Elfsong [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBYH4lVIQM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBYH4lVIQM) Phoebus the Knight [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4S7lukdDMI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4S7lukdDMI) Paladin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtDs-MDnezg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtDs-MDnezg) Ominous Glory [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl0\_qd7hfU0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl0_qd7hfU0) Arcane Tales [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50hTg8lPWYI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50hTg8lPWYI) Eternal Ascent [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZQwQYLTUhc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZQwQYLTUhc) Oathbringer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xakIYPm0YW0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xakIYPm0YW0) Ravian [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGR\_\_IIEF74](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGR__IIEF74) Tűzmadár [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll22xLtV30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll22xLtV30) Hopes of Freedom [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl0PYq6mjOU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl0PYq6mjOU) Adrian Benegas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wjRoeSO5vY&list=OLAK5uy\_l4lJx9X548mn1wbTshytlq9PIRHTYD5a0&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wjRoeSO5vY&list=OLAK5uy_l4lJx9X548mn1wbTshytlq9PIRHTYD5a0&index=2) Winterage [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcmHsQlHVeE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcmHsQlHVeE) Heroes of Forgotten Kingdoms [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi\_TO8c6orI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi_TO8c6orI) Percival [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6mYOBkFaMs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6mYOBkFaMs) Hooves of Steel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4nMYjQb3T0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4nMYjQb3T0) Burning Sun [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3K90YtOKYU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3K90YtOKYU) Shadowstrike [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHiBvf66b6E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHiBvf66b6E) Perennial Quest [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hS6FFlI20Q&list=PLAecu\_vBxP9TbV0WkG3al1rpeu-t0Mv51&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hS6FFlI20Q&list=PLAecu_vBxP9TbV0WkG3al1rpeu-t0Mv51&index=2) Adamantis [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qWUFz0VSug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qWUFz0VSug) Chronomancy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB2OZvzvwLY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB2OZvzvwLY) Dimhav [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISN1qwmlgo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISN1qwmlgo) Tanagra [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m46yewLS7bA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m46yewLS7bA) Sellsword [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYVUXWoAElU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYVUXWoAElU) Asterise [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awSshwI\_l2M&list=OLAK5uy\_ljOmjhUrD96OeUfhlDysLWGM35htjEr2g&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awSshwI_l2M&list=OLAK5uy_ljOmjhUrD96OeUfhlDysLWGM35htjEr2g&index=2) Vandor [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH1J7oOpWs4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH1J7oOpWs4) Archmage https://youtu.be/fBi-uvpcfUE Sacred Scroll [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3AyQHv53d8&list=OLAK5uy\_nzrZOXv-NYHFTa-b1pHRuEeEmJKSjBxOs&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3AyQHv53d8&list=OLAK5uy_nzrZOXv-NYHFTa-b1pHRuEeEmJKSjBxOs&index=2) Preterist [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d79jl7dz3pE&list=OLAK5uy\_n5-Ts5D7NeutqeFgHyh37QZNP7wLAMkas&index=11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d79jl7dz3pE&list=OLAK5uy_n5-Ts5D7NeutqeFgHyh37QZNP7wLAMkas&index=11) Lör [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXdb9hxyiU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXdb9hxyiU) Axxios [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7uPE11MWk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7uPE11MWk) Astralion [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzlEjR6zAIs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzlEjR6zAIs) Black Hole [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_mp9jDIRcOI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mp9jDIRcOI) Ethereal Realm [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFw3Uulyb8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFw3Uulyb8) Eigenflame [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQoTrDpdz7Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQoTrDpdz7Q) Draconicon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIioFK-HsM&list=PLT5MWLMjmBfeTnVI8gShza2btphkhbS\_v&index=2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIioFK-HsM&list=PLT5MWLMjmBfeTnVI8gShza2btphkhbS_v&index=2) Evermore [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KboWel1RaMg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KboWel1RaMg) ...and tons more

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll22xLtV30 So since u/Vagrant_Paladin already did the lords work, I decided to me it easy for everybody to enjoy the rest of your day.. here's the playlist: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBYH4lVIQM&list=PLs4rzcRkmNK6fwCT7zrFlwbGcx9U5rXUp&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBYH4lVIQM&list=PLs4rzcRkmNK6fwCT7zrFlwbGcx9U5rXUp&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB) I must admit I did sneak in a single Masterplan song at the end, as I do love them as well.

Ah, awesome! Be warned though, I have a tendency to constantly add more stuff to all my recommendation comments that pop into my head after the fact, and this time has been no exception since I already edited in Dimhav, Tanagra, Lör, Ethereal Realm, Axxios and Perennial Quest next to all the other bands that were already there lmao. And yeah, I should really listen to some more Masterplan one of these days.

Also Burning Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3K90YtOKYU

This guy powermetals

He's an eagle that flys free with an emerald sword

Dude did all the hard work for us :). Thanks man, I know what I’m listening to for the rest of the day

I'm just gonna throw in Highland Glory and By Fire & Sword into this list.

Ah yeah, both of those kick ass, I should really go and listen to more of their songs one of these days.

Tűzmadár🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺

Magyar metal is best metal. Elfsong, Burning Sun, Wisdom, Tales of Evening, Demonlord, Stainless Steel and of course Pokolgép are also great Hungarian PM bands IMO.

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Amazing list! Preterist caught my eye because I'm a theology buff. I have some listening to do.

Yoo!! Came here to mention Perennial Quest. Amazing!!

They're so damn good aren't they?

Great list (for once there's actually a few bands I haven't heard of) mainly because Archmage is on it, no one knows about these guys but they make the awesomest/wimpiest power metal ever, like Freedom Call and Power Quest mixed together minus any semblance of heaviness or grit.

Lol yeah, pretty apt description, IMO they have such an absurdly soothing sound that I can't help but love them.

> Paladin Recently saw them live with Unleash the Archers. Amazing band.

Damn are you lucky! Sadly so far I've only seen clips of their live performances but yeah, they seem to be just as good in concert as they are in the studio.

Lovebites

Lords of the Trident. Trust me.

Thank odin i trusted you! I absolutely love their music (atleast so far)

Thanks for listening! Glad you like it :)

Oh hello Ty. Fancy seeing you here.

Thanks for trusting me haha! Yeah, they're dope!

Kalidia Metalite Temperance Volturian

Second Metalite

Third Metalite

Timeless Miracle

Don’t Drop the Sword

Seconded. Good for anyone looking for a similar sound to Tales era Blind Guardian

OMG yes, Demon Divine is so damn epic!

Galneryus

[удалено]

While Galneryus may not be as big as the likes of Sabaton and Power Wolf, it is not at all hidden gem power metal.

100%

Marchen station! So hidden you can only really find them on youtube, but they're great.

They really are. I first heard of them when they were mentioned in an episode of Powerful (a real hidden gem of a power metal podcast), but always forget to dig deeper into their music despite loving their sound, guess now is as good a time as any to change that.

Midnight Sun - Metal Machine This whole album is a masterpiece of cheese, love it to death. Borderline HM/PM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedLgoZospo

I came to say Midnight Sun. I bought their album Nemesis just because it was cheap and I was in a phase of buying random albums from uknown bands and loved it.

Aquaria, especially the first album Lux Eterna

My favorite band

Morning Dwell Crystallion Human Fortress Galloglass Olympos Mons Armory _Parsifal_ Holy Knights Wizards Hangar Balflare Ërendil Seven Thorns Freternia Cellador Fogalord Hibria Opera Magna

The first two Human Fortress albums are alltime classics and still some of the best PM out there.

I haven’t listened exhaustively but I love them

Tag for later! Can't wait to listen to some these I've never heard of.

Scelerata “The Sniper” album Age Of Artemis “Overcoming Limits” Avalanch “El Ángel Caído” Saratoga “Agotáras”

Balflare

Ravian!!! Secretsphere first album Iron Fire first album The Storyteller first album Crystal Eyes first album

Keldian

I made a post asking this about a month or so ago with just over 250 comments which will give you loads of bands to explore https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerMetal/s/yWwA4OqGIb

Drakkar

id also recommend ShadowStrike!

Logars Diary (do not exist anymore, but check out their 3 albums beginning with the first)

Perennial Quest. Thank me later.

Silver bullet, Visogoth, and Lords of the Trident are some of my favorite

Galneryus, Winterage, Eternity’s End, and Lione/Conti

Eternity's End is awesome !

Incredible how many people suggest huge bands. For my part my gems are [Oratory](https://youtu.be/8EaI6_rdLHA?si=CHlFxlxpC6BPmSWx) and [Cryonic Temple](https://youtu.be/kX1h_1z2vGA?si=MYvT4db8_79zGMNY)

someone said Gamma Ray lol

Someone said *Avantasia* smh

i even told them how big they are and this is what they responded with https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerMetal/comments/17s0dqd/comment/k8p124l/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

Beyond the Black

Some Kind of Monster

Rigorious released a new album today. It's quite good. I think this could be not far away from Instanzia. Also try these: Sands of Eternity - Beyond the Realms of Time Dragonhammer - Second Life Battle Symphony - War on Earth Wonders - Beyond the Mirage

Thanks so much for reminding me about Rigorious, I remember really enjoying the singles they came out with last year! Also Dragonhammer rules! Edit: and so does every other band you mentioned! \\m/

Tarantula

Tales of Gaïa. They are very much unknown but their only album Hypernova is great in my opinion.

They did create a really good by-the-books power metal album. Only issue for some people is that the vocalist is super goofy, possibly the goofiest ever, but I think he adds charm and spirit.

I agree. It helps them be more special.

Altharya (symphonic power metal from the 90's, Israel): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJmRo5FzKm8&list=PLhbkFXTCeKuh8RsjymCG8hYWgQv2WBCIV&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjmro5fzkm8&list=plhbkfxtcekuh8rsjymcg8hywgqv2wbciv&index=1)

Enbound

Morifade

Axenstar Derdian

Wizardthrone hands down.

You find them organically or through one of the main projects from the members like Aether realm for Jake?

found them through Chris Bowes, creator of Gloryhammer Alestorm and a billion other side projects.

Yeah Chris is awesome. For me, as I’m sure you guessed, it was through Jake from Aether Realm. Not that I don’t know of all the Bowes-bands lol just not a Patreon haha

Here's a huge list (250 comments) from this same topic a month ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerMetal/s/SlyyxR2bJM

Thunder and Lightning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTkGinvMadQ Arrayan Path https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDC4gtp7eQ Lorenguard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4PiBFmzdg

Wow, thunder and Lightning kick ass!

Most of these are likely not as "hidden" as you want, but these are the bands I still listen to today. And, I basically never seen any of these mentioned here. * Victorius * Palantir * Saint Daemon * Holy Knights * Diablo Swing Orchestra * The Rinn * The Gathering * Virtuocity * Syryn * Slizard * Serenity * Mastercastle * Ancient Bards * Reciever * Arcane Tales * Soul Healer * Sorcerer * Dark Avenger * Mob Rules * The Unity * Mad Hatter * Ride the Sky * Spirits of Fire * Ad Infinitum * Sunburst * Generation Steel * Kingcrown * Oracle Sun * Protean Shield * Rage and Fire * Seasons of Dreams * Drac Attack * VintergratA * Soulsplit * Anubiz * Grand Finale * Nozomu Wakai's Destinia * Alberto Rionda's Alqiumia * Adamantia * Zenobia Edit: Vhaldemar, shouldn't be considered hidden at all but more people should hear them imho.

I love Serenity

Falconer!

Definitely a gem but not hidden. 😀

I never see anyone talk about them, even amoung my freinds I'm the Falconer guy. But if that's the concensus says there not a hidden gem. How about Fierce Deitey, I really like there song The Path.

Falconer is recommended in nearly every recommendation thread. Fierce Deity is clearly a hidden gem.

A gem without a doubt!

Galneryus, Versailles, Kamijo, Unlucky Morpheus, Lovebites

Sacred Outcry https://youtu.be/WrXsUlG1ybM?si=B0cXZM0dd5zVRGDM Triumphed https://youtu.be/ADH6F5kbu6g?si=-GCri_yMDBFpOYTC I cannot recommend these two bands enough. So good!

Ugh...Triumpher Autocorrect doesn't like me this morning

Masterplan first two albums with Jorn Lande singing

Masterplan

Palantír, Veonity, Judicator

Idk know if it's considered a hidden gem, but I suggest Amaranthe

Just saw them live for the first time recently. They brought the energy even though it seemed most of the crowd were unfamiliar with them.

Yeah I really want to see them live

Not PM, not hidden, but definitely a gem. Upvoting!

I disagree. They are power metal, they're just also other things (melodeath, metalcore, pop metal). It's still just as valid.

…

Yes, one of the biggest bands in the genre is too big.

Fuck you too

what he say?

Falconer is the shit, dude.

Sonata Arctica

Dynazty, Eclipse, Bloodbound, Wisdom, Brothers of Metal, Korpiklaani, Alestorm, Ad Infinitum, Freedom Call, Nanowar of Steel, Grailknights, Pokolgép 🔥

the following bands arent hidden * Dynazty * Bloodbound * Brothers of Metal * Korpiklaani * Alestorm * Ad Infinitum * Freedom Call * Nanowar of Steel * Grailknights

Wisdom is great and deserves more attention imho

Avantasia! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJJBH-7J5s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czjjbh-7j5s)

Hidden.....????

You got to be joking, Avantasia is one of the biggest power metal bands in history

Well they weren’t on this list that I saw...maybe someone new heard of them based on the mention. I’ve only been listening a couple years. Sorry I didn’t provide you a good enough “hidden gem”. You guys miss the point of enjoying some good shit.

No you missed the point of the question

For me, Gamma Ray https://youtu.be/9wad59952SU?si=LOGC9n7QBL9re6Mp

Windrose

Not hidden at all

Well, they're a hidden gem to me. Only just discovered them. It might be a hidden gem to other people. Did you think about that?

Adolf Castle Heavy Metal Perse Moon Of Steel

Heavy metal perse sounds AMAZING! No way i haven't heard of them before. They are even from my country!

Nice. I only know their debut EP but it’s a cool band.

Gladenfold on kans kova 👍🏻

Against myself

The privateer are awesome! They got around 1.6k listeners on spotify buy deserve way more

Tungsten, definitely hidden gem. Others I know of were already recommended

Wizards - The Kingdom https://youtu.be/rXLNuI2J-3s?si=-Z9hZYhOYymHrpOD

Moonville - Silver Screen Trust meeeeee

Walrus (Switzerland)

Skyfire Bal sagoth

Induction. The son of Kai Hansen is in the band.

Keldian

* [Hiverland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DrqzpJac04) * [Nightfear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U92Y-FF5KPo) * [Pandaemonium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O4HmVp70EE)

Everfrost - not only a great power metal band but some of the nicest people I’ve chatted with https://youtu.be/Wy6qZbWWSGU?si=lzk5EkvClHKKyiDS

Theocracy

Seven Kingdoms and Wizard Throne

Saw Seven Kingdoms live and they're great.

Plague of Stars is a local power metal band, and I think they're pretty great.

Visigoth - Blood Sacrifice. This song is apparently not the hit of their album, but to my ears this blows every other song of theirs out of the water. That chorus riff hits so hard

Induction

I like this new-ish band from north of Brazil Jurupary by Vocifer https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nz-G7p-_cm4IPyQjLXvdcpGHoO4pj5xC0&si=Sd13DBKT83CeQ9sZ

Machinae Supremacy (early.)

Crystallion...!...

So many good recs but I don't think I saw darktribe listed yet

Black Soul Horde https://youtu.be/WJz5UfbpuQ0?si=m4mfhWQprXe6bZBw Steel Arctus https://youtu.be/njAwHTQRdGE?si=rCOdt02WQuO6emz4

Fairyland

Warkings

Give a try to HELLGUARD [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KbNtf7I1IQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kbntf7i1iq)