Dragonforce!

I like some power metal. Elvenking for instance does a pretty good job of putting out decent music with just the right amount of crazy fantasy lyrics to keep me interested. (Though Wyrd sucked balls) Lol. As for Dragonforce. I enjoy a few songs, I think the new CD is pretty good but they deffinately aren't a band I listen to often.

 

dragonforce is one of the few metal bands I like!

 

I like power metal to an extent. Some have a lot of talent but most is just repetive rythyms with amazing guitar solos. I can only listen to the ones that stand out. Dragonforce is a damn good band but there new album dissapointed me.

 

I agree with this part. And even the great ones fall in repetitive songs a lot of the time. I'm not really bothered by the power metal clichés, in fact I like them. But try to put some originality in the songs.
First 2 albums of Rhapsody and Drakkar (despite the funny accent) are some of my favourites. Also the very raw Athena - Twilight of days does it for me. And of course Gamma ray - Powerplant, which is a complete unoriginal album full of references to bands like Iron Maiden, but it just sounds too good to call it shit

 

If you go looking for new rhapsody, they're now "rhapsody of fire" or something like that

 

Yeah...Why did rhapsody change there name?

 

From wikipedia:


Name change
In July, 2006 the band formerly known as Rhapsody changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire due to trademark issues. The band's website goes into further detail:

The band members consider this a great new start, reflecting the emboldened and increasingly grandiose direction that their music has taken. "The power of the dragonflame will burn brighter than ever before," says guitarist/songwriter Luca Turilli. Keyboardist/songwriter Alex Staropoli adds, "The name Rhapsody Of Fire better represents the energy that has always been present in this band and its music."

 

Cool. I think I read that on blabbermouth.net a long while back as well.

 

i totally dig there sound dude
they are a wonderfull band
Dragonforce rocks!

 

The band Dragonforce evolved from a black/thrash metal band from New Zealand called Demoniac who had a song called '****** slut', amongst other racist lyrics. Later they moved to the UK, adopted the name Dragonheart (and later Dragonforce), started playing power metal and became all PC (and quite famous), as can be read here: http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,2437.sm

Funny how things can go, huh?

 

Too bad, they'd be of more interest as either a thrash or black metal band.

 

dragonforce is kickass and as for them being crappy musicians.. it dosent really matter if they suck cuz when you play the cd its all perfect and stuff..

cellador is amazing too and so is rhapsody, hammerfall, stratovarius..

 

Dragonforce to be is just a big cop out that shouts, "Hey! look at us! We know SCALES!". I mean come the fuck on, I knew power metal was always supposed to be cheese, but what the fuck. this is just terrible.

See, when I wanna hear power metal, I'm going to listen to Red Wine, Centinela, Ufych Sormeer, Anubis Gate and the like, but not just some band that plays scales as fast as they can over and over again to attract a 5 minute audience.

In conclusion, I think they're lame. They're a band you'll love for five minutes, and hate for the rest of their existence.