Does anyone here like Sonata Arctica? Power Metal For the win.

never heard of it lol, yoyo can u upload short 10 sec samples or are wee just not allowed at all?

a short 10/20second sample of powermetal...

Search for Sonata Arctica. Actually, here asre a couple songs from them, courtesy of youtube:

Wolf and Raven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pioL1uaGJ4M
Don't say a word: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2SGIzjgXzI
Paid in full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zkXdqcajk
Shy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZcFArCeKs (just a video with the music and lyrics scrolling by I think)
Letter to Dana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdwCU_vIz-A
Kingdom for a Heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGz1f0mngsQ


I like all of those a lot, except, maybe, for Paid in full.

woah i just listened to the beginning of the "wolf and raven" and that MUST have been a bitch 2 play the guitar that fast...im suprised his fingers didnt fall off O_o

Kingdom for a Heart is also nice, search for Full Moon, those are some of their catchy songs.

Absolutely LOVE sonata arctica.  That and TSO are the only bands I have gone to see in concert. I got an album and t-shirt signed by the whole SA band.  My dad (who got me into SA) and I went to see them about 2 years ago in Atlanta.  You know, they toured sometimes with Stratovarius right?  Finnish Metal For the win!  For those new to SA, try listening to the album End of This Chapter.  The majority of my favorite songs by SA are on it, so that is a good place to start, IMO.  "Don't Say a Word" and "Fullmoon" are my favorite songs, though I love almost all of them.  

Another good Power Metal band is Freedom Call.  I used to play their music nonstop when I was playing KOTOR and KOTOR2 on the Xbox.