DragonForce(Rules)

Apoc · Oct 20, 2009 10:06 PM

Fans only please.

ZP Theart: Vocals

Herman Li: Guitar and Vocals

Sam Totman: Guitar, vocals and heavy drinking

Vadim Pruzhanov: Keyboards, Theremin, Kaoss Pad and vocals

Frederic Leclercq: Bass and vocals

Dave Macintosh: Drums and vocals(triggers!)

I have their entire discography.

Valley of the *bleep*

Sonic Firestorm

Inhuman Rampage

Ultra Beatdown

ONly one of them is the special edition. Take a guess which one it is.

Naegling · Oct 20, 2009 10:41 PM

Kool. Dragonfroce is a great band but some of their songs sound alike.
Im expecting MrX-link to be here any minute to contradict me.

Apoc · Oct 20, 2009 10:44 PM

Take a guess. Which one is my favourite?

Naegling · Oct 20, 2009 10:56 PM

Im going to say inhuman rampage or sonic firestorm.

Apoc · Oct 20, 2009 11:00 PM

You are correct.

But only scored 2/4

midget_roxx · Oct 22, 2009 2:13 PM

"Dragonfroce is a great band but some of their songs sound alike."

Corrected version: "Dragonfroce is a great band but all of their songs sound alike. "

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MrXLink · Oct 22, 2009 3:06 PM

TAH-DUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
I'm late!

DragonForce ftw guys! I like them very much, they have the best music ever! My favourites are most definately Where Dragons Rule (remix/bonus version from VotD, I like the other version as well, but it is not my fave. #4 to be exact), EPM and of course Through the Fire and the Flames. I listen them every day and I play audiosurf with those songs (nvm if you dunno what that is). Although I am not rly a very big fan of them, I love their music. Also, I was planning to go to a live thingy of them in Germany, but I failed sad .

I like ZP Theart (middle front) and Herman Li (left) the most. As your post refers to "fans only", you can consider me as a fan big_smile

Inhuman Rampage and Sonic Firestorm are most definately their best albums.

>>>As Exspected<<< @Naegling: You are right very far away... they're all Power Metal and you can find them sound alike, but if you just listen good to them or very much (like me), you can separate them easily from each other.

You should check this out. I've made my own simfile from WDR. Comment plz! big_smile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOeZGZmQGEo This is the [glow=green:74f1a19b91]easy[/glow:74f1a19b91] mode, I've made a [glow=red:74f1a19b91]HARD[/glow:74f1a19b91] mode which contains a way more difficult step pattern than this (especialy while there's no singing). For Stepmania and the simfile, ask/PM me.

How I found DragonForce: I've heard the name before, while youtubing I saw a lot of banned videos with "Through the Fire and the Flames", which made me curious. There I found the original vid. I liked it very, very much and immediately searched for more songs and downloaded them. Then I listened them every day and I loved it (and I still do!), later I heard them even sometimes on the radio. Ultra Beatdown Tour was my first chance for a concert in Germany but for some private reasons it was cancelled.

Okay, I planned not to do this, but my love for the band and my [glow=red:74f1a19b91]EVILNESS[/glow:74f1a19b91] told me to do so.

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Naegling · Oct 22, 2009 5:32 PM

I knew you'd be here. and even though they do sound alike i can tell the songs apart.
I have a question for you MrX-link. Is there a song by dragonforce called "Cry of the Brave"? I saw a video and the end credit song was a song that sounded like dragonforce and it said that the song was called cry of the brave. I tried to find the song but i never could. can you clear this up for me?

MrXLink · Oct 22, 2009 7:23 PM

Cry of the Brave is a song from DragonForce indeed. it's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT-qBvc3IxE
It's from Sonic Firestorm, nice beat. Which movie was it?

dragon protector x · Oct 22, 2009 8:51 PM

Acctualy i have a counter example! Not all their songs sound the same! Liston to their Valley of the *bleep* and then Heros of our time. The reason people thing dragon forces must sounds the same its the heavy drumming. Thats one thing that makes DragonForce.......DragonForce! I love how david plays the drums and how fast he is at it..... Infact the drumming is my favorite parts between some of the guitar solos. I have almost every song of theirs except the newest album......

Neotyguy40 · Oct 23, 2009 12:29 AM

Never heard of em...

Naegling · Oct 23, 2009 12:35 AM

This is the video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VulvsbHYGg
Its the first song in the video. it sounds like something that dragonforce would do and it says in the end credits that its called cry of the brave.

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Oct 23, 2009 12:58 AM

of the songs i know by Dragonforce, they're an awesome band! i don't know why people say their songs sound alike though.. i don't see it.

my favorite is Above The Winter Moonlight big_smile

but... don't take this the wrong way but they really aren't that good at concerts...

midget_roxx · Oct 23, 2009 5:32 AM

36IStillLikeSpyro36 wrote:

i don't know why people say their songs sound alike though.. i don't see it.

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Oct 23, 2009 11:49 AM

that's the lyrics... the lyrics don't determine sound in any band at all.

you could have Dragonforce singing about sitting on a boat and fishing with someone, or battling snowflakes for the justice of dragons, and they could still sound the same..... just like you could have 2 songs, both about battling snowflakes, and they could be completely different. [one could be a country song, and the other could be death metal!]

it's not quite THAT clear in Dragonforce, but it's still clear. just compare "Through The Fire And Flames" to "Revolution Deathsquad"... Revolution Deathsquad is faster-paced, the solos are way different, etc.

MrXLink · Oct 23, 2009 2:53 PM

Naegling wrote:

This is the video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VulvsbHYGg
Its the first song in the video. it sounds like something that dragonforce would do and it says in the end credits that its called cry of the brave.

It's wrong.
It's called "Once in a Lifetime".

Also, there's rly a diference between, for example, Starfire and TtFatF. Listen to them and you know what I mean

Apoc · Oct 23, 2009 4:14 PM

midget_roxx wrote:

"Dragonfroce is a great band but some of their songs sound alike."
Corrected version: "Dragonfroce is a great band but all of their songs sound alike. "
=]

How many songs have you heard?

dragon protector x · Oct 23, 2009 9:19 PM

midget_roxx wrote:

36IStillLikeSpyro36 wrote:
i don't know why people say their songs sound alike though.. i don't see it.

-.=.- seriously? If you dont notice, they like to sing about battles and glory days of the Renaissance and dark ages, But their music is different. Thats like saying Rap is music. Which it isnt. It is a poem, or alot of rymeing with almost the same repetitive beat maybe the beat rises or lowers in the song. Music isnt all about they lyrics. Its about the melody caused by instruments and or sounds that moves in octaves. Look at instramental music, Would u say it isnt music because they dont sing? Dragonforce does repeat some of their lines from the song LIKE MANY SONGS DO!

MrXLink · Oct 23, 2009 9:50 PM

C'mon ey, they do have nice lyrics and their music is awesome. They mostly sing (imo) about great battles, war, heroes, DRAGONS... The lyrics have words that are alike, but that will not tell you that the songs are alike. TtFatF is about hope, and that they must carry on, need to gather all their courage. WDR is about the power of Dragons and also about battles, EPM is just all of it, mostly meant for the music. Black Winter Night is also about battle, in which is no more hope, so a more sad one. Listen carefully to the lyrics and not only to those words, counting them to convince me of it that it is alike all the time, and you know what I mean. Yeh they use same words often, so what? Like DPX said, all songs do!

midget_roxx · Oct 24, 2009 12:05 PM

Its not only the lyrics though. Their music is very similiar. Now don't get me wrong there are some songs that are good like, Cry of Eternity and Through the fire and the Flames. The biggest problem I've got with them is their lack of structure in the music and how the act like they are the best when really all of their songs are done in a studio and they can't replicate own music on stage.

MrXLink · Oct 24, 2009 12:11 PM

midget_roxx wrote:

The biggest problem I've got with them is their lack of structure in the music and how the act like they are the best when really all of their songs are done in a studio and they can't replicate own music on stage.

STRUCTURE?
Listen: Intro-Chorus-verse-Chorus-Verse-*Only Music*-Chorus-Chorus-End.

No structure ey?

midget_roxx · Oct 24, 2009 1:02 PM

Structure to their music. A VERY good example is that song Where dragons rule. Starts off with a piano playing in a slow way. Then out of no where comes some ridiculous guitar playing and fast drums. Just doens't fit in. Also their songs just involve really fast playing, then stupidly long guitar solos all the way through. I mean guitar solos are great so long as they are used in moderation. Unfortunately they seem to miss this point when they are writing their songs.

EDIT: Another song that has a dubious structure, is operation ground and pound. At 2:37 they do what would definetely be an outro, yet they keep playing :S. Same happens at 4:20

MrXLink · Oct 24, 2009 1:19 PM

midget_roxx wrote:

Structure to their music. A VERY good example is that song Where dragons rule. Starts off with a piano playing in a slow way. Then out of no where comes some ridiculous guitar playing and fast drums. Just doens't fit in.

It does. That makes DragonForce DragonForce!

Apoc · Oct 25, 2009 11:21 AM

That's one of the only problems with them, they are very talented but they lack creativity slightly. But you know what, I don't care. I love DragonForce and I don't care what other people say. Playing fast works for them and also if you actually read the first post, you would've seen fans only, and seeing as you're NOT a fan, please leave.

MrXLink · Oct 25, 2009 2:23 PM

Apoc wrote:

Playing fast works for them and also if you actually read the first post, you would've seen fans only, and seeing as you're NOT a fan, please leave.

Well played sir.

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