Power Metal Album Reviews
Every Power Metal record the editors have reviewed, scored out of ten.
10 reviews
8.5
Iotunn
Kinship
One voice carries the whole cycle; only the coda forgets to begin.
Julien Vasseur
Oct 25, 2026
8.5
Queensryche
Promised Land
A platinum band spent its fortune on silence, and was right to.
Julien Vasseur
Oct 16, 2026
8.0
Hansen
Born with a Hammer
Ten years away, and the range is real even where the sequencing is not.
Julien Vasseur
Sep 19, 2026
8.0
Flotsam and Jetsam
Rats in the Temple
Rebuilt properly, running hot, and hauling a little more than it needs.
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 7, 2026
7.0
Kamelot
Dark Asylum
The orchestra wins every argument, and the guitars stopped having them.
Julien Vasseur
Sep 5, 2026
9.0
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
The first true map of power metal, and only half the continent
Julien Vasseur
Aug 23, 2026
8.8
Blind Guardian
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Eleven songs of genuine grandeur, and eleven fragments that are not songs.
Julien Vasseur
May 23, 2026
8.0
Evergrey
Theories of Emptiness
Swedish progressive metal titans Evergrey are set to release their fourteenth studio album, Theories of Emptiness, on Ju...
Julien Vasseur
Jun 8, 2024
6.0
Witherfall
Sounds of the Forgotten
Witherfall burst onto the metal scene in 2017 with their dramatic debut Nocturnes and Requiems, capturing the attention...
Declan Rourke
Jun 1, 2024
8.5
Kalmah
Kalmah
Despite its low profile on mainstream end-of-year lists, Kalmah's self-titled album is a remarkable addition to their di...
Julien Vasseur
Sep 14, 2023