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Ether's Bane

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I've been looking for some good stuff lately. So, basically, what I'm looking for is:

Genre: Any form of metal (including glam metal) besides doom metal/hard rock/J-rock.

Things in it that I want: Clean vocals with little or no screaming/growling unless it's death metal, relatively fast-paced guitar solo, male vocalist, intro may be slow, can be a cover.
 
I checked that album out but was really disappointed. I should have known better, really, Blind Guardian is the definition of cheesy power metal.
 
I'd say A Twist In The Myth and Imaginations From The Other Side are actually overall better albums than Nightfall In Middle-Earth, although Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill), Into The Storm and Mirror Mirror are really good songs.
 
"Ultra Beatdown" by Dragonforce...its a great album. I also recommend "Death Magnetic" by Metallica. The sound quality's bad, but otherwise its good.
 
@Retsu: Awesome. I didn't know you were into death metal! I love it - it's like a Nightwish/Children of Bodom hybrid.

@Dezzuu: Haven't heard anything from that album yet, but Blind Guardian are awesome, so it should be good.

@Celestial Blade: Slipknot are pretty good, haven't heard Spineshank. What songs by Spineshank do you recommend? By the way, Slipknot are nu-metal, AK.

@Doctor Jimmy: Heard 'em both, both are awesome.
 
ugh I don't care what Slipknot is, they tell themselves that they're brutal death metal and it makes me want to punch all of their fans in the face for being so "brutal"

Furret: well, excluding Dragonforce I pretty much like cheesy power metal... *shrug*

if it please you, then, maybe you should check out Amon Amarth, particularly With Oden On Our Side and Twilight of the Thunder God (albums).
 
I'm not really sure from your original post whether or not you want death metal recommendations,I have a pretty big death metal collection so if you do want recs for that genre I can give you them. As far as more melodic stuff goes, try out Death Angel and Overkill, both more melodic groovy type thrash metal bands but both incredibly awesome and they seem to fit into your request. Go for Act III by Death Angel and The Killing Kind by Overkill. Enjoy ;)
 
I'm not really much of a metal person, but Queensryche's "Empire" and "Operation: Mindcrime" albums are pretty awesome if you want to check out Progressive Metal. You really don't get vocals cleaner than that.

Your mileage may vary, but Dream Theater has some decent stuff (Images and Words kicked ass), too. Be warned, they have their fair share of crap (Falling into Infinity, Systematic Chaos...*shudder*). But again, extremely clean vocals, buckets of talent, and something at least worth giving a look at.
 
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Uhh... how about you listen to some Mindless Self Indulgence? I do enjoy them, although their lyrics are meaningless.
 
I'm going Folk/Finnish metal here and throwing Ensiferum, Norther, TYR, and Turisas at you.

They all fit your criteria- some of it's screaming but there are primarily melodic choruses.
 
I like...
Mindless Self Indulgence
Slipknot
All American Regects
UnderOath
30 Seconds To Mars
Nirvana
My Chemical Romance
and The White Stripes
 
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