Enchanter - recommendations

[Shiremen]

I have fallen in love with Michigan-based band "Enchanter" and their "Defenders Of the Realm" CD (http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=191337)

Can anyone recommend anything similar? I really like the singing, the epicness, the acoustic parts and the lyrics.

[ION BRITTON]

ENCHANTER and especially LONGING'S PAST were quite unique. Many US bands had a complex songwriting style, but the particular blending of FATES WARNING/MANOWAR/QUEENSRYCHE/RUSH influences of ENCHANTER was one of a kind.

[MassOfKthulu]

yeah i concur,it is impossible to find a demo on par with the first Enchanter on this specific type of metal

[great_knuthulhu]

The first Enchanter demo is great yes, but I thought they then proceeded to make their music more complex and it didn't quite work out as well. Still good, but not on the level of that first demo.

[Pavlos]

Maybe you should try XERXES - BEYOND MY IMAGINATION from Switzerland. They sound more than the Longings Past material, but you´ll find some Enchanter references too (especially the slower stuff).

[ION BRITTON]

ENCHANTER is much more powerful and epic than XERXES, can't agree with that comparison.

[StygianBlade]

Well I do not think you can find anything similar to Enchanter. All their stuff rules, especially the first demo. You can try to give a listen at Longings Past stuff (Shellberg's band after Enchanter). Sure they sound a little more complex than Enchanter but the magic is still there especially in the Meadows of Maseilya debut.

[Ra Pariah]

Bump

Given that Enchanter resemble old Fates Warning, I think that songs like that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9nhs0LbQuE (pre-Cauldron Born - Dreaming with the Incubus)
could bring to one's mind the mighty Enchanter (MI)!