This article refers to the sub-genre of
heavy metal music. For the Pantera album, see
Power Metal (album). Power metal is a style of
heavy metal music typically with the aim of evoking an "epic" feel, combining characteristics of
traditional metal with
speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in
North America with a harder sound similar to
speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in
Europe (Especially
Germany,
Italy and
Scandinavia) with a lighter, more melodic sound and making frequent use of
keyboards. With mainstream metal's fall from popularity and the growth of the underground metal scene, power metal can be seen as a parallel counterpart to
extreme metal within the
metalhead subculture. It is one of the most popular genres amongst metalheads yet has achieved low mainstream success in the United States compared to thrash metal.
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