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Warp Speed Warriors |
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DragonForce are a power
metal band from the UK formed in 1999, releasing nine studio albums across
the bands twenty five year career to date. The band have made extreme power
come speed
metal their signature sound, with every album displaying super fast guitar
work and galloping rhythms - 2019's 'Extreme
Power Metal', a perfectly titled album to sum up the bands
phenomenally fast style. And since then, there's been a whole host
of album releases to lay claim to DragonForce's "kings of extreme speed
metal" crown...albums such as 'Emperor
Rising' (Krilloan),
'Under
The Veil Of Madness' (Ascension),
'The
Identity Of Discord' (NACARBIDE),
'Infinity's
Wings' (Skyblazer),
'Intergalactic
Battle Tunes' (Sculforge),
and 'Mosaic'
(Theocracy)
- each and every one of these releases coming close to dethroning DragonForce... |
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...close - but close
ain't good enough! With the release of the bands ninth album 'Warp Speed
Warriors' (emerging in 2024), DragonForce are back to reassert themselves as
the undisputed and undeniable "kings of extreme speed metal". And across
forty seven blistering minutes and nine songs, the band have no trouble in
reassuring their vast fanbase that the crown remains firmly and
squarely on the head of the British metallers - 'Astro Warrior Anthem'
launching the album skyward at an incredible rate of knots! DragonForce are
back, and making an immediate impact of the most emphatic nature, 'Astro
Warrior Anthem' travelling faster than the speed of fucking light to rock
the head back and forth of every single listener on the planet! And maybe, a
few listeners off the planet too, for the bands music is simply out of this
world! |
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So how do you follow
such a superb opening gambit? With another superb offering that's how -
DragonForce keeping the pedal pressed firmly to the metal with the out and
out power metaller 'Power Of The Triforce'. The energy level here is off the
fucking charts, the band roaring louder than the roar of someone stepping on
a Lego brick barefoot! And that's a loud roar believe me, I've been there
many times when my children were younger, the little so and so's forever
leaving their toys lying around! And without breaking their stride,
DragonForce trot on with the mid tempo anthemic 'Kingdom Of Steel', a much
more elegant nature descending upon the album, the band effortlessly
switching from a high pace to a slower one as if it's the most natural thing
in the world! And for the British metallers I'm sure it is! After all, it's
what they do - and if only we knew it, how DragonForce do it, you can bet,
we'd be doing it as well! Just not as well, for the band are power metal
masters of the highest calibre. |
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And switching back to
blistering speed, 'Burning Heart' scorches the earth with phenomenal
intensity, DragonForce proving once and for all they are the definitive
"kings of extreme speed metal" - the band delivering a sing a long-able
chorus that everyone everywhere is gonna sing, shout and scream at the tops
of their voices! 'Warp Speed Warriors' is simply getting better and better -
and we're only a third of the way through! 'Space Marine Corp' maintains the
albums breathtaking pace, marching forth with a tonne of get up and go, and
a sizzling hot military feel! So much so, that the band include a superb
military cadence here - a military cadence is a "traditional
call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or
marching". Now this is surely gonna go down a fucking storm in a live arena,
so y'all better start practising now... |
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"Up in the morning with
the rising sun
(Up in the morning with the rising sun)
No time to rest 'til we kill all the scum
(No time to rest 'til we kill all the scum)
My atomic blaster is bigger than yours
(His atomic blaster is bigger than yours)
I'll show you mine if you show me yours
(He'll show you his if you show me yours)
If you see us coming better get on your knees
(If you see us coming better get on your knees)
'Cause we are Primaris Space Marines
('Cause we are Primaris Space Marines, hoo-rah)" |
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...got it? Good - on
with 'Warp Speed Warriors' we go, DragonForce hitting the sweet spot with
the stunning 'Doomsday Party', and a smile inducing atmosphere that's simply
outstanding! The energy driving 'Doomsday Party' is incredible, the
bounciness phenomenal, the band putting the likes of
Battle Beast,
Beast In Black and
Metalite very much in the shade with
regards to a pop music, power metal blend. The instrumental 'Prelude To
Darkness', is a sub one minute eerie yet tension fuelled lead in to the
feisty 'The Killer Queen' - and the return of the bands extreme speed metal
leanings! However, the band constantly alter the tempo and pace to keep
listeners on their toes, changing direction across metal territory a fair
few times before 'The Killer Queen' runs its course. |
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And bringing the album
to a close, DragonForce pound the ground hard with the wall shaking,
building crumbling 'Pixel Prison'. Displaying more force than what was
required to power the Large Hadron Collider in Cerne, Switzerland during
2012's "splitting the atom" experiment, 'Pixel Prison' is pure power metal
at its finest, DragonForce rounding off 'Warp Speed Warriors' in fantastic
form - the regular version that is! For there is a limited edition double CD
version of the album featuring bonus songs and a host of special guest
musicians... |
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...the first bonus song
a cover of pop singer Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' (taken from Swift's
'1989' album released in 2014). And what a cover! The original runs for
three minutes and forty seconds - DragonForce's version running almost a
minute quicker! And yes readers, quicker is correct, for 'Wildest Dreams'
(the DragonForce version) isn't shorter, it's just that the British
metallers have stepped heavily on the accelerator to deliver a souped-up
version! |
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Also on the bonus CD,
you'll find alternative versions of three album songs - 'Astro Warrior
Anthem' featuring additional vocals by Matthew K. Heafy (Trivium), and
additional guitar work from guitar sensation Nita Strauss (touring guitarist
for Alice Cooper and Demi Lovata), 'Burning Heart' featuring additional
vocals by Alissa White-Gluz (Arch
Enemy), and 'Doomsday Party' featuring additional vocals by Elize
Ryd (Amaranthe).
And the final song on the bonus CD is an instrumental version of 'Power Of
The Triforce'. |
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Overall, an energy
driven power metal rampage featuring blistering speed, a sky high infectious
level and tonnes of head bang ability. |
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Review by Iron
Mathew Collins |
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Review is also featured at
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Reaching Into Infinity |
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"a superb album of
hard hitting, high velocity speed metal, DragonForce are the "kings of
extreme speed metal" and rightly deserve that title"
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Extreme Power Metal |
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"DragonForce have
delivered an album of power and speed melded with melodic rock that will
excite and exhilarate fans all around the world"
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