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You know, it wasn't until yesterday, listening to the newest album (Ultra Beatdown, which sounds more like a G Gundam called attack than an album name) that it finally sunk in as to why I love Dragonforce so much. Yes, they are the epitome of the wankiest of wanky speedmetal. And yes, I am a whore for any sort of insane guitarwork, be it super-emotional (Clapton, Santana) or be it 500BPM I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE EARDRUMS ANY MORE IT IS TIME TO HEADBAAAAANNNNGGGGG (again, Dragonforce). But that is not why.
No, it is because Dragonforce is exactly the kind of band I wanted to have when I was a kid.
Everything just fits so perfectly into place. The batshit insane guitarwank (culminating in what amounts to a roughly five minute super-guitar-solo in every song and the lead guitarists NEEDING those freak double-neck guitars), the lyrics that are little more than an excuse to spout out a glurge of pretty much EVERY fantasy cliche ever, the ability to start one of their fastest, hardest songs to date (E.P.M., which might be even more insane than Through The Fire and the Flames) with goddamn 8-bit chiptune instruments as a leadin...
You know, MC Frontalot might get pissed that I'm steppin' on his territory?
But we've got a meshing of two geek-boner genres here.
Ladies and gentlemen, I love Dragonforce so much because they are the world's first example of nerdcore metal.
No, it is because Dragonforce is exactly the kind of band I wanted to have when I was a kid.
Everything just fits so perfectly into place. The batshit insane guitarwank (culminating in what amounts to a roughly five minute super-guitar-solo in every song and the lead guitarists NEEDING those freak double-neck guitars), the lyrics that are little more than an excuse to spout out a glurge of pretty much EVERY fantasy cliche ever, the ability to start one of their fastest, hardest songs to date (E.P.M., which might be even more insane than Through The Fire and the Flames) with goddamn 8-bit chiptune instruments as a leadin...
You know, MC Frontalot might get pissed that I'm steppin' on his territory?
But we've got a meshing of two geek-boner genres here.
Ladies and gentlemen, I love Dragonforce so much because they are the world's first example of nerdcore metal.
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