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Accept (band)
Accept are a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes.
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Alexi Laiho
Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho (born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho; 8 April 1979) is a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.
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Ample Destruction
Ample Destruction is the first studio album released by American power metal band Jag Panzer, released in 1984.
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Andre Matos
André Coelho Matos (born September 14, 1971) is a Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer.
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Angra (band)
Angra is a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 1991 that has gone through some line-up changes since its foundation.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.
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Avantasia
Avantasia is a German supergroup rock opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy.
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Avian (band)
Avian is a melodic power metal band founded in 2002 by guitarist Yan Leviathan.
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Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.
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Bass (voice type)
A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.
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Bass drum
A bass drum, or kick drum, is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch.
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Bass guitar
The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.
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Bassist
A bassist, or bass player, is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone.
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Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany.
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Borealis (band)
Borealis is a Canadian power/progressive metal band from Orangeville, Ontario.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, entrepreneur, author and broadcaster.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom is a Finnish extreme metal band from Espoo.
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Chord (music)
A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of pitches consisting of two or more (usually three or more) notes (also called "pitches") that are heard as if sounding simultaneously.
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Circle II Circle
Circle II Circle is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida, United States.
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Cirith Ungol (band)
Cirith Ungol is an American heavy metal band formed in late 1971 in Ventura, California.
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Comrade
The term comrade is used to mean "friend", "mate", "colleague", or "ally", and derives from the Iberian Romance language term camarada, literally meaning "chamber mate", from Latin camera "chamber" or "room".
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Concept album
A concept album is an album in which its tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually.
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Crimson Glory
Crimson Glory are an American progressive metal band that formed in 1979 under the name Pierced Arrow (later changed to 'Beowulf').
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Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.
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Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme style of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres.
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DragonForce
DragonForce are a British power metal band based in London, England.
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Drum kit
A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.
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Drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates and accompanies music using drums.
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Edguy
Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany that was formed in 1992.
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Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals.
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Electronic keyboard
An electronic keyboard or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument, an electronic or digital derivative of keyboard instruments.
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Elvenking (band)
Elvenking is a folk/power metal band from Sacile, Italy.
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Epica (Kamelot album)
Epica is the sixth full-length album by the American power metal band Kamelot, released on March 3, 2003 through Noise Records.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s.
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Falconer (band)
Falconer is a Swedish folk/power metal band from Mjölby, formed in 1999 by the former guitarist of Mithotyn, Stefan Weinerhall.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.
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Fates Warning
Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Finland
Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.
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Forgotten Tales
Forgotten Tales is a Canadian power metal band from Quebec City, Quebec originally assembled in 1999.
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Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake (– 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
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Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564Drake (1978, p. 1). The date of Galileo's birth is given according to the Julian calendar, which was then in force throughout Christendom. In 1582 it was replaced in Italy and several other Catholic countries with the Gregorian calendar. Unless otherwise indicated, dates in this article are given according to the Gregorian calendar. – 8 January 1642) was an Italian polymath.
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Gamma Ray (band)
Gamma Ray is a power metal band from Hamburg, northern Germany, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from the German power metal band Helloween.
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Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) (Pp. 11, 48).
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Glenn Tipton
Glenn Raymond Tipton (born 25 October 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning guitar player and songwriter.
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Goethe's Faust
Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.
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Grave Digger (band)
Grave Digger is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1980.
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Greece
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Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.
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HammerFall
HammerFall are a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Hansi Kürsch
Hans Jürgen Kürsch (born August 10, 1966), better known as Hansi Kürsch, is a German singer, songwriter, record producer and former bass guitarist, best known as a member of the power metal band Blind Guardian.
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Harmonic rhythm
In music theory, harmonic rhythm, also known as harmonic tempo is the rate at which the chords change (or progress) in a musical composition, in relation to the rate of notes.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.
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Heir Apparent (band)
Heir Apparent is an American heavy/power metal band from Seattle, formed in 1983.
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Helloween
Helloween are a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany by members of bands Iron Fist and Gentry.
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Helstar
Helstar is an American heavy metal band from Houston, Texas, formed in 1982 by guitarist Larry Barragan.
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Hibria
Hibria is a Power Metal/Speed Metal band from Brazil known for their technicality and speed.
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Iced Earth
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida.
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Ingo Schwichtenberg
Ingo "Mr.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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Jag Panzer
Jag Panzer is an American power metal band from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jari Mäenpää
Jari Mäenpää (born 23 December 1977) is a Finnish heavy metal multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.
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Jens Johansson
Jens Ola Johansson (born 2 November 1963, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish keyboardist and pianist who currently plays in the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and Ritchie Blackmore's rock project Rainbow.
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Jon Lord
John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men.
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Jon Mikl Thor
Jon Mikl Thor (born 1953), better known as Thor, is a bodybuilding champion, actor, songwriter, screenwriter, historian, vocalist and musician.
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969.
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K. K. Downing
Kenneth "K.
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Kai Hansen
Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a heavy metal guitarist and vocalist.
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Kamelot
Kamelot is an American/European power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991.
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Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I is the second studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1987.
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Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II is the third studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1988.
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Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.
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Liege Lord
Liege Lord is an American Power metal band, active in the 1980s and considered to be a pioneer of the genre.
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List of power metal bands
This is a list of power metal bands including notable bands that have at some point in their careers played power metal or heavily contributed to the genre's development.
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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is the third studio album released by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1978, and the last to feature original lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.
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Majesty (band)
Majesty (also known as Metal Force between 2008 and 2011) is a heavy metal band from Germany.
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Manilla Road
Manilla Road is an American heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, founded by lead guitarist Mark 'the Shark' Shelton (vocals and guitar) (born December 3, 1957, Wichita, Kansas, United States).
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Manowar
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York.
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Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1254January 8–9, 1324) was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer, born in the Republic of Venice.
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Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal.
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Metal Evolution
Metal Evolution is a 2011 documentary series directed by anthropologist and film-maker Sam Dunn and director, producer and music supervisor Scot McFadyen about heavy metal subgenres, with new episodes airing every Friday at 10pm EST on MuchMore and Saturday at 10pm EST on VH1 Classic.
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Michael Kiske
Michael Kiske (born January 24, 1968) is a German singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween.
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Michael Weikath
Michael Ingo Joachim "Weiki" Weikath (born 7 August 1962) is a German musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member and one of the guitarists and backing vocalists of pioneering power metal band Helloween.
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Mythology
Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.
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Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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National epic
A national epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation; not necessarily a nation state, but at least an ethnic or linguistic group with aspirations to independence or autonomy.
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Neoclassical metal
Neoclassical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is heavily influenced by classical music and usually features very technical playing,Stephan Forté, "Metal néoclassique" in Guitarist Magazine Pedago, Hors Série #29, "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, pp.14–15.
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Nevermore
Nevermore was an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, United States.
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New wave of British heavy metal
The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.
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Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Nightfall in Middle-Earth is the sixth full-length studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian.
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Nightwish
Nightwish are a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
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Omen (band)
Omen is an American heavy metal band.
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Overdubbing
Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs) is a technique used in audio recording, whereby a musical passage is recorded twice.
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Palm mute
The palm mute is a playing technique for guitar and bass guitar, executed by placing the side of the picking hand below the little finger across the strings to be plucked, very close to the bridge, and then plucking the strings while the damping is in effect.
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Peavy Wagner
Peter "Peavy" Wagner (born 22 December 1964) is a German heavy metal musician.
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Pegazus
Pegazus is a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia.
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Pharaoh (band)
Pharaoh is an American power metal band.
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Politics
Politics (from Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
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Progressive metal
Progressive metal (sometimes known as prog metal or technical metal) is a fusion genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock which combines the loud "aggression".
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.
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Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche performing at the Sauna Open Air Metal Festival on June 11, 2011, in Tampere, Finland. Left to right: bassist Eddie Jackson, lead vocalist Geoff Tate, drummer Scott Rockenfield and guitarist Michael Wilton. Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal band.
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Rage (German band)
Rage is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984 by Peter "Peavy" Wagner.
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Rainbow (rock band)
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) is a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, active from 1975 until 1984, 1993 until 1997, and 2015 until present.
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Religion
Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.
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Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band created by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre.
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Riot V
Riot V, formerly known as Riot until 2012, is an American heavy metal band founded in New York City in 1975 by guitarist Mark Reale.
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Rising (Rainbow album)
Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising) is the second studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1976.
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Rob Halford
Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide-ranging voice.
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio or simply Dio, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
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Running Wild (band)
Running Wild is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg.
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Sabaton (band)
Sabaton is a Swedish power metal band from Falun.
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Sacred Steel (band)
The band formed in the 80s when almost all of the members were already playing in bands that could gather underground acclaim.
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Sam Dunn
Sam Dunn (born 20 March 1974) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, Canadian musician, and anthropologist best known for his series of documentaries on heavy metal music.
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Samurai
were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.
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Sanctuary (band)
Sanctuary is an American thrash metal band founded in Seattle, Washington, United States, in 1985.
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Savatage
Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the Oliva brothers Jon and Criss in 1979 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.
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Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker.
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Serenity (band)
Serenity is an Austrian symphonic power metal band, which was originally formed back in 2001.
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Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.
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Sixteenth note
'''Figure 1.''' A 16th note with stem facing up, a 16th note with stem facing down, and a 16th rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four 16th notes beamed together. In music, a sixteenth note (American) or semiquaver (British) is a note played for half the duration of an eighth note (quaver), hence the names.
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Something Wicked Saga
The Something Wicked Saga is a fictional story featured in the works of American heavy metal guitarist Jon Schaffer from the band Iced Earth.
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Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland.
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Sonic Firestorm
Sonic Firestorm is the second studio album by British power metal band DragonForce, released through Noise Records on 11 May 2004.
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South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Speed metal
Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.
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Sputnikmusic
Sputnikmusic is a music community website offering music criticism and music news alongside features commonly associated with wiki-style websites.
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Stratovarius
Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984.
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Sword and sorcery
Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures.
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Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which combines the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra.
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Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often written by composers for orchestra.
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Symphony X
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.
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Tenor
Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.
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The Black Halo
The Black Halo is the highly acclaimed, seventh full-length album by the American power metal band Kamelot.
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The Dark Secret Saga
The Dark Secret Saga is a fantasy story written by the Italian band Rhapsody of Fire, written by Luca Turilli, told under their concept albums.
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The Emerald Sword Saga
The Emerald Sword Saga is a high fantasy story spread over 5 albums by the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire, written by Luca Turilli.
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion (pronounced: /sɪlmaˈrɪljɔn/) is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.
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The Spectre Within
The Spectre Within is the second studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in October 1985 through Metal Blade Records.
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The Warning (Queensrÿche album)
The Warning is the first studio album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released on September 7, 1984, and reissued on May 6, 2003, with three bonus tracks.
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Theocracy (band)
Theocracy is a Christian progressive power metal band founded in 2002 by Matt Smith of Athens, Georgia.
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Thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.
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Timo Kotipelto
Timo Antero Kotipelto (born 15 March 1969 in Lappajärvi, Finland) is the vocalist of the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and is the creator and vocalist of the power metal band Kotipelto.
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Timo Tolkki
Timo Tapio Tolkki (born 3 March 1966) is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius.
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Tobias Sammet
Tobias Sammet (21 November 1977) is a German musician, singer, songwriter and music producer best known for being the founder of the rock opera project Avantasia and singer and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Edguy.
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Tony Kakko
Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko (born 16 May 1975) is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American cable and satellite television network based in New York City operated by the Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom Media Networks, a division of Viacom.
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Vicious Rumors
Vicious Rumors are an American power metal band, originally formed in 1979 in the San Francisco, California Bay Area.
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Vikings
Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.
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Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele is an American heavy metal band from New York City, originally formed in 1981.
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Wintersun
Wintersun is a Finnish heavy metal band from Helsinki originally formed as the sideproject of Jari Mäenpää, then vocalist and guitarist of folk metal band Ensiferum.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Wuthering Heights (band)
Wuthering Heights is a Danish heavy metal band, with a somewhat eclectic musical style which falls in somewhere between progressive, folk, and power metal.
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck; 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist and bandleader.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_metal
