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us power metal
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US power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in the United States in the 1980s. It is characterized by its use of fast, melodic guitar riffs, soaring vocals, and often fantasy-themed lyrics. Some of the most influential US power metal bands include Manowar, Iced Earth, Jag Panzer, and Queensrÿche. The genre has continued to evolve and grow in popularity over the years, with newer bands like Symphony X, Kamelot, and Powerwolf gaining a strong following among fans of heavy metal.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Emerald USA | Armed for Battle (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| 17 |  |
1983 | Manilla Road | Crystal Logic |
| 66 |  |
1983-04 | Warlord | Deliver Us |
| 97 |  |
1983-06-08 | Virgin Steele | Guardians of the Flame |
| 7 |  |
1984 | Dark Knight | Dark Knight |
| 16 |  |
1984 | Helstar | Burning Star |
| 71 |  |
1984 | Griffin | Flight of the Griffin |
| 89 |  |
1984 | Trauma | Scratch and Scream |
| 100 |  |
1984-04-10 | Medieval Steel | Medieval Steel |
| 15 |  |
1984-07-21 | Judas Priest | Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) |
| 41 |  |
1984-08 | Jag Panzer | Ample Destruction |
| 30 |  |
1985 | Vicious Rumors | Soldiers of the Night |
| 56 |  |
1985 | Ruthless | Metal Without Mercy |
| 3 |  |
1986 | Inner Sanctum | 12 A.M. |
| 50 |  |
1986 | Tension | Breaking Point |
| 53 |  |
1986 | Krank | Hideous |
| 57 |  |
1986 | Siren | No Place Like Home |
| 65 |  |
1986 | Dr. Mastermind | Dr. Mastermind |
| 68 |  |
1986 | Ruthless | Discipline of steel |
| 72 |  |
1986-01-01 | Banshee | Cry In The Night |
| 10 |  |
1987 | Tyrant | Too Late to Pray |
| 19 |  |
1987 | ESP | The Future is Now |
| 25 |  |
1987 | Vicious Rumors | Digital Dictator |
| 48 |  |
1987 | Breaker | Get Tough! |
| 5 |  |
1988 | Helstar | A Distant Thunder |
| 69 | 1988 | Gargoyle | Gargoyle | |
| 70 |  |
1988 | Hades | If At First You Don't Succeed |
| 2 |  |
1988-06-24 | Attacker | The Second Coming |
| 26 |  |
1989 | Blacksmith | Fire from within |
| 29 |  |
1989 | Nightcrawler | Soldier in Time |
| 31 |  |
1989 | Siren | Financial Suicide |
| 42 |  |
1989-03 | Cruella | Vengeance Is Mine |
| 13 |  |
1990 | Haven | Your Dying Day |
| 52 | 1990 | Mystic Force | Shipwrecked with the Wicked | |
| 12 |  |
1991 | Cruella | Shock the World |
| 14 |  |
1991 | Sanctum | Believers |
| 24 |  |
1991-01-01 | Haven | AGE OF DARKNESS |
| 8 |  |
1991-11-01 | Iced Earth | Night of the Stormrider |
| 55 |  |
1992-07 | Malteze | Count Your Blessings |
| 74 | Screamer | Target Earth | ||
| 76 |  |
1986 | Villain | Only Time Will Tell |
| 91 |  |
1988 | Hittman | Hittman |
| 75 |  |
1989 | Oliver Magnum | Oliver Magnum |
| 54 |  |
1993 | Hittman | Vivas Machina |
| 90 | 1993 | Winters Bane | Heart of a Killer | |
| 9 |  |
1995 | Damien | Angel Juice |
| 11 |  |
1995 | Aska | Immortal |
| 85 |  |
1995-03-25 | Helstar | Multiples of Black |
| 46 |  |
1996 | Wardog | Scorched Earth |
| 18 |  |
1997 | New Eden | Through The Make Believe |
| 33 |  |
1997 | Aska | Nine Tongues |
| 40 |  |
1997 | Winters Bane | Girth |
| 87 |  |
1997 | Cauldron Born | Born of the Cauldron |
| 63 |  |
1998 | Slauter Xstroyes | Free The Beast |
| 78 |  |
1998 | Cage | Unveiled |
| 36 |  |
1999 | Wardog | A Sound Beating |
| 60 |  |
1999 | New Eden | Obscure Master Plan |
| 94 |  |
1999-02-24 | Malice | In the Beginning |
| 22 |  |
2000 | Cage | Science of Annihilation-Reannihilated |
| 62 |  |
2000 | Aska | Avenger |
| 84 |  |
2001 | Onward | Evermoving |
| 95 |  |
2001 | Twisted Tower Dire | The Isle Of Hydra |
| 86 |  |
2001-12-06 | Nevermore | Believe In Nothing EP |
| 59 |  |
2003-04-22 | Cage | Darker Than Black |
| 80 | 2003-09-08 | Ballistic | Ballistic | |
| 44 |  |
2004 | Commander | The High N' Mighty |
| 61 |  |
2004 | Villain | Time Machine |
| 82 |  |
2005-01-10 | Overlorde | Return of the Snow Giant |
| 35 |  |
2006 | Battle Bratt | Battle Bratt |
| 99 |  |
2006-02-21 | Pharaoh | The Longest Night |
| 21 |  |
2007 | New Eden | Stagnant Progression |
| 28 |  |
2007 | Riot | The Tyrant Sessions |
| 81 |  |
2007 | Tyranny | Manipulation Continues |
| 58 | 2007-12-01 | Aska | Absolute Power | |
| 4 |  |
2008 | Screamer | What Excites You |
| 43 |  |
2008 | Catch 22 | Soulreaper: Evilution/Devilution |
| 79 |  |
2008-04-03 | Steel Assassin | War Of The Eight Saints |
| 49 |  |
2009 | Eternal Legacy | Lifeless Alive |
| 32 |  |
2010 | Messiah | Final Warning |
| 39 |  |
2010-03-23 | Sentinel Beast | Up From The Ashes |
| 67 |  |
2011-06-10 | Pharaoh | Ten Years |
| 83 |  |
2011-11-25 | Cage | Supremacy of Steel |
| 64 |  |
2012 | Reverence | When Darkness Calls |
| 96 |  |
2012-02-24 | Pharaoh | Bury the Light |
| 6 |  |
2012-03 | Overlorde | Medieval Metal Too |
| 38 | 2012-05-29 | New Eden | Solving for X | |
| 47 |  |
2013-10-23 | Rude Awakening | SILENT CRY |
| 45 |  |
2014 | Aska | Fire Eater |
| 1 |  |
2014-05-28 | Equestrian Lord | Revenge of the Herd |
| 98 |  |
2014-08-27 | Riot | Unleash The Fire |
| 73 |  |
2015 | Cage | Ancient Evil |
| 37 |  |
2015-10-21 | Reverence | Gods Of War |
| 92 |  |
2016 | Manowar | Into Glory Ride (Silver Edition) |
| 20 |  |
2020-10-30 | Glacier | The Passing of Time |
| 93 |  |
2021-05-28 | Silver Talon | Decadence and Decay |
| 88 |  |
2021-06-18 | Pharaoh | The Powers That Be |
| 51 |  |
2021-07-16 | Cauldron Born | Legacy of Atlantean Kings |
| 34 |  |
2022-07-01 | Cauldron Born | Cold Steel For The Necromancer |
| 27 |  |
2022-10-21 | Prodigy | As Darkness Reigns |
| 77 |  |
2023-09-22 | By Fire and Sword | Glory |