Stealth wrote:NeonVomit wrote:BLIND GUARDIAN if you like strato, you will LOVE BG.
Angra are also amazing.
Im not a huge powermetal fan, but those 2 bands i love, along with Strato of course heh.
I love Strato, but I don't like Blind Guardian at all.
I honestly don't see the similarities. I like clean vocals, which is why I don't like Hansi Kursch's voice. I don't really like German metal in general because it is more straight forward and it is less "emotional" than, let's say, Finnish, Swedish or Italian metal. But again, this is just my opinion. I really tried listening to Helloween, Blind Guardian and Gamma Ray, but I just don't get the same feeling as when I listen to Strato or other bands.
Blind Guardian is probably my number 1 band, followed closely by Stratovarius and Iron Maiden. However, I see your point. There's no connection whatsoever to Stratovarius
The drumming is totally different, there are two guitars, there are more backing vocals, and the lead vocals (Hansi Kürsch = GOD, mind you. My favorite vocalist
) are totally different from any power metal band. I actually consider Blind Guardian to be more.. Speed/Epic metal, than power metal.
I think Blind Guardian has a lot of feeling. Just completely different from Stratovarius, that's all.