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Well, what do you like, roughly?
Might count as a "hidden gem", despite literally being the albums that spawned power metal as genre, but the band pretty much never get metioned - Helloween's Keeper of the 7 keys parts 1 & 2 are always worth mentioning and always worth a listen if you like metal with soaring, clean vocals (and, erm, 40+ second held notes, iirc - Kiske has ridiculous lungs, even now). Their recent eponymous album is also (finally, only three decades after Keepers) one with a similar feel/quality, in part due to being a three-vocalist seven man band now. If you want slightly heavier power metal (yes, still with clean vocals because power metal), then look at their heavier stuff like the Dark ride, Better than Raw, and the Time of the Oath. Other than Chamelion and arguably Pink bubbles go ape (more pop-ish and experimental, heavily maligned by fanbase) and Walls of Jericho (much more speed metal, very different feel to anything after, though revered by a lot of fans who like that sound), most of their stuff is at least decent power metal.
On a more folk metal vibe, or if you fancy something depressing, Orden Ogan are top notch - particularly their first three albums. Vale and To the end are absolutely excellent, and Easton Hope is more experimental and orchestral, though underrated. Ravenhead is a decent album, Gunmen is notably heavier (though also excellent), and Final days is... not my taste. Feels more pop-ish, and just doesn't seem to have the depth of their earlier stuff. Again, a band that I feel don't get the recognition that they deserve, particularly in the UK - struggled to fill a small venue (and the queue was so small that we had people asking if it was the right one - though my waistcoat and pocketwatch probably added to the confusion!), and have only ever played two UK gigs, AFAIK.
Third suggestion is purely for Americans - pretty much anything by Thin Lizzy after the first two albums. Somehow they didn't get big across the pond, I believe. Classic rock with blues-y feel. Wouldn't really count as hidden gem in UK/Ireland, but might in the US. Like Helloween, not really sure if it counts, might depend on where you live.