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I'm pretty sure it's for the same reason that people love them, i.e. they're cheesy and self-indulgent - which, I mean, are pretty much prerequisites of the power metal genre.
That and the whole "they recorded their parts slower and sped them up" thing, but they pull it off well enough live and as long as they're not lying about it I don't think it really matters
If that's a problem then no one should listen to any studio albums tbh
Drum and bass artists use computers to make fast drums and just play back recordings at concerts. They can't even play drums! Or bass!! Their fans are so dumb for liking fake music... /s
As someone who has been listening to most electronic music since the mid 90s, you have NO idea how many times the “they’re not talented, they just push buttons” argument has been spewn at me
Best example of this is John Bonham, who would playback from his iPod
Your comment reads like this is a fact about them and something they've owned up to. It isn't true and they've consistently said as much. They record at the speed the song plays at.
Good to hear. That was a rumor that spread around quite a bit when I was a teenager, the last time they were relevant for discussion, and I never checked it because it didn't really matter to me if they did or not, I still liked the music. Next time they're relevant for discussion I won't spread it again
I love cheesy bombastic bands like Rhapsody of Fire. They're just fun to listen to.
Rhapsody (I refuse to recognize the addition of "of fire") isn't bombastic, for them their music is absolutely serious 😄
Not all power metal is cheesy. Symphonic metal is all about showing off ridiculous vocal abilities.
Well it depends. Read some Tarja-era Nightwish lyrics