Azrael

[zepp_rules]

Like i said before, i'm really starting to get into the european music scene. i already like:
Rhapsody
Stratovarius
Gamma Ray
Helloween

i was just wondering if you (or anyone else) could reccomend some other bands. i really like the melodic metal and classical influences. i would greatly appreciate it.

[Dejan Sajinovic]

Avantasia (not sure about spelling)
Blind Guardian (great voclas)
Evergray (swedish prog/melodic metal)
Hammerfall (a la Iron Maiden)
Ed Guy (german power metal)
Rage (great guitar player)
Alogija (amazing Yugoslavian band a la Rhapsody & Symphony X)

and of course bands you named.

[Benoit]

Now you're talking, some good bands there...

Iron Savior
Freedom Call (amazing)
Falconer
Kenziner
Luca Turilli
Avalanch (Spanish I think)
Andi Deris (helloween's singer)
Thy majestie
White Skull
Headstone Epitaph
Afterworld
Vision Divine (actually a french band)
Nightwish (probably the best band ever!)
Tad Morose
Heavenly (really really nice)
Ian Parry (From Elegy)

[Azrael]

Hammerfall a la iron maiden??? now that is one of the wierdest comparisons i have seen yet *LOL*

well - apart from what has allready been posted i can recommend these:

Primal Fear
Haggard (medieval/classical music with metal - very interresting)
In Extremo
Subway to Sally
Spocks Beard
Running Wild
GraveDigger
Ayreon
Heavens Gate
Kamelot
Iced Earth
Thereon
Skyclad
Axel Rudi Pell
Sonata Arctica
Zonata
Mastermind
Demons & Wizards (Blind Guardian side project)
Labyrinth

[Dejan Sajinovic]

I kind of compare them to Iron Maiden. But than again they don´t have much harmonized molodies but still the chord progressions are close but Hammerfall is perhaps a little bit harder after all. A

I haven´t heard old Hammer. records. The only one I´ve heard is Renegade and it´s pretty good.

It´s a pretty wild compare but than again it´s just me and my imagination.