Now don't get me wrong. Power metal is one of my favourite genres. I can tolerate cheesiness like Hammerfall's Way of the Warrior. I'll even defend Dream Evil's Book of Heavy Metal. However, the line has to be drawn somewhere, and for me the line will be drawn here. It's the video of the song 'Ancient Forest of Elves by Luca Turilli, the guitarist of Rhapsody. Over the years I've built up a high tolerance for this sort of stuff, but this is just too much. Ignoring the fact that the music is mediocre at best, it is one of the most rediculous music videos I've seen in years. Grown men prancing around in a forest wearing cloaks and tights and wielding plastic swords and shields? With LARP-commercials like this for music videos, how are we ever supposed to be taken seriously?

If they write lyrics like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old lands and red dragons filled his open eyes

 

 

 

Kings, queens and proud warriros in his magic dreams

 

 

 

Mystical energies led him straight there

 

 

 

To the lonely holy wild path

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not surprised they walk around in tights with plastic shields and swords. The lyrics are just as ridiculous as their videoclip. Led Zeppelin has done a simmilar thing though, you can see it on the DVD "The Song Remains the Same".

Try Manowar :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I crossed the valleys the dust of midlands

 

 

 

to search for the third key to open the gates

 

 

 

Now I?m near the altar the secret inside

 

 

 

as legend told my beloved sun light the dragon?s eyes

 

 

 

On the way to the glory I?ll honor my sword

 

 

 

to serve right and justice for all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally happened the sun lit their eyes

 

 

 

the spell was creating strange games of light

 

 

 

Thanks to hidden mirrors I found my lost way

 

 

 

over the stones I reached the place it was a secret cave

 

 

 

In a long bloody battle that prophecies told

 

 

 

the light will prevail hence wisdom is gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the king for the land for the mountains

 

 

 

for the green valleys where dragons fly

 

 

 

for the glory the power to win the black lord

 

 

 

I will search for the emerald sword

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only a warrior with a clear heart

 

 

 

could have the honor to be kissed by the sun

 

 

 

Yes, I?m that warrior I followed my way

 

 

 

led by the force of cosmic soul I can reach the sword

 

 

 

On the way to the glory I?ll honor my sword

 

 

 

to serve right ideals and justice for all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the king for the land for the mountains

 

 

 

for the green valleys where dragons fly

 

 

 

for the glory the power to win the black lord

 

 

 

I will search

omg thats like total noobism lol :? its more like folk-metal

Crikey that was...interesting.

 

 

 

Give me power ballads anyday though :P

good lord. this just enhances my hatred for choreographed videos.

 

 

 

If you ask me, band performing on stage/in some sort of awesome setting is more than enough for a video. otherwise it just gets corny...i cant even stand weird acting like in Trivium - Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr...the odd guy who paints the Ascendancy cover. Even that's lame.

Do not mock the power of metal! lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People hate metallers as it is how are they even take us seriusly if bands make videos like that. :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. Necromagus if you realy like power metal u should trie listening 2 Sonata Arctica.

Preaching to the choir...

Well, you should watch Immortal's Call of the Wintermoon. Maybe the Rhapsody guys played a little too much rpgs when they were kids?

Power Metal=not medieval

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought Maiden's flight of icarus lyrics were kinda..... :?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But this....

Power metal kicks [wagon] :oops:

That is just hilarious. OK, they can play some guitar, but I doubt they have more than a few braincells.

 

 

 

This is a videoclip that a 10 year old boy would make, not adult metalheads.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, Kaledon takes a shot at it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.kaledon.com/video/KALEDON-THENEWKINGDOM.wmv (right click, save as)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The video itself might not be that bad, but the lyrics... bloody hell...

There are so many different types of metal out there that you would never think of. For example there is NintendoCore from Horse The Band that sound different from other metal types but I think are a really good band. Now for this metal type, it's probably some english based band that is really into there Medevil time period. :roll:

That is just hilarious. OK, they can play some guitar, but I doubt they have more than a few braincells.

 

 

 

This is a videoclip that a 10 year old boy would make, not adult metalheads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This might just be one video clip, and I don't know, is it even the full band rhapsody?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thing is, Rhapsody is an amazing band. Are their stuff about medival / fantasy times? Yes, and it's amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, power metal is my favorite genre. There are those few things that i'm ... eh about (I love the song Book of heavy metal, but not one of my favorite songs, it's alright at best)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and btw, agreed, Sonata Arctica = owns. One of my favorite bands. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit: good, it's not rhapsody. :D