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Genre
power metal
Parent Genre: metal

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast-paced, melodic sound and epic lyrical themes. The genre often incorporates symphonic elements, such as orchestral arrangements and choirs, to create a grandiose and cinematic atmosphere. Power metal lyrics often focus on historical events, mythology, and fantasy, and are delivered with powerful vocals that range from soaring operatic styles to aggressive screams.


Top artists of power metal genre

Sabaton
Nightwish
Powerwolf
Amon Amarth
Beast In Black
Amaranthe
Brothers of Metal
DragonForce
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List of power metal artists

Here is a list of power metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the power metal genre. You can find out what power metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Sabaton
73 7 43 86 4 34 123 1847380
2
Nightwish
65 14 42 77 6 30 123 1991208
3
Powerwolf
64 4 37 91 1 32 134 785483
4
Amon Amarth
61 35 41 96 0 26 146 1010937
5
Beast In Black
61 18 45 91 1 50 124 244541
6
Amaranthe
60 0 46 90 3 42 134 512395
7
Brothers of Metal
59 6 45 84 0 34 126 190148
8
DragonForce
59 1 29 94 1 26 156 955904
9
Battle Beast
58 5 46 91 0 41 130 214066
10
Arch Enemy
58 23 33 94 2 19 127 908837
11
Helloween
58 4 38 85 4 29 134 1107215
12
Accept
57 12 46 84 1 43 133 843695
13
Manowar
57 16 42 75 3 25 126 900197
14
Alestorm
57 2 50 94 1 56 125 593403
15
Epica
56 9 43 75 15 28 119 804985
16
Children Of Bodom
56 41 42 95 0 37 118 648007
17
HammerFall
56 6 46 82 3 29 128 589648
18
Stratovarius
55 10 41 87 2 31 127 590784
19
Eluveitie
55 13 40 86 9 21 118 516223
20
Blind Guardian
54 16 38 86 9 25 136 669078
21
Avantasia
54 1 44 80 4 28 125 414030
22
Sonata Arctica
53 8 41 79 8 31 124 583739
23
Dynazty
53 0 44 92 0 37 137 75441
24
Korpiklaani
53 9 42 94 0 57 147 377021
25
Gloryhammer
53 12 42 94 0 32 141 200052
26
Lordi
52 1 50 93 0 49 136 246811
27
ANGRA
52 1 39 85 6 25 137 393830
28
Dimmu Borgir
51 40 22 86 4 18 121 465031
29
Kamelot
51 2 40 84 7 32 135 357858
30
Bloodbound
50 0 44 92 0 32 130 94421
31
Saxon
49 16 43 84 3 37 126 533688
32
Amorphis
49 21 38 86 2 32 125 291792
33
Delain
49 4 44 82 5 31 123 254229
34
Bruce Dickinson
49 1 46 77 5 36 123 563357
35
Equilibrium
49 46 37 94 0 37 131 164418
36
Orden Ogan
48 7 39 92 4 20 127 119912
37
Therion
48 18 45 77 4 36 121 287698
38
Rhapsody
48 4 34 80 8 28 126 180063
39
Unleash The Archers
47 0 37 94 0 18 155 161269
40
Elvenking
47 0 46 93 0 46 134 100433
41
Iced Earth
47 16 43 91 0 31 133 344988
42
Edguy
47 1 47 84 4 31 131 262059
43
Masterplan
46 5 40 88 0 32 119 96220
44
Ensiferum
46 29 39 91 3 34 123 294346
45
Rhapsody Of Fire
46 0 39 87 8 23 131 356109
46
Mystic Prophecy
46 2 46 92 0 39 134 51277
47
Tarja
45 5 40 68 26 25 119 314851
48
Savatage
45 13 35 66 14 22 121 221774
49
Turisas
45 18 32 89 1 30 127 190097
50
Moonspell
44 49 42 77 0 26 126 219232
51
U.D.O.
44 11 49 85 5 37 120 190108
52
Xandria
44 1 41 86 2 24 122 179889
53
Visions of Atlantis
44 0 44 80 4 35 129 107720
54
Symphony X
44 2 44 91 3 30 130 249709
55
Sirenia
44 14 47 82 9 33 123 206064
56
Dream Evil
44 5 42 91 0 29 126 140082
57
Gamma Ray
43 4 32 90 2 25 133 256172
58
Týr
43 25 46 92 1 42 132 201040
59
Twilight Force
43 2 33 80 4 30 133 58996
60
Doro
42 1 45 68 14 21 127 169154
61
Evergrey
42 2 42 85 5 25 116 101723
62
Shaman
41 1 37 86 9 15 136 117663
63
Warlock
41 20 48 75 6 29 123 179508
64
After Forever
41 9 44 78 9 32 131 139095
65
Jorn
41 1 42 90 0 35 121 81693
66
Wintersun
41 48 28 78 0 19 127 185744
67
Finntroll
41 22 41 96 0 44 125 200395
68
Firewind
40 9 39 90 0 38 130 90735
69
Running Wild
40 17 35 93 0 33 136 156141
70
Freedom Call
40 1 41 92 1 29 129 119473
71
Dionysus
40 0 46 91 1 28 120 28341
72
At Vance
40 27 38 80 8 36 138 46455
73
Van Canto
40 0 46 80 17 37 125 137385
74
Primal Fear
39 2 45 91 1 27 134 144245
75
Heavenly
39 3 39 88 3 31 136 39913
76
Pretty Maids
39 4 48 84 2 40 118 79818
77
Majestica
39 2 44 97 0 39 146 26649
78
Civil War
39 1 41 94 1 33 134 35293
79
Nevermore
39 1 46 88 3 30 119 119356
80
Grave Digger
38 10 42 90 0 24 132 137023
81
Temperance
37 0 42 94 0 41 141 41445
82
Iron Savior
37 7 41 95 0 28 137 77235
83
Leaves' Eyes
37 2 44 85 8 33 133 168487
84
Rage
37 1 43 90 1 32 129 101311
85
Demons & Wizards
37 45 41 82 3 23 114 117655
86
Falconer
36 4 39 80 7 42 135 74053
87
Halford
36 2 44 95 0 22 118 243397
88
Dragonland
36 3 34 91 0 26 126 70071
89
Dark Moor
36 15 42 87 1 39 145 77913
90
Allen Lande
35 0 43 88 1 28 129 48088
91
Frozen Crown
35 0 41 96 0 26 159 46965
92
Pyramaze
35 1 41 89 5 29 127 31253
93
The Dark Element
35 5 47 82 6 35 126 41626
94
Cain's Offering
34 0 45 84 5 36 143 38630
95
Tristania
34 3 46 77 1 27 129 164200
96
Axxis
33 0 45 84 11 37 122 44581
97
Dreamtale
32 0 42 86 0 36 149 32435
98
Edu Falaschi
32 4 42 94 0 21 143 48371
99
Majesty
32 1 44 92 1 30 144 29162
100
Luca Turilli (Band)
32 0 38 80 17 26 139 14781
101
Ancient Bards
31 0 39 92 2 22 132 43501
102
Saint Deamon
31 0 45 93 2 30 148 14904
103
Serenity
31 0 46 76 22 33 123 27959
104
Dragony
30 0 46 91 0 42 139 21830
105
Nocturnal Rites
30 0 43 88 4 40 128 49611
106
Virgin Steele
30 4 34 86 2 29 145 37321
107
Stormwarrior
30 32 26 95 0 18 136 35752
108
Northern Kings
30 6 43 80 5 26 131 61625
109
Blaze Bayley
30 1 40 91 0 41 134 46630
110
Power Quest
29 0 41 94 1 36 133 36057
111
Astral Doors
29 0 44 96 0 39 136 23175
112
Hibria
29 6 43 98 0 28 127 27834
113
Unisonic
29 1 47 88 1 37 120 31745
114
Lost Horizon
29 3 33 96 0 19 116 33966
115
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
28 0 40 86 21 33 129 56567
116
Andre Matos
28 3 44 93 0 36 116 58352
117
Labyrinth
28 9 39 85 1 31 151 31555
118
Vision Divine
27 4 38 88 3 36 137 46137
119
Thunderstone
27 1 44 87 0 34 137 23641
120
Almah
27 2 40 85 1 26 131 49125
121
Iron Mask
27 10 39 91 1 30 119 27064
122
Revolution Renaissance
27 3 45 75 7 34 126 20884
123
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 18182
124
Metalium
26 7 40 98 0 17 140 27786
125
Tarot
26 0 40 86 0 30 112 24098
126
Circle II Circle
26 0 40 88 3 26 137 16880
127
Fairyland
26 1 33 89 5 28 125 43831
128
Cryonic Temple
26 1 44 87 1 32 133 24154
129
Excalion
25 0 46 92 0 39 135 19738
130
Turilli / Lione Rhapsody
25 0 38 83 6 29 154 16336
131
Place Vendome
25 0 42 88 3 41 145 20993
132
Royal Hunt
24 8 38 83 1 37 134 21950
133
Persuader
24 15 40 95 0 26 118 19007
134
Derdian
24 0 35 94 0 31 167 25933
135
Secret Sphere
23 0 42 89 1 29 149 21145
136
Twilight Guardians
23 1 49 94 0 51 129 2948
137
Savage Circus
23 16 36 93 2 18 147 29265
138
Kotipelto
22 0 51 82 12 59 123 15622
139
Iron Fire
22 13 40 97 0 32 135 26140
140
Axenstar
22 0 41 92 5 28 129 15337
141
Silent Force
22 0 41 89 5 25 134 22182
142
Soulspell
22 0 38 95 0 38 155 14871
143
Black Majesty
21 2 41 93 1 26 134 16309
144
Symfonia
21 6 47 93 0 38 106 15088
145
Magic Kingdom
19 6 35 94 0 28 151 15453
146
Highland Glory
18 0 37 75 10 33 113 15140
147
Timo Kotipelto
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 855
148
Timo Tolkki
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6012
149
Falcone
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109