Another possible flaw of the CD may be the fact that almost all the tracks pass the 6 minutes mark, and then they can result a bit tiring to listen to if you're not exactly into the band, or even if you're looking for a bit more variety. The eight tracks (nine if you own the Special Edition) feature excellent melodies and choruses and incredibly technical (yet somehow definitely self-indulgent) solos, but they can grow a bit repetitive due to the similar structure of most of the songs, many of them including similar formulas, like instrumental bridges that although being really catchy may grow to sound a bit similar to each other the more you listen to the album. The rhythm section is extremely fast and features typical extreme metal grooves such as the blast beat the double-bass is a costant for the entire duration of the album. The musical style of the album is distingished by aggressive and extremely fast riffs, prominent and outstanding dual guitar harmonies and pressing yet catchy and breathtaking vocals that mantain the pace extremely fast throughout the entire album, with the sole exception of the final ballad "Trail of Broken Hearts". This album shows an increased keyboard presence compared to its two predecessors (although the soloing is less prominent than in "Sonic Firestorm"), some screamed backing vocals and an even higher level of virtuosities by the guitar duo Herman Li/ Sam Totman, that provides an incredible amount of solos and shredding. The album went gold in the UK and in the USA and topped the US Hit charts, becoming the first power metal album to achieve such status in the US. The album was propelled by succesful single "Through the Fire and Flames", a song included in the popular video game "Guitar Hero III". Cosmic Power of the Infinite Shred MachineĮxtreme Power Metal is set for release on September 27th via earMUSIC.įor more information on DRAGONFORCE like their official page on Facebook.Inhuman Rampage is the third album by English power metallers DragonForce. Watch the official music video for Highway To Oblivion here:Īlso, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:Ģ. Every fan will be so happy to hear his majestic playing!”Īlongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first single from the upcoming album titled Highway To Oblivion. We are so happy with what he has brought into this new album. Speaking about working with Janssen, guitarist Sam Totman says, “we worked really closely with Coen on this new album. We are so excited for fans to hear it!” Following the departure of Vadim Pruzhanov from the band last year, the keyboards of this new album was performed by Coen Janssen of symphonic metal titan EPICA.
Regarding the new album, Li says, “this album again combines the best of DRAGONFORCE in an even bigger, more epic way than we have ever done before. Produced in Los Angeles, California by Damien Rainaud at Mix Unlimited, Extreme Power Metal was also recorded, in part, on guitarist Herman Li‘s livestream channel on Twitch with participation from the fans.
Titled Extreme Power Metal, the upcoming effort is the band’s eighth full-length album and is scheduled to be released in September this year.
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