rock out feel compared to that of, say, Dio, WASP, 80's Priest, ect.

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RIFFS EVERYWHERE