Power metal is essentially an updated, thrashier version of heavy metal. Generally (but not expressly) melodic, most power metal features virtuosity in the guitar leads and solos and clean, usually high-pitched singing. Power metal is upbeat, and stresses jaunty tempos. Rhymically simple, power metal emphasizes the vocal delivery and lead guitar. The rhythm guitar is defined by straight power chord progressions. Power metal tends towards the positive, seeking to empower the listener. BLIND GUARDIAN VISION DIVINE WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Power Metal uses power chord riffing and dark modalities to express the paranoid nihilism of its time. Cataclysmic and industrial in its use of gritty organic textures, heavy metal is an alienated and rough, but majestic music. The lyrics are almost always about fantasy subjects and keyboards are used a lot, the guitar isn't thrashy, and vocals are in the higher range. NOSTRADAMEUS LOST HORIZON MANTICORA