The Benja-man Is Verbose

I'm trying not to constantly apologize for not knowing the accepted classics because, well, the whole goddamn point of this little project is for me to understand power metal better.  My ability to comment is inherently a tad limited by my relative lack of familiarity with how the style got started; I think that's inevitable.  How else I am going to learn what exactly power metal is and whether I can love it without listening?  Take this band, Running Wild.  Coming in, I had an idea of the things I find distancing about my concept of euro-power, especially the '80s stuff, that I've heard.  In my head, euro-power has too much screaming relative to grit.  Too much bombast and guitar wankery relative to content.  Too much cheesiness in a way that's fundamentally wrapped up in the '80s.  That's why Death Or Glory seemed like a bit of a revelation on first few spins.  Now, with more listening I can draw a clearer through-line to their successors, ...