Plus, it all ends up sounding so catchy anyway, and you know it.Īs for the guitar gimmick, it’s exactly what it is: a gimmick. So, while the lyrics are a bit cheesy at times, it’s not a criticism unique to DragonForce. It’s just part of the genre, like lyrics about blood and guts in death metal (and those can be silly, too).
But you know who else has silly, glory inspired lyrics? Every power metal band ever. Now, regarding lyrics, I won’t tell you that DragonForce deserve an award for writing about profound subject manner and that it does sound rather silly to sing about things that are “so far away” after a while. The criticism is targeted at, well, basically this whole structure, especially the guitar playing.
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Much of DragonForce’s music is built upon Dave Mackintosh beating the living crap out the drums with vocalist Marc Hudson (formerly ZP Theart back in 2006) singing about glory and battle for an extended period of time while Herman Li and Sam Totman put on a series of guitar pyrotechnics that occasionally sound like an NES on crack. So, does DragonForce deserve such scrutiny? Well, I wouldn’t be writing this if the answer were “yes”, so let’s have at it. Bet you haven’t heard that name in a while, eh? It’s true that the popularity surrounding the band has dwindled a little bit in a post- Guitar Hero world, but there was a time when people who weren’t even into metal were yelling along to “Through the Fire and Flames.” Of course, there were many metalheads not so into the band for various reasons, but there are two big ones that come to mind: that the band’s music is cheesy and gimmicky and that the band can’t actually play the songs live. I, of course, speak of none other than DragonForce. I thought it might be fun to take a stab at defending a band that was launched into popularity with lightning fast guitar virtuosity, video game inspired sounds, and the most arguably ridiculous power metal lyrics ever.
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