Oh yeah dude, we never did catch up on that Ozzfest. That was some pretty crazy shit with Sharon bashing Bruce at the end of Maiden's set; what do you make of that situation? I'm pretty pissed myself that they were fucking with the sound, especially during Hallowed Be Thy Name. I missed Arch Enemy and didn't even bother trying to get in the pit area of the second stage for the rest of the bands. Frankly the whole thing was kind of disappointing to me too. I'm kind of wondering a) Why is Mudvayne still a band and b) Why were they on the main stage. There was 20 minutes of only decent In Flames, then 60 minutes of pretty good Iron Maiden screwed up by Sharon & Co., and that was pretty much the best of the show. They may need to do something incredible to convince me to bother next year.
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Originally Posted by drainpipe
You might like Edguy. It's relatively non-cheesy power metal that's sorta in the vein of Maiden.
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Relatively non-cheesy, to other power metal or to music in general?
Since he's already a Maiden fan he can probably handle it though.
Yeah I like Edguy. Did you go to their show at the Key Club last year? (or was that this year? Who knows)
Krycheck, how "new" are we talking here, new as in the last decade or last week? Almost all of the best progressive and power metal IMO is new in the last decade, and of course those bands are still putting out music of the "new last week" variety. They're the direct descendents of bands with obvious musical talent like Maiden, Rush, etc. European metal bands are especially still innovative, and in fact most of my favorite music in general is from Europe. I'm not sure how familiar you are with that whole scene, but I know there's a good number of people on this board who are into it and can point you to more examples. See the
"new Opeth" thread, for one.