what style is Stratovarius

[Bryant]

Melodic metal?

yes. they play metal and they are melodical. where´s the problem ? you can´t call ´em speed-metal. i could list a big bunch of strato-songs which aren´t speed-metal, and if this list is so long, they´re not doing speed-metal.
the yaren´t trash, or gothic, or black or death or something like this. the aren´t true-metal, maybe this power-metal fits here, but i don´t know.

for me it´s melodic metal.

[StragOvariuS]

Hope metal

[Bryant]

Hope metal

what is hope-metal ? never heard of this, but sounds interesting.

[StragOvariuS]

Hope metal

what is hope-metal ? never heard of this, but sounds interesting.

Well, just get those lyrics of tolkki full of hope in tomorrow, like out of shadows, fight!!! and others...

[adrian9]

POWERMETAL! (despite there some guys that separates POWERMETAL into two, POWERMETAL USA -slayer,pantera- and POWERMETAL EUROPE -helloween-strato, and so on.)

[Dave]

slayer = powermetal

[Dave]

slayer = powermetal

[adrian9]

POWERMETAL! (despite there some guys that separates POWERMETAL into two, POWERMETAL USA -slayer,pantera- and POWERMETAL EUROPE -helloween-strato, and so on.)

[StragOvariuS]

slayer = powermetal

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[Dave]

slayer is everything but powermetal................

[antonio]

Melodic Speed Metal

[Queen Diamond]

Melodic Speed Metal

Power Progressive Melodic Speed Metal, but in any form I agree with Antonio!!!

[Queen Diamond]

POWERMETAL! (despite there some guys that separates POWERMETAL into two, POWERMETAL USA -slayer,pantera- and POWERMETAL EUROPE -helloween-strato, and so on.)

Mmm... bands like Gamma Ray, Edguy or Helloween are pure power metal. Strato have other influences or other different sounds in their music.

[Shaolin Phantom]

POWERMETAL! (despite there some guys that separates POWERMETAL into two, POWERMETAL USA -slayer,pantera- and POWERMETAL EUROPE -helloween-strato, and so on.)

Mmm... bands like Gamma Ray, Edguy or Helloween are pure power metal. Strato have other influences or other different sounds in their music.

It's "melodic power metal" and as far as melodic power metal, there is no better band. Ever. And there have been no better melodic power metal songs than the ones Tolkki writes. Nor will there be. Ever.

[Queen Diamond]

POWERMETAL! (despite there some guys that separates POWERMETAL into two, POWERMETAL USA -slayer,pantera- and POWERMETAL EUROPE -helloween-strato, and so on.)

Mmm... bands like Gamma Ray, Edguy or Helloween are pure power metal. Strato have other influences or other different sounds in their music.

It's "melodic power metal" and as far as melodic power metal, there is no better band. Ever. And there have been no better melodic power metal songs than the ones Tolkki writes. Nor will there be. Ever.

You're so right Stratovarius is the best "melodic power metal" but they have other little influences too.

[adrian9]

yeah well i have this talk before, but yes, here where i am (venezuela) there are some metal guys that separates the powermetal style into two, so when you say powermetal USA you asociate this whit slayer and those bands ,but when you say powermetal Europe, you mean, strato, helloween, this is beacuse the first pantera record was called "powermetal" back in the 80s, at least is what they say, but i dont care that much, beacuse i dont lisent pantera,slayer or that stuff, anyway, this is worthless.

[Beast_Pete]

Slayer is rather trash imho.

[Lighting]

Melodic metal or power metal, I think.