Power Metal timeline
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Yngwie Malmsteen Releases "Rising Force"
Rising Force is a Yngwie J. Malmsteen project as well as his debut solo album released in 1984. It is also the title of a song on Malmsteen's album... Read more
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Queensrÿche release The Warning
The Warning is the first full-length album by Queensrÿche, released on 7 September 1984. The original tracklisting for the album was changed by... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Night on Bröcken
Night on Bröcken is the debut album by Fates Warning, released in September 1984. In 2002, Metal Blade Records released a remastered version of... Read more
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Yngwie Malmsteen Releases "Marching Out"
Marching Out is an album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen which was released in 1985. In an interview with Sweden Rock Magazine, singer Jeff Scott Soto... Read more
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Fates Warning releases The Spectre Within
The Spectre Within is the second studio album by Fates Warning, released in 1985. It was re-released by Metal Blade Records in 2002 with four bonus... Read more
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Helloween Releases "Walls of Jericho"
Walls of Jericho is the debut full length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985. In 1988, the Helloween EP/mini-LP... Read more
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Yngwie Malmsteen Releases "Trilogy"
Trilogy is the third album released by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen issued in 1986 by the label Polydor. This album was produced in honour of the... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Awaken the Guardian
Awaken the Guardian is the third album by Fates Warning. It was first released in 1986, and was later re-released as a double album with No Exit in... Read more
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Helloween Releases "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1"
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 is the second studio album from German power metal/heavy metal band Helloween, released in 1987. It marks the first... Read more
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Savatage release Hall of the Mountain King
Hall of the Mountain King is an album by the progressive metal group Savatage, released in 1987 under the direction of Paul O'Neill. It is their... Read more
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Fates Warning releases No Exit
No Exit is the fourth album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning, released in 1988. Lyrically, No Exit proved a radical departure from... Read more
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Blind Guardian releases Battalions of Fear
Battalions of Fear is the debut album by German metal band Blind Guardian. It was released in 1988 and is a straightforward metal album. The album... Read more
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Helloween Releases "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2"
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 is the third studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1988. The album capitalized on the... Read more
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Helloween Releases "Live in the UK"
Live In the UK is the first live album released by the band Helloween. It was released in some countries as Keepers Live. In the United States, it... Read more
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Metal Church releases Blessing in Disguise
Blessing in Disguise is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metal Church, released as a vinyl LP in the summer of 1989; the CD... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Perfect Symmetry
Perfect Symmetry was an album by progressive metal band Fates Warning released in 1989. It was the first album with Mark Zonder on drums. The album... Read more
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Yngwie Malmsteen Releases "Trial by Fire"
Trial By Fire is a live album released by Yngwie J. Malmsteen in October 1989 in Leningrad, Russia. Three of the tracks are instrumental and many... Read more
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Blind Guardian releases Follow the Blind
Follow the Blind is the second full-length album from the German metal band Blind Guardian, released in 1989. The album is more in the vein of... Read more
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Savatage release Gutter Ballet
Gutter Ballet is the sixth album produced by the progressive metal band Savatage. This was the second album created under the direction of producer... Read more
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Blind Guardian releases Tales from the Twilight World
Tales from the Twilight World is the third studio album that was released in 1990 by Blind Guardian. The cover artwork was created by Andreas... Read more
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Rage releases Reflections of a Shadow
Reflections of a Shadow is the fifth full-length album by the German heavy metal band Rage. It was released in 1990. The album was remastered by... Read more
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Helloween Releases "Pink Bubbles Go Ape"
Pink Bubbles Go Ape is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1991. It marked the departure of guitarist Kai... Read more
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Fates Warning releases Parallels
Parallels is the sixth album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1991. It has sold over 150,000 copies due to the success of the... Read more
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Power Metal Band Edguy Forms
Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer, and Dominik Storch. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate... Read more
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Rage releases Trapped!
Trapped! is the sixth studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with five bonus tracks. Read more