e36 - 2010s Retrospective (part 2)

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We're coming back at ya for part 2 of our huge 2010s decade retrospective. This part covers 2015-2019, more of our wonderful personal lives, reflection on the trends of the decade, and baseless speculation about the future!

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2015

The big bands release some hotly contested new material

Gloryhammer blows up in popularity

Resurgence of traditional heavy metal

Judicator releases a polished album, the beginning of a new style of North American power metal

• Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror
• Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
• Kamelot - Haven
• Stratovarius - Eternal
• Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards
• Enforcer - From Beyond
• Judicator - At the Expense of Humanity
• Visigoth - The Revenant King
• Unleash the Archers - Time Stands Still
• Cain’s Offering - Stormcrow
• Rata Blanca - Tormenta Electrica
• RIP Christopher Lee

2016

Sabaton starts getting weird and derivative

The beginning of discord.

Youtube channels: NWOTHM full albums

Shit has hit the fan for Sonata Arctica

Avantasia becomes a touring band

Lots and lots of NWOTHM

Twilight force becomes more twinkle orchestra than power metal

• Sabaton - The Last Stand
• Sonata Arctica - The Ninth Hour
• Avantasia - Ghostlights
• Serenity - Codex Atlanticus
• Freedom Call - Masters of Light lol
• Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire
• Ancient empire - other world
• Helion Prime - Helion Prime
• Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic
• Theocracy - Ghost Ship
• Dark Forest - Beyond the Veil
• Thornbridge - What Will Prevail
• Sunburst - Fragments of Creation
• Also the /r/powermetal discord

2017

Dragonforce Lifestyle(™) gets weird

Unleash the archers gets good

Wintersun crowdfunding campaign

More NWOTHM

Alestorm goes meme

Battle Beast thinks we’re in the 80s

Beast in Black is lit

The birth of powerful.

• Dragonforce - Reaching Into Infinity
• Lovebites - Awakening From the Abyss
• Unleash The Archers - Apex
• Keldian - Darkness and Light
• Galderia - Return of the Cosmic Men
• Seven Kingdoms - Decennium
• Wintersun - The Forest Seasons lol
• Satan's hallow self titled
• Yet another ancient empire album
• Don't drop the sword
• Striker
• Speed queen EP
• Any other nwothm? I feel like this shit got real popular 2016+
• Lots of “gimmick” or pop/arena type stuff such as:
• Orden Ogan - Gunmen
• Bloodbound - War of Dragons
• Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain
• Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea For Dogs
• Brothers of Metal - Prophecy of Ragnarok
• Wind Rose - Stonehymn
• Beast in Black - Berserker
• And of course, powerful. a power metal podcast

2018

Riot V goes EUPM

Kamelot is dead to us

Dark moor gets real fucking weird

• Lione / Conti s/t
• Frozen Crown - The Fallen King debut
• Visigoth - Conqueror’s Oath
• Angra - OMNI
• NovaReign - Legends
• Kamelot - The Shadow Theory
• Riot V - Armor of Light
• Grailknights - Knightfall
• Powerwolf - The Sacrament of Sin
• Derdian - DNA
• Helion Prime - Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster
• Dynazty - Firesign
• Dragony - Masters of the Multiverse
• Orion’s Reign - Scores of War
• Boys of Battle - Battle Boys* - didn’t this actually come out in 2012?
• Witherfall - A Prelude to Sorrow
• Nanowar of Steel - Stairway to Valhalla
• Warkings - Reborn
• Dark Moor - Origins
• Eternity’s End - Unyielding
• RIP Mark Shelton
• Reminder to link Eons Enthroned

2019

• Whatever we talked about last time
• RIP Andre Matos

G l o b a l i z a t i o n

Pathfinder does not strike back

Streaming/internet

Fusion subgenres e.g. power/black metal

Patreon and crowdfunding

80s revival is getting old

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