The band knows how crazy it is that most of their songs sound like 7-minute guitar solos and they have a good sense of humor about it. I mean, just watch this clip from the band’s music video for “Operation Ground And Pound”: It’s the band’s main shtick and they know it.
Plus, it all ends up sounding so catchy anyway, and you know it.Īs for the guitar gimmick, it’s exactly what it is: a gimmick. So, while the lyrics are a bit cheesy at times, it’s not a criticism unique to DragonForce. It’s just part of the genre, like lyrics about blood and guts in death metal (and those can be silly, too). But you know who else has silly, glory inspired lyrics? Every power metal band ever. Now, regarding lyrics, I won’t tell you that DragonForce deserve an award for writing about profound subject manner and that it does sound rather silly to sing about things that are “so far away” after a while. The criticism is targeted at, well, basically this whole structure, especially the guitar playing.
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Much of DragonForce’s music is built upon Dave Mackintosh beating the living crap out the drums with vocalist Marc Hudson (formerly ZP Theart back in 2006) singing about glory and battle for an extended period of time while Herman Li and Sam Totman put on a series of guitar pyrotechnics that occasionally sound like an NES on crack. So, does DragonForce deserve such scrutiny? Well, I wouldn’t be writing this if the answer were “yes”, so let’s have at it. Bet you haven’t heard that name in a while, eh? It’s true that the popularity surrounding the band has dwindled a little bit in a post- Guitar Hero world, but there was a time when people who weren’t even into metal were yelling along to “Through the Fire and Flames.” Of course, there were many metalheads not so into the band for various reasons, but there are two big ones that come to mind: that the band’s music is cheesy and gimmicky and that the band can’t actually play the songs live. I, of course, speak of none other than DragonForce. A North American release is set for April 17th by Roadrunner Records.I thought it might be fun to take a stab at defending a band that was launched into popularity with lightning fast guitar virtuosity, video game inspired sounds, and the most arguably ridiculous power metal lyrics ever. The Power Within will be released in the UK on April 15th via the band’s own Electric Generation Recordings, distributed by Essential Music. From the fastest song we’ve ever recorded to the slower songs, and some things you would never expect from us, this is by far the most diverse DragonForce album yet.” This time around we’ve really brought our metal side to the surface and made some of the best music of our career. Through writing, jamming and touring together, we have built this incredible energy and it has been fully captured on the new album. The band's forthcoming new album, The Power Within, is DragonForce's fifth studio album, and their first with new singer Marc Hudson in the fold.ĭragonForce guitarist Herman Li said: “The last two years have been the most fun we ever had making an album. London-based metallers DRAGONFORCE have posted their new song 'Fallen World' - dubbed "the fastest song" ever recorded by the band - online.
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