DRAGONFORCE etc ...Prog or metal ?

[Recky]

yeh, orig. singer was Z.P Theart....they do seem to have died in the arse, shame they had some potential

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Speaking of their singer..he got mad and threw a cup of water on me because I fell asleep while they were on

Only concert that ever made me nod out and I wasn't even tired before they came on.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Is that for real Wolf???

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Yeah, seriously. There was a rail right behind the floor area at a small club I saw them at w/ about 12 chairs set up on the left side of the stage. I was sitting there because I needed surgery on my knee. I usually stand out on the floor.Anyway, they were so sloppy and off ( I'm not saying they are always like that but that night they were BAD ) I couldn't take watching them and I fell asleep only to be rudely awoken by a cup off ice water thrown at me from the stage. My friends said I was snoring loudly

 

[DaKillerWolf]

oops double post

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

ZP was a great singer for that band. The new guy is OK, but ZP was a speed singer that could keep up with the twin speed guitars, and you could usually understand him.

They're just not the same now. Still a good band, but not a great one.

I'd never thought of DF as prog metal, the way of Dream Theater, Circus Maximus or later Fates Warning are.

 

[Johnnycanuck]

Apparently you haven't heard Dragonforce for a while. They have a new vocalist and put a cd in 2012-The Power Within. It is a very good cd along the lines of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian. It deals with warriors in battle themes and good triumphing over evil and a leader saving the masses. As for the myth about embellishing their sound, I have a live cd and it sounds great to me (except for the obsenities).

 

[LG]

^^That's a good recommendation, but as far as live albums go you never know if they "tweaked" it in the studio or left it raw and natural. There have been too many criticisms of them live for me to discount them all.

 

[ANTHEM]

I see elo and asia as more of synth tinged soft rock or pop of it's time. Prog rock and metal imho = yes, rush, queensryche, dream theatre etc...

 

[Vader]

I reckon Dragonforce sucks ...