DragonForce

LoyalistRevolt · Post by **LoyalistRevolt** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:09 pm

Who else thinks they are AMAZING at first I didn't like them but as I heard them more I started to enjoy it.

WhatULive4 · Post by **WhatULive4** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:52 pm

As far as cheezy stereotype bands go, they are pretty good. I can't deny the fact that they play some amazing music, but the lyrics....

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:56 pm

They are amazing. I liked them when I first heard them, which was actually a while before Guitar Hero III. I first heard them in Stepmania. Their songs are UB3R hard.

They're not great live, or so I hear. There are a couple YouTube videos out there that make them sound absolutely horrible. But... Herman Li is still friggin' amazing and severely underrated, I think. Their vocalist leaves a bit to be desired. I like the tone of his voice, it's very epic. It kind of reminds me of Dio but with no "gruff," which even Dio has very little of. However, live, he can NEVER hit the higher notes of their songs. I also have to give props to their drummer, who I personally think is half octopus, and has a quadruple-bass pedal.

Edit: Yes. The lyrics are very... well, they're also quite epic.

Dragonforce keywords: Fire, Flames, Darkness, Spirit, Life, War, Soul, Fury, Battle, Power, Heart... did I forget any?

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:07 pm

I definitely don't like them as much as I used to, but I do enjoy their stuff. I've been listening to them since they were DragonHeart, which was forever ago!

While they're not the best power metal band out there, I have them to thank for introducing me to the scene and getting me into some of my favorite artists like Sonata Arctica, Rhapsody of Fire, and Axenstar.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:13 pm

They're pretty good. I personally don't really like their music, but I can see how other people could.

LoyalistRevolt · Post by **LoyalistRevolt** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:46 am

CronoTriggerfan wrote:I definitely don't like them as much as I used to, but I do enjoy their stuff. I've been listening to them since they were DragonHeart, which was forever ago! While they're not the best power metal band out there, I have them to thank for introducing me to the scene and getting me into some of my favorite artists like Sonata Arctica, Rhapsody of Fire, and Axenstar.

You Just named one of my favorite bands Sonata Arctica

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:14 am

I haven't checked them out (not that much of a music person, I just listen to what I find in movies/commercials/links if I like it)

But if you say they're good, I'll look into it

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:24 am

I don't like them, they are good musicians, but their sound is quite generic and tiresome after a while.

Listening through the entire album can be a bit chorish after a while as well

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:34 am

Yeah I listened to Dragonforce way before GH3 came out, the first song I heard of theirs was Blackfire, I heard Dragonforce is crappy live cause their piss ass drunk when they are playin' live, but I have a buddy that saw them live the last time they came through town, and he said they were not as bad as those Youtube videos make you think.

CronoTriggerfan wrote:some of my favorite artists like Sonata Arctica, Rhapsody of Fire, and Axenstar.

*Downloads torrents*

But I thank Dragonforce for introducing me to the following bands.

Stratovarius (Their early stuff has a horrible lead vocalist)
Hammerfall
Helloween

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:15 pm

They are ok and I used to like them, but now, ever annoying stupid kid in the world thinks they love metal because they heard it on GH. So I have officially disowned them.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:32 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:They are ok and I used to like them, but now, ever annoying stupid kid in the world thinks they love metal because they heard it on GH. So I have officially disowned them.

So that makes you the "I LISTENED TO THEM FIRST" kid?

I'm like Josh as I listened to them since they were DragonHeart.

Still listen to them on occasion anyway.

gamecube6 · Post by **gamecube6** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:51 pm

Electric Rain wrote:They are amazing. I liked them when I first heard them, which was actually a while before Guitar Hero III. I first heard them in Stepmania. Their songs are UB3R hard.

They're not great live, or so I hear. There are a couple YouTube videos out there that make them sound absolutely horrible. But... Herman Li is still friggin' amazing and severely underrated, I think. Their vocalist leaves a bit to be desired. I like the tone of his voice, it's very epic. It kind of reminds me of Dio but with no "gruff," which even Dio has very little of. However, live, he can NEVER hit the higher notes of their songs. I also have to give props to their drummer, who I personally think is half octopus, and has a quadruple-bass pedal.

Edit: Yes. The lyrics are very... well, they're also quite epic.

Dragonforce keywords: Fire, Flames, Darkness, Spirit, Life, War, Soul, Fury, Battle, Power, Heart... did I forget any?

agreed on the stepmania comment and the octopus drummer.

forgotten tags: Storm, Deciples, Babylon, Black, Winter, Night, Dragon, Ground, Pound. There's probably more