Powerwolf, by request. You can thank Cheaptoy.
Again, weird shtick. This time it's a combination of religion and combat (Amen & Attack, Incense & Iron, Christ & Combat, Blessed & Possessed, etc...). Not totally sure what they're getting at. Very dramatic, though.
Again, I'm here for the tempo and the triumphant, choral delivery.
I'm still trying to figure out what it is with European metal bands and this whole power genre.
(Heh, I wasn't requesting, necessarily. Didn't want to hijack your week. Just was hoping that Pandora knew what was going on.)
I think a lot of the power metal coming out of Europe this over the last 15 years or so is kind of a push back on the 20 years before that where the "nut grabbing vocals and wimpy riffs" reputation came from. If you want to sample something that doesn't have the whole combat thing and weird schtick, check out Falconer.