Here's me view of those bands.
You introduced me to haggard a couple of weeks ago and for that I thank you. I talked to a lot of people and no one had heard of them.
As far as Blind Guardian, Gamma RAy and other powermetal bands, I found that only a very small portion of people know about them. Helloween is a whole other story, they are way more popular.
I think the powermetal scene is not too bad in Montreal but that's a 5 hour drive from my home town.
I just discorvered Luca Turilli and you are right it's such a good album. It's a shame that the powermetal bands from Canada have a hard time to get noticed.
But I have to say that people from europe and around europe are more "advanced" regarding that particular style of music. You guys have more history, we are still a young country.
