Editing Heavy metal music (section)

====Power metal====
{{Main|Power metal}}
[[File:Rhapsody_Buenos_Aires_2010.JPG|thumb|Italian band [[Rhapsody of Fire]] performing in Buenos Aires in 2010]]
During the late 1980s, the power metal scene came together largely in reaction to the harshness of death and black metal.<ref name="Genre - Power Metal">[{{AllMusic|class=style|id=power-metal-ma0000011913|pure_url=yes}} "Genre – Power Metal"]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 20 March 2007</ref> Though a relatively underground style in North America, it enjoys wide popularity in Europe, Japan and South America. Power metal focuses on upbeat, epic melodies and themes that "appeal to the listener's sense of valor and loveliness".<ref>Christe (2003), p. 372</ref> The prototype for the sound was established in the mid- to late 1980s by Germany's [[Helloween]], who, in their 1987 and 1988 ''[[Keeper of the Seven Keys]]'' albums, combined the power riffs, melodic approach and a high-pitched, "clean" singing style of bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden with thrash's speed and energy, "crystalliz[ing] the sonic ingredients of what is now known as power metal".<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=helloween-mn0000957340|pure_url=yes}} "Helloween – Biography"]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 8 April 2007</ref>

Traditional power metal bands like Sweden's [[HammerFall]], England's [[DragonForce]] and the U.S.'s [[Iced Earth]] have a sound clearly indebted to the classic NWOBHM style.<ref>See, e.g., Reesman, Bryan. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=glory-to-the-brave-mw0000233637|pure_url=yes}} "HammerFall: ''Glory to the Brave''"]. AllMusic; Henderson, Alex. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=sonic-firestorm-mw0000333007|pure_url=yes}} "DragonForce: ''Sonic Firestorm''"]. AllMusic. Both retrieved on 11 November 2007</ref> Many power metal bands such as the U.S.'s [[Kamelot]], Finland's [[Nightwish]], [[Stratovarius]] and [[Sonata Arctica]], Italy's [[Rhapsody of Fire]] and Russia's [[Catharsis (Russian band)|Catharsis]] feature a keyboard-based [[Symphonic power metal|"symphonic" sound]], sometimes employing orchestras and opera singers. Power metal has built a strong fanbase in Japan and South America, where bands like Brazil's [[Angra (band)|Angra]] and Argentina's [[Rata Blanca]] are popular.<ref name="A-Z of Power Metal">{{cite book |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |year=2003 |title=A-Z of Power Metal |location=London |publisher=Cherry Red Books Ltd. |pages=19–20,354–356 |isbn=978-1-901447-13-2}}</ref>

Closely related to power metal is [[progressive metal]], which adopts the complex compositional approach of bands like [[Rush (band)|Rush]] and [[King Crimson]]. This style emerged in the United States in the early and mid-1980s, with innovators such as [[Queensrÿche]], [[Fates Warning]] and [[Dream Theater]]. The mix of the progressive and power metal sounds is typified by New Jersey's [[Symphony X]], whose guitarist [[Michael Romeo]] is among the most recognized of latter-day shredders.<ref name="Genre - Progressive Metal">[{{AllMusic|class=style|id=progressive-metal-ma0000002797|pure_url=yes}} "Genre – Progressive Metal"]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 20 March 2007</ref>