This was the first DragonForce album that I ever purchased. It's pretty sweet . They are such a unique band, the combination of fast Power Metal and Arcade Music .....in my view that is just pure genious!

......though I must confess, I do preferre their latest album, "Inhuman Rampage"

I definitly wouldnt give it an 8.5. theres 1 or 2 good tracks on the album but the rest are just filler tracks that sound like they were thrown together with random notes played as fast as possible. id give this album a 7

lol am i the only one that ever noticed their true sound? their songs all sound the same. all songs hardly differ from one another. maybe some few little changes here and there but that's it. the awful stench of repulsive unoriginality.

i agree with both of you guys, i had high expectations when i bought this album but as a whole it sucked. sure 1 or 2 songs are pretty good in a power cheesey way, but the rest sound like like they put them in just to make an album rather than an EP.

Oh someone correct me if im wrong, but iv heard that they speed up their guitars when they are recorded so that they are faster than they normally would be : /

Yes, right, their song songs the same...I perfer Inhuman Rampage

Valley of the Damned with a better production, thats it. And Inhuman Rampage is just like valley of the damned with a better production and better drums xD

This band is nice the first time you hear it, but after you heard the first or second album there is no need in listening to the other ones, because they all sound pretty much the same (and thats coming from a power metalhead who is used the casual repetitiveness of PM)

This album is certainly kickass. It's very very very fast, probably the fastest melodic band I've heard, and spite they're not so original with the lyrics, they'rea pretty cool band, very uplifting. Listening to DragonForce is like standing under a ray of sunlight in teh middle of a storm.

What a damn good album. Almost as amazing as Inhuman Rampage. First time listening to this was a real kick in the nuts. The musicianship on here is at Dragonforce's best. Wow- the only word to describe this album.

Written by Doc G. on 27.11.2006 at 02:45

I definitly wouldnt give it an 8.5. theres 1 or 2 good tracks on the album but the rest are just filler tracks that sound like they were thrown together with random notes played as fast as possible. id give this album a 7

Sounds like you and me can think the same sometimes jeje

this is one of the best albums ever imo

the first two songs and the 5th. that's all.

This album is one of the best ever. IR isn't but still good.
Inhuman Rampage has OGaP, TTFAF and some more.
SF has all.

5/10.

Extremely unoriginal album from an extremely unoriginal band. It gets terribly boring after 3 songs.

My favourite song from the album is the Japanese Bonus Track - Cry of the Brave and I would recommend this album, although Valley Of The Damned is my favourite.

"DragonForce is one of little crowd Power Metal bands that are really accepted around our Metal society"

Oh how times have changed lol. I really like this album though and SOTW remains my favorite song of theirs.

Written by imspazzen on 14.06.2011 at 17:52

"DragonForce is one of little crowd Power Metal bands that are really accepted around our Metal society"

Oh how times have changed lol. I really like this album though and SOTW remains my favorite song of theirs.

That's exactly what I though as well.^^
DF may not be the best band out there and are certainly far from original (just take a look at the lyrics, lol), but they are still much better than people make them out to be. I think part of that hate, if you will, comes from the fact that people don't like new bands arising and gaining main stream attention to a certain extent, when bands that have been around for much longer and that play arguably better crafted music, don't. DragonForce is just plain fun to listen to.