Come the fuck on. Dragonforce has an 82 with six reviews right now! How is it possible that the worst albums of the year (Opeth, Meshuggah, Protest the Hero) have the best ratings? Am I crazy? Has the world gone mad?

Yes. The world has gone mad. I let Meshuggah slide, but Opeth, Protest the Hero, and DragonForce are horrendous noodly shit [so's Meshuggah, but at least the dude never tries to actually sing].

I remember someone (who has horrendous taste in music and adores Coheed & Cambria) telling me i would like this band called Dragonforce. I never checked them out because i knew how absolutely heinous they would be. Well, one day this fellow forced me into listening to this terrible shit, and my life has never been the same since. These guys really hurt my soul.

So no, you aren't the only one. I often debate which band is worse, Dream Theatre or Dragonforce?

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Originally posted by CleverName84:

So no, you aren't the only one. I often debate which band is worse, Dream Theatre or Dragonforce?

hehe. I used to looove Dream Theater back in the day. Of course, back then I also loved Mariah Carey. Needless to say, I'd still like to F*** one of them, and tell the other to F*** off. Guess which?

Getting back to Dragonforce...I guess it just shows that "mainstream" metal is about as bad - maybe worse - than mainstream rock or pop. There's just no accounting for taste.

I never really 'got' Dragonforce. When they took off I was working at HMV and we sold bucket-loads of the stuff.

Consequently I went to check them out on youtube (as you do). I thought the guitars were fantastic, but the whole thing was just so cheesey and I laughed my arse off. I imagine they are very entertaining live, but probably for all the wrong reasons.

They are able to perform incredible musical gymnastics, so why opt for music as dumb as that? They should be working in far more intellectual realms of metal.

Then again, they make stupid amounts of money. Being in that band must be a daily moral dilemma.

Are they really that big? I don't really hear much of them around these parts (thankfully in my opinion), so I consider them more of a musical nuisance than too grating or anything like that.

And what the hell is power-metal? My guess is it's when bands sound like Iron Maiden (whom i loathe greatly). Do these bands generate electricity?

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Originally posted by CleverName84:
Are they really that big? I don't really hear much of them around these parts (thankfully in my opinion), so I consider them more of a musical nuisance than too grating or anything like that.

And what the hell is power-metal? My guess is it's when bands sound like Iron Maiden (whom i loathe greatly). Do these bands generate electricity?

They really are that big. They may not be on a par with the Britneys of this world, but they certainly make a lot of cash. HMV knew all too well that they'd sell out of CDs pretty fast and some comparitively big orders were made. Dragonforce usually get plonked on the promotional stands along with the shiny pop bands.

Re: Generating electricity. I'm unsure what you mean there. For a moment, I had visions of Dragonforce working at the local power station in hard hats. If you mean 'Do they go down well at gigs?' I am led to believe that they regularly pack places out. They've sold out in quite a few venues in the UK and played to very receptive audiences. Not that I was there you understand!

Re: Power Metal. An unusual genre that one. It's one of those terms that was created years after the music it refers to. Apparently it has it's roots in the overdriven tones of bands such as Judas Priest and ...erm... Judas Priest! Iron Maiden don't quite qualify according to most journalistic lists of what's what. Personally I just think it's heavy metal and I'm sure Rob Halford would agree - he even wrote a song about it.

He didn't want to enter this thread.

He did anyway.

He vomits whilst attempting to sneak out, slips in his own mess and cries.

He knew better.

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Re: Generating electricity. I'm unsure what you mean there.

Play on words. Power. Watts. Sorry, BTU. Electricity.

Yeah, it was a horrible attempt at humor.

But i just noticed Underoath has a 92 metascore. Now that's a damn shame if you ask me. No one asked me, but I'll say it anyway: "That's a damn shame."

I listened to them once when i was in high school, thought they sounded like Poison the Well with keyboards and some chintzy drum machines. Is that what they still sound like?

Dragonforce is possibly the worst band name i've heard in a long time. I can't think of a single band with Dragon in their name that is any good... Reptilian animals usually don't work, unles you're the Jesus Lizard. Then you can do whatever you want.

I dunno guys, I'm grateful for these guys existence, if only for their contribution to guitar hero. But really, I thought the last album had some decent moments. Haven't heard the new one.

I only know of them from GH3, talented guitar work for sure - yet I figured from that tune on the game and then another I heard that sounded an awful lot like Through the Fire and the Flames...well.....I figured that is all there is to the band.

Little depth, despite the obvious talent there.

In my opinion, most of the sources compiled on Metacritic for metal albums are, when it comes to metal, nothing more than genre tourists. Most of their focus falls to other types of music and they don't possess the breadth of knowledge necessary to place what metal they do review in the proper historical and cultural contexts. Hence, high scores for what most metal fans consider dogshit albums.

Well said, Briz. Well said.

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Originally posted by CleverName84:
Yeah, it was a horrible attempt at humor.

But i just noticed Underoath has a 92 metascore. Now that's a damn shame if you ask me. No one asked me, but I'll say it anyway: "That's a damn shame."

I listened to them once when i was in high school, thought they sounded like Poison the Well with keyboards and some chintzy drum machines. Is that what they still sound like?

Dragonforce is possibly the worst band name i've heard in a long time. I can't think of a single band with Dragon in their name that is any good... Reptilian animals usually don't work, unles you're the Jesus Lizard. Then you can do whatever you want.

Underoath has really turned it around since sounding like Poison the Well with keyboards, but that album is no where near a 92 obviously. I myself give it a 2.5/5. A pleasant but ultimately shallow listen.

Dragonforce is awesome.

I'm so glad the internet allows me to hide the fact that I'm laughing like a loon right now.

Still, they made the end of GH3 interesting.

Although now I have to hear that damn "Through Fire and Flames" song everytime I go to the local bar...like tonight. I'll probably hear it tonight. Kill me now.

So, to sum up: Dragonforce is awesome. *Strangled sounds*