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Powerwolf

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Powerwolf is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Matt Heafy, Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Forbidden and Iron Maiden. Those roots explain a lot about how Powerwolf arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brothers of Metal, Orden Ogan, HammerFall, Alestorm and Angus McSix, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Amaranthe, Kadavar, Kissin' Dynamite, Beast in Black and Epica, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Powerwolf, reaching back through Matt Heafy and forward to Amaranthe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
PowerwolfMatt HeafyBlack SabbathMercyful FateForbiddenIron MaidenJudas PriestRunning WildSavatageAmarantheKadavarKissin' DynamiteBeast in BlackEpicaCalibanBattle BeastBrothers of MetalOrden OganHammerFallAlestormAngus McSixFreedom CallVisions of AtlantisMajestica

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Powerwolf connections

Powerwolf grew out of Matt Heafy, Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate and Forbidden, shares an orbit with Brothers of Metal, Orden Ogan, HammerFall and Alestorm, went on to shape Amaranthe, Kadavar, Kissin' Dynamite and Beast in Black. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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