SLOW SPEED DATING: (Proto)-power metal of the '70s
New format! Shortly after I decided to start my explorations of power metal and had started blogging about power metal, after months of wishing there were a conveniently explained "starter pack" of bands or records to check out, I came across a list at metalstorm.com created by writer "ScreamingSteelUS," that I've been low-key obsessed with ever since. A collection of power metal records that uses a very big-tent definition of the subgenre for maximum diversity? Sounds like what I wanted. Kept to a convenient number - ten per decade - in perfect chronological order? I feel seen. With explanations as to what exactly each record represents and what aspects of PM it can highlight? Yes, please. Sure, one can critique. With the biggest critique being that it's just one guy's list and is prone to the quirks inherent to that. Of note, ScreamingSteelUS goes out of his way to frame it as "potential starting points"...