Melodic Metal?

Question

I love it...do You?
The three best examples in can think of from this style are
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Praying Mantis
Anyone have any recommendation for Me of great bands along these same lines?

You did Fonzie?

Sorry I missed it then, My bad.
I've been to busy to go Yahooing a lot lately

Jesus I hate it when some yahoo tries to tell Me what is and ain't metal.
I was at Priest concerts when You Mammy was in Middle School sonny

Answer 1

Funny. I JUST asked the same yesterday!

I ended up liking one called Soilwork (IIRC)

Answer 2

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest are Not Melodic Metal.

Fates Warning
Dream Theater

Melodic Metal

Here is a list of the 326 bands at Heavy Harmonies that fall into the Melodic Metal genre.
220 Volt
A.R.E.N.A.
Accept
Adrenalin Kick
Aftermath
Agnes
Airborne (Germany)
Alfonzetti
Alias (Metal)
Alice 'N Thunderland
Alkatrazz
Allen - Lande
Angel Heart (Germany)
Antares
Ape
Arch Rival
Armed Forces
Arrest
Asphalt Ballet
Astral Doors
Avian
The Awful Truth
Axat
Axton
BISS
Baby Tuckoo
Balistik Kick
Banshee
Barnabas
Baron Rojo
Battery Park
Battle Station
Bellicose
Betsy
Big Guns
Billionaires Boys Club
*****
Black Rose
Blade Runner
Bloodgood
Bloodstone (Australia)
Bloodstone
Mark Boals
Boneyard
Bottom Row
Brainfever
Briar
Bride
Bullet (Sweden)
Bullet
James Byrd
CETi
Centaur
Chainless
Chastain
Cholane
Chrome Shift
Chrysalis
Chryztyne
Chyld
Circle II Circle
Conquest (Melodic Metal)
Cornerstone
Crack Jaw
Crossfire
Crossroads
Crying Steel
Cycle Sluts From Hell
Czakan
D J Burns
Dagger (Melodic Metal)
Damien Steele
Dancyr
Dark Illusion
Dead Bang
Dead End
Dead Soul Tribe
Deadringer
Defyance
Desperado
Diamond
Bruce Dickinson
Dio
Dirty Deeds
Dofka
Dorian Gray
Dr. Grind
Dreamer
EZO
Mark Edwards
Escape
Essex
Eternal Ryte
Event
Evidence One
Excess
Fairytale
Falcon
Fascination
Feel
Fifth Angel
Fixer
Flame
Flatbacker
Force 3
Forge
Rhett Forrester
Frozen Rose
Ghost Machinery
Jim Gillette
Giuntini Project
Glass Wolfe
Gravestone
Grim Reaper
Harmony
Haven (CCM)
Hawk
Hazy Shade
The Heat
Heavy Bones
Helloise
Hero
Highway Chile
Holy Saint
Holy Soldier
Horizon
Human Race
Hurry Scuary
Icri's Witch
Ivory Knight
Jamilya
Joey C. Jones and the Glory Hounds
Jynx
Keel
Kelley Wild
Andy Kelli
Kenziner
Kick Axe
Killer
Kilpi
Michael Kiske
Nikolo Kotzev
Kuni
Lady Sabre
The Last Act
Last Tribe
Lawdy
Leatherwolf
Leather
Led Zeppelin
Letchen Grey
Letter X
Leverage
Liar
Lion's Share
Lionsheart
Living Insanity
Lizzy Borden
Lochinvar
Lonely Heart
Lordi
Lord
Lostboys

Loudness
Love Machine
Love/Hate
Luv Hunter
Lydian Sea
M.A.R.S.
Mad Max
Marshall Law
Mars
Masquerade
Masterplan
Maxine
May-Linn
Medusa (USA)
Mennen
Mercy Rule
Messiah Prophet
Metharia
Midnite Sun
Miss De Lane
Mistreated (Melodic Metal)
Misty Rox
Mobius
Mother Mercy
Mr. Meaner
Naked Sun
Nazareth
Nemesis
Neon Cross
New Sun
Nice'N'Rough
Nightfall Ave.
Nightshade
Nitro
Non Iron
Tony O'Hora
Odin
Overdrive
Pain And Passion
Panram
Pantera
Parallels
Parish
Passion (Melodic)
Jizzy Pearl
Pink Cream 69
Planet Alliance
Pleezer
Pole Position
Powerage
Pretty Maids
Pryer
Pump
Purple Raven
Queensryche
Radioactive
Rail
Rain'N'Steel
Raise Cain
Rattlebone
Razorback
Recon
Red Sea
Redstorm
Regime
Reingold
Riccochet
Ring of Fire
Riot
Roadhouse
Rob Rock
Rubber
STS 8 Mission
Saber Tiger
Sacred Warrior
Samson
Savatage
Savers
Saxon
Scudiero
Secret Sphere
Seven Seals
Seventh Force
Shakin Street
Shockwave
Shogun
Shok Paris
Siam
Mat Sinner
Sinner
Sircle of Silence
Skin Tag
Skintrade
Skull
Slik Toxik
Slippery Lip
Soul Circus
Soulseeker
Southern Gentlemen
Speed Limit
Spellbound
Starbreaker
Stargazer
Steel Dawn
Steel Web
Steeler (Germany)
Steeler
Stella Maris
Stormbringer
Stormzone
Straightway
Strana Officina
Stream
Street Fighter
Strikeforce
Stryper
Sudden Thunder
SupaRed
The Sygnet
Synapse
Sysex
Tang Dynasty
Tarantula
Taraxacum
Tattoo
Tempest (II)
Tempest
Terashain
Terra Rosa
Thieves In The Temple
Tidal Force
Tipton Entwistle and Powell
Titanic
Trouble
Twisted Sister
USM
Ugly Wanda
Vandal
Vanize
Vengeance
Vice (Melodic Metal)
Vicious Mary
Villan
Visionary
Vyper
W.A.S.P.
WWIII
Warrior
Westworld
Whitecross
The Wild Mild
Wild Willy's Gang
Windgels
Winter Rose
Wittnezz
World XXI
Wycked Synn
X-Caliber
X-Sinner
Zed Yago
Zero Hour
Zillion
Zion

Answer 3

It doesn't count if you haven't heard the bands Bill. The bands I've listed here not only have I heard but have in my collection.

Amorphis
Black Majesty
Blind Guardian
Chris Caffery
Celesty
Circus Maximus
Darksun
Dark Tranquillity
Hammerfall
Intense
Mangod Inc.
Mercenary
Norther
Pagan's Mind
Sonata Arctica
Symphony X
Threshold
Vision Divine


I love the old classics but I'm a firm believer in music evolution.

Answer 4

Iron Maiden is cleary among the best, and while these guys may be more on the melodic side as opposed to the metal side, you should really check out the Swedish band Leverage. I've taken the liberty of attaching a live clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcD8UL3zafA&feature=related






NP: "It's Growing" - Otis Redding

Answer 5

Let's go back a ways, shall we? For grins AND one of the more melodic albums I've heard in the genre, try Mick Ronson's "Slaughter On 10th Avenue." Kinda period piece, kinda cool. This was after the Spiders From Mars gig.

Answer 6

Dimmu Borgir......their early albums
Old Man's Child
In Flames

Answer 7

Try Dark Tranquillity or In Flames (:

Answer 8

Emination
look them up on Myspace. Amazing!!!

Answer 9

Metal Church
Megadeth
Nuclear Assault

Answer 10

Try out Insomnium.