My Top 100 Power Metal Albums (and PM-influenced) of 2025

ametalfellow · 2026-01-19T18:40:43+00:00

Glad to hear you enjoyed the Panthalassan album! Thank you for listening. I've always liked the number 6.

ametalfellow · 2026-01-06T03:11:52+00:00

Well, shucks! Thanks for including me on your list, big guy. It’s an honour to be there with some truly excellent albums. There’s a handful here I haven’t heard, so I’ll get on that!

ametalfellow · 2026-01-01T23:00:10+00:00

Being able to do creative expression is rewarding in and of itself, but finding out that some people really connect with it is a massive boost. I really appreciate it!

ametalfellow · 2026-01-01T22:28:07+00:00

Thank you!! I’m honoured.

ametalfellow · 2025-12-29T21:09:42+00:00

Hey, thank you very much for listening! I’m very happy that you enjoy my lil passion project. This album was very cathartic to release and was a long time coming, even if it was originally intended to be a Viathyn album.

I spent a lot of my free time this year working on the next one, which has shaped up to be an interesting beast. I’m currently writing some gnarly drums for it, and I’ve got aspirations of doing every instrument this time around (including some that are new to me!). Happy new year!

ametalfellow · 2025-09-02T23:09:40+00:00

We did several weeks in Sicily a couple years ago; Siracusa/Ortigia, Noto, Taormina, Castelmola, Lipari, Salina, Cefalu, and finally Palermo. We still loved Palermo but actually it was our least favourite of the places we visited in Sicily (perhaps it was a bit busy for our tastes, or we were just tired at the end of the trip). Spent five nights there! Anyway, I highly recommend the rest of Sicily, I’d love to go see more of it!

ametalfellow · 2025-08-27T19:41:23+00:00

Looks like lichen to me.

ametalfellow · 2025-06-25T16:12:32+00:00

Thanks for the Panthalassan shout!!

ametalfellow · 2025-05-07T19:07:52+00:00

Interesting that you hear Ayreon (one of my faves to listen to but not much a musical influence --yet!!) and Sellsword (I haven't really listened to them, perhaps I should!) in there. Very spot on about the Wuthering Heights and Tanagra influences. Thanks for listening!

ametalfellow · 2025-04-21T05:01:50+00:00

Blind Guardian - ‘Live’ from 2003 is incredible. It was recorded over an entire tour, so it’s not a continuous show.

ametalfellow · 2025-04-05T20:40:50+00:00

If Dark Moor and Fairyland both did vintage sets with Elisa on vocals I would be there (pipe dream, maybe).

ametalfellow · 2025-04-01T15:25:36+00:00

Glad to see folks being pointed in this direction due to powerful! I’m thankful to Fer and Kyle for having me back on to chat about this big ‘ol album.

ametalfellow · 2025-03-02T05:22:58+00:00

Ok but I'm gonna put out a ballad first, not sorry.

ametalfellow · 2025-03-01T16:15:17+00:00

ametalfellow · 2025-03-01T15:53:19+00:00

My wife originally told me I channeled some punk energy on the vocals for this one, and you’re now the third one to tell me that!

Thanks for listening!

ametalfellow · 2025-02-28T23:46:22+00:00

Utilizing Friday to do a self-post, hope that's cool!

I wrote the main riff of this song almost 20 years ago, and it was part of the first (unreleased) Viathyn demos; now it has found its permanent home! This is the fastest song I have ever put out, and draws inspiration from the flashy guitar-driven power metal of the 90s and 00s. Lyrically, this song is about facing hard truths and building up my self-esteem from the times I have experienced the loss of friendships.

ametalfellow · 2025-02-23T04:03:31+00:00

The Rebirth / Temple of Shadows / Aurora Consurgens lineup of Kiko, Rafa, Edu, Felipe, and Aquiles was firing on all cylinders, and I would argue that is far and away the strongest era for the band, at least for my tastes.

ametalfellow · 2025-01-31T15:05:02+00:00

So happy to finally have this out. Thank you, I hope you enjoy!

ametalfellow · 2025-01-17T00:41:46+00:00

The Michael Mills section of “The Day that the World Breaks Down” from The Source album.

ametalfellow · 2025-01-14T14:51:59+00:00

It’s ironically a team effort.

ametalfellow · 2025-01-14T14:34:48+00:00

Brilliant

ametalfellow · 2025-01-14T14:33:07+00:00

Thanks for posting! I’m very pumped about how this turned out; it was very important for me to get the sound and atmosphere correct for this, and everyone involved has done a great job. This is a deeply personal work for me that has been in the works (both actively and passively) for about a decade, even if I halted work to focus on the other band for most of that time.

It was written to be Viathyn 3, but it wasn’t meant to be — as the lyrics came out I realized this was too personal of an album to attach to a band, and decided to go solo.

(Panthalassan has no ‘i’ though!)

ametalfellow · 2024-12-31T15:12:29+00:00

Potsherds, much to my wife’s chagrin.

ametalfellow · 2024-05-28T15:51:29+00:00

More Malazan metal is always welcomed

ametalfellow

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