Get To Know Your Power Metal Bands

 

Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian metal band, known for their operatic concept albums like Dawn of Victory. It is rumored that they own authentic Druid robes, and refuse to have their hair cut with anything but a broadsword. 

Dragonforce was formed in London in 1999. Legend has it that their guitars can only be played with a dragonscale pick, and their soaring lyrics can turn orcs to stone. 

The origins of BeastThunder are unknown, though the band maintains that it resides in an ice castle at the North Pole. Their lead singer is supposedly the offspring of a griffin and wyvern, and it is generally believed that their bassist’s guitar was taken from the belly of a slain troll. 

MammothSword of IronSteel is unique in the world of power metal in that they believe that all of reality exists only in the dream of a great wizard. The band considers it its mission to play a riff loud enough to wake the wizard from his slumber. 

Many metal fans consider Dragonflame of Dragonfire to be the greatest band ever to roam the earth. Despite an impressive catalogue of studio releases, it is said that the band refuses to play live unless it is in front of a volcano erupting with lightning. Their album Rays of the Dragon’s Sun was immediately hailed as an instant classic, though the discovery that all of the album’s lyrics were verbatim passages from the Magic: The Gathering rulebook led to numerous legal disputes that have hamstrung the band’s career.