Overall this was an enjoyable CD and I think fans of speedier power metal as well as creative use of lightning fast shredding will enjoy the work that these guys have delivered to us. Playing Metal at this rate is not so easily done in my opinion. It was impressive to also see a large lineup be able to pull all this together. The lineup consists of ZP Theart (Vocals), Herman ‘Shred’ Li & Sam Totman (Guitars), Adrian Lambert (Bass), Dave Macintosh (Drums) and Vadim Pruzhanov (Keyboards). In one sense this is great as it stands as being a little more on the unique side. The band truly did not really remind me of anyone else so I cannot really draw comparisons to them. I also liked “Fury Of The Storm” and “Once In A Lifetime”. One can easily take Dragonforce as the Dream Theater of Progressive Power Metal a title I am giving them since the music defies the normal genre classification for me at present. This track in particular even has a section with a very Iron Maiden feel to it. Holding only 8 songs you might feel a bit cheated, however most of them are over 7 minutes in length with “Soldiers Of The Wasteland” running at just under 10. The tune is nicely done and being in the middle of the disk it allows you a breather before the ass-kicking again. There is one track that effectively serves as the ballad of the disk and that is “Dawn Over A New World”. They just use the same formula on the entire CD. Chops would be an understatement for Dragonforce.Ī lot of the album follows along the same course of speed as the first track, but that does not mean to be taken as the songs sound all alike. In most cases playing music fast simply for the sake of it will not impress me all that much so it was refreshing to see this level of speed being showcased on top of killer technical prowess. It was really something to close my eyes and envision this being done in a live sense. The song maintains its structure and does not ever seem to fall apart where you could expect such action to be the case under these conditions. Not so in the case of Dragonforce, for throughout each song the members never seem to lose pace with one another. As I said there are blistering fast moments and there are bands that play for the sake of speed sake alone. Starting off with “My Spirit Will Go On”, you are quickly brought into the band’s world and what they opt to accomplish on a record. I was literally blown away when I first heard “Sonic Firestorm” and as you listen yourself you will find that you are in the musical equivalent of a hurricane. They not only combine the factors of being musically diverse along with a completely technical level of play but they include a level of speed that at times will make you surely think that your CD is skipping instead of playing.
The band Dragonforce is a very interesting unit indeed.
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