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Balance of Power: Based on the few pages that I've seen so far, I see the type of metal you like is mostly the melodic stuff metal with softer numbers and Balance of Power fit that category perfectly. Again I've not heard the album you've reviewed but know their early stuff really well. Wasn't mad on the debut which was pre-Lance King but their second album and their first with Lance King is a great album Book of Secrets, I thought the third album though Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion to be ponderous.
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Yes, I would agree that "Ten more tales" (what happened to the first ten?) is pretty slow and almost more doom metal than power, though not that far I guess. My own personal feeling is that they hit their zenith with "Perfect balance", which is why I mentioned it's a perfect title. "Book of secrets" is great, so is "When the world falls down", but I really like "Heathen machine" too.
I do like melodic stuff. I'm not into death or doom metal, or black (though I do review Venom's catalogue --- mostly --- in the second part of my examination of the NWOBHM, much further on) though there's a lot of stuff like Virgin Steele, Saxon and Maiden I love, and I have a small corner in my heart for Motorhead even if half the time I can't make out what Lemmy's saying! My favourite metal band, far and away, would be Maiden, no contest.
I also like Ten (who?) and as you may have seen, a whole lot of progressive stuff, from progrock like Jadis and Arena to prog metal like Kamelot and Nightwish.
The way I look at it is, if there's no melody, what's the point in listening to it? If I want to hear noise I can bang some dustbin lids together, or stand at the approach to the runway...
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Savatage: I've just mentioned them in my power metal thread and surprised to see that you didn't mention Hall of the Mountain King probably their best known album and the first which saw them shift into a power and progressive metal direction.
BTW you might find some interesting stuff on my Power Metal thread, its a casual look at some bands and albums, and actually has a lot of posts despite the fact that Power Metal is pretty much hated on MB
http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...wer-metal.html
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I've only actually heard the one album from Savatage, then moved on to the TSO stuff, but I will put HotMK on my list, as you recommend. I was a little disappointed to find that not all their albums were like TWOM, so if that one's close then it'll move up the list. Thanks!
