[Updated on August 20, 2007] This final time, I am choosing every song here based on feeling and exhilaration as well as musical prowess demonstrated (especially in the Symphony X track). As I balance out my own music taste, I wanted to make one more playlist to show how broad the range of power metal is. Some of the songs are reminiscent of progressive, symphonic, neoclassical and even black metal styles incorporated into ... [+]

[Updated on August 20, 2007] This final time, I am choosing every song here based on feeling and exhilaration as well as musical prowess demonstrated (especially in the Symphony X track). As I balance out my own music taste, I wanted to make one more playlist to show how broad the range of power metal is. Some of the songs are reminiscent of progressive, symphonic, neoclassical and even black metal styles incorporated into the larger Power Metal genre. These choices convey what power-metalheads are about, the ideas we live hard for. [-]