Quote Originally Posted by Robert View Post
Melodic Metal - is that a common term for this kind of music?
It's starting to get used more, basically I think to differentiate it from Cookie Monster vocals. It tends to be used rather unflatteringly, as if it is not "real" metal. I tend to leave those you-know-what-ing contests to someone else. There's one big metal site that defines them as "Melodic Power Metal" along with the likes of Firewind. I personally haven't heard any power metal that I wouldn't consider melodic.

My favorite description of the band comes from their one guitarist, Herman Li, who called it "Journey meets Slayer."