powerful.podcast's video: 2010s Power Metal Retrospective Part 2 - Powerful Ep 36

We're coming back at ya for part 2 of our huge 2010s decade retrospective. This part covers 2015-2019, more of our wonderful personal lives, reflection on the trends of the decade, and baseless speculation about the future! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast Follow us! iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher - powerful. a power metal podcast Website - https://www.powerful-podcast.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/powerfulpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/powerfulpodcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/powerfulpm Music by Fernando Rey Powered by La Casona Productions https://www.facebook.com/salacasona/ 2015 The big bands release some hotly contested new material Gloryhammer blows up in popularity Resurgence of traditional heavy metal Judicator releases a polished album, the beginning of a new style of North American power metal Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful Kamelot - Haven Stratovarius - Eternal Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards Enforcer - From Beyond Judicator - At the Expense of Humanity Visigoth - The Revenant King Unleash the Archers - Time Stands Still Cain’s Offering - Stormcrow Rata Blanca - Tormenta Electrica RIP Christopher Lee 2016 Sabaton starts getting weird and derivative The beginning of discord. Youtube channels: NWOTHM full albums Shit has hit the fan for Sonata Arctica Avantasia becomes a touring band Lots and lots of NWOTHM Twilight force becomes more twinkle orchestra than power metal Sabaton - The Last Stand Sonata Arctica - The Ninth Hour Avantasia - Ghostlights Serenity - Codex Atlanticus Freedom Call - Masters of Light lol Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire Ancient empire - other world Helion Prime - Helion Prime Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic Theocracy - Ghost Ship Dark Forest - Beyond the Veil Thornbridge - What Will Prevail Sunburst - Fragments of Creation Also the /r/powermetal discord 2017 Dragonforce Lifestyle(™) gets weird Unleash the archers gets good Wintersun crowdfunding campaign More NWOTHM Alestorm goes meme Battle Beast thinks we’re in the 80s Beast in Black is lit The birth of powerful. Dragonforce - Reaching Into Infinity Lovebites - Awakening From the Abyss Unleash The Archers - Apex Keldian - Darkness and Light Galderia - Return of the Cosmic Men Seven Kingdoms - Decennium Wintersun - The Forest Seasons lol Satan's hallow self titled Yet another ancient empire album Don't drop the sword Striker Speed queen EP Any other nwothm? I feel like this shit got real popular 2016+ Lots of “gimmick” or pop/arena type stuff such as: Orden Ogan - Gunmen Bloodbound - War of Dragons Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea For Dogs Brothers of Metal - Prophecy of Ragnarok Wind Rose - Stonehymn Beast in Black - Berserker And of course, powerful. a power metal podcast 2018 Riot V goes EUPM Kamelot is dead to us Dark moor gets real fucking weird Lione / Conti s/t Frozen Crown - The Fallen King debut Visigoth - Conqueror’s Oath Angra - OMNI NovaReign - Legends Kamelot - The Shadow Theory Riot V - Armor of Light Grailknights - Knightfall Powerwolf - The Sacrament of Sin Derdian - DNA Helion Prime - Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster Dynazty - Firesign Dragony - Masters of the Multiverse Orion’s Reign - Scores of War Boys of Battle - Battle Boys* - didn’t this actually come out in 2012? Witherfall - A Prelude to Sorrow Nanowar of Steel - Stairway to Valhalla Warkings - Reborn Dark Moor - Origins Eternity’s End - Unyielding RIP Mark Shelton Reminder to link Eons Enthroned 2019 Whatever we talked about last time RIP Andre Matos G l o b a l i z a t i o n Pathfinder does not strike back Streaming/internet Fusion subgenres e.g. power/black metal Patreon and crowdfunding 80s revival is getting old