Tag Archives: Power Metal

Metal Moment – Seven Kingdoms

I’m busy this week, so here’s another metal moment. Today’s band is the less well-known Seven Kingdoms, a power metal band from the US that sings primarily about the Song of Ice and Fire books. They have one official music video that I know of for the song After the Fall from the CD the Fire is Mine:

My favourite song of theirs is Forever Brave, from the same CD:

For their first CD, they actually had a male vocalist and were more thrashy, making for a different sound. Here’s We Do Not Sow, celebrating everybody’s favourite fictional reavers:

The second of their three CD’s is self-titled, and is similar in sound to the Fire is Mine, but with a few hints of their earlier thrashiness. Here’s Thunder of the Hammer:

Finally, here’s the obligatory power ballad, A Murder Never Dead from the same:

Metal Moment: Blind Guardian

I previously posted my favourite Christian metal band, so now here’s my favourite band, period:

Blind Guardian plays the most epic of power metal.

Here’s the most epic song I’ve yet heard, And Then There was Silence. It’s probably my favourite song of all time. It’s album, A Night at the Opera, is my favourite album of all time. The pomp and bombast is amazing.

Here’s another excellent song, Imaginations from the Other Side, from their 1995 CD of the same name:

Their middle-earth epic CD, Nightfall in Middle-earth,  based on the Silmarillion was also amazing.

Of course, Blind Guardian also had some slower songs. Here’s a concert staple, the Bard’s Song:

Metal Moment: Theocracy

Today’s metal moment highlights my favourite Christian band: Theocracy.

They play some excellent power metal with progressive metal undertones.

Here’s probably their heaviest song:

Here’s the best track off their newest album and probably tied for my favourite track of theirs with the third one I’m posting. It starts slow and builds up over time until awesomeness:

Here’s their 22-minute epic: