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Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 3:25 am**

first bands to come to my mind:

Scanner
Sound Barrier
Rage (late 80s)
Persian Risk
Warlord
Messiah Force

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 5:33 am**

To me, melodic metal means bands like Saracen and Messiah. A particular sound/style that's sometimes close to pomp rock but still very heavy metal.

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 7:09 am**

MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:first bands to come to my mind:

Scanner
Sound Barrier
Rage (late 80s)
Persian Risk
Warlord
Messiah Force

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 10:44 pm**

Nebuchadnezzar wrote:
MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:first bands to come to my mind:

Scanner
Sound Barrier
Rage (late 80s)
Persian Risk
Warlord
Messiah Force

agreed, nebuchadnezzar

While its very hard to define, when i think of 'melodic metal', i think of heavy metal with AOR/melodic rock/hard rock influences in songwriting i.e roughly more melody, less heavy than the average metal band. A good example for me is Mantas (Winds of change album)

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 10:56 pm**

Sherwood-Riding The Rainbow EP '86

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 11:35 pm**

Buried By Time and Dust wrote:Sherwood-Riding The Rainbow EP '86

That one sounded more like heavy AOR to my ears.

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 11:50 pm**

ION BRITTON wrote:
Buried By Time and Dust wrote:Sherwood-Riding The Rainbow EP '86
That one sounded more like heavy AOR to my ears.

It's UN-Gay melodic Metal.

Posted: **Thu May 28, 2009 11:53 pm**

DIZZINESS 12''
KILLERRR

Posted: **Fri May 29, 2009 12:45 am**

Nebuchadnezzar wrote:
MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:first bands to come to my mind:

Scanner
Sound Barrier
Rage (late 80s)
Persian Risk
Warlord
Messiah Force

sorry is so shocking for u what i see as good non gay sense of melody in metal

Posted: **Fri May 29, 2009 12:02 pm**

ION BRITTON wrote:ORACLE LP. The UK band that released this album in Spain. Read my review on metalpage for more info.

I just ordered that LP after listening to a song on YouTube. Very promising indeed.

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 12:27 am**

I'd have to say Warbride, especially the 1989 demo...can't really be gay either as it was an all female band...

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 8:30 am**

MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:sorry is so shocking for u what i see as good non gay sense of melody in metal

Well personally I would be somewhat confused if people were referring to Scanner as melodic metal. Yeah they have a great sense of melody but what about the full-on speed metal side of them? I guess that everyone have their own definition of melodic metal. To me it's heavy metal that's focused on using melody as the base of songstructure and usually borders with AOR/Pomp rock/Hard rock. But then again melodic metal ain't a real genre and the word itself doesn't tell much so people will have their own ideas about it.

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 8:54 am**

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:
ION BRITTON wrote:ORACLE LP. The UK band that released this album in Spain. Read my review on metalpage for more info.
I just ordered that LP after listening to a song on YouTube. Very promising indeed.

Some excellent songs in there. The balance between melody and heaviness on that album is near perfect!

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 9:42 am**

MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:
Nebuchadnezzar wrote:
MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:first bands to come to my mind:

Scanner
Sound Barrier
Rage (late 80s)
Persian Risk
Warlord
Messiah Force

sorry is so shocking for u what i see as good non gay sense of melody in metal

If the definition of epic metal Warlord is one of the first bands came to your mind talking about melodic metal I'm an elephant. Scanner with raw speed of the first albums? Rage of late 80's????? The definition of speed metal "Secrets in a weird world"? Execution? Perfect Man? What about Messiah Force?? I quit...

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 4:15 pm**

Err... ROTTING CHRIST, anyone? Very melodic and surely not gay (they went downhill since "Dead Poem" though...).

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