The beauty of speed and guitar : Power Metal !

   Before I  am going to talk about this style, I am sure that the word "metal" in your minds are bands with a growing vocalist(嘶吼主唱). But not all metal style prefer to this kind of vocalist, for example, power metal!  In power metal music, they prefer "clean" vocalists(清腔). And most of this kind of singers have wide range of vocal!
   Power metal music has some features that are easy to tell. First, they are usually with fast tempo, giving listeners the feeling of strong "power". Second, today power metal bands often have their performance with a orchestra playing behind them. So in their songs you can hear multiple kind of sound, creating  dramatic, emotional feelings! Last but not the least, the guitar solo! In power metal, their guitarists are abnormally skillful,which always create fantastic, amazing solo, and become the most appreciable point in a single song!
   Because power metal usually have an orchestra play with them, creating powerful sound. The concept in their songs usually related to mythology or epic like knight and dragon. You can link the whole album to a story about a knight going to safe his princess from wicked dragons.
   So, let me introduce some power metal bands around the world!
   First, the Japanese band - Galneryus !  attention!this song has no vocal!but others have!

and the song with vocal~

second, Italian band - Rhapsody of fire (symphonic power metal) .