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Best power metal artists of the 1990s

Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.

Everyone who released a power metal album in the 1990s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Blind Guardian№ 1Blind Guardian5 albums here4.1Weighted score4.2 avg · 21 ratings
  1. 2EvergreyEvergrey1 album here4.14.3 avg · 5 ratings
  2. 3HelloweenHelloween5 albums here4.04.0 avg · 53 ratings
  3. 4HammerFallHammerFall2 albums here4.04.0 avg · 17 ratings
  4. 5NightwishNightwish1 album here3.83.8 avg · 80 ratings
  5. 6ManowarManowar4 albums here3.83.8 avg · 83 ratings
  6. 7KamelotKamelot4 albums here3.63.3 avg · 6 ratings
  7. 8X JAPANX JAPAN1 album here2 ratings
  8. 9Sonata ArcticaSonata Arctica1 album here
  9. 10Symphony XSymphony X2 albums here
  10. 11Running WildRunning Wild5 albums here
  11. 12Virgin SteeleVirgin Steele4 albums here
  12. 13Mob RulesMob Rules1 album here
  13. 14DomainDomain1 album here
  14. 15Wuthering Heights1 album here
  15. 16OmenOmen2 albums here
  16. 17MajesticMajestic1 album here
  17. 18BrainstormBrainstorm2 albums here

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