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  • Artist: Dragonforce
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: January 10, 2006
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Although they like to call their style "extreme power metal," in actuality Dragonforce is an honest to goodness prog metal band. If you were to mix the lyrics/subject matter of Dio, the guitar work of Yngwie Malmsteen and Iron Maiden (shredding and twin-guitar harmonies, respectively), impeccable double bass thrash metal drumming, and the vocals of Helloween into one high-calorie metallic cocktail, you'd get Dragonforce. Hailing from London (do all prog metal bands come from Europe?), the quintet sticks to the game plan laid out on its first two releases, as evidenced by 2006's Inhuman Rampage. Admittedly, this sort of genre is certainly not for everyone -- some would say it goes beyond parody -- while some of the song titles sound like rejects from a high school battle of the bands contest ("Revolution Deathsquad," "Operation Ground and Pound," etc.). But for those who regard technique over tunefulness, Inhuman Rampage should be a worthy listen. And here's a challenge for budding prog metallists everywhere -- it may be impossible to play your instrument as technically precise as these lads from London do on "Storming the Burning Fields." A fine soundtrack while playing your next level of World of Warcraft. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Through the Fire and Flames (Lyrics) Sam Totman, ZP Theart Dragonforce (7:20)
Revolution Deathsquad (Lyrics) Sam Totman Dragonforce (7:53)
Storming the Burning Fields (Lyrics) Vadim Pruzhanov Dragonforce (5:19)
Operation Ground Pound Sam Totman, ZP Theart Dragonforce (7:44)
Body Breakdown (Lyrics) Herman Li, Sam Totman, Vadim Pruzhanov Dragonforce (6:58)
Cry for Eternity (Lyrics) Sam Totman Dragonforce (8:12)
The Flame of Youth Herman Li Dragonforce (6:41)
Trail of Broken Hearts (Lyrics) Sam Totman, ZP Theart, Vadim Pruzhanov Dragonforce (8:27)

Credits

Herman Li (Engineer), Sam Totman (Mixing), Vadim Pruzhanov (Group Member), Herman Li (Arranger), Herman Li (Guitar), Chie Kimoto (Cover Art), ZP Theart (Vocals (Background)), Karl Groom (Mixing), Sam Totman (Arranger), Vadim Pruzhanov (Mixing), Sam Totman (Guitar), Vadim Pruzhanov (Arranger), Julie Brown (Photography), ZP Theart (Vocals), Karl Groom (Engineer), Vadim Pruzhanov (Piano), Marisa Jacobi (Graphic Design), Sam Totman (Producer), Steve McTaggart (Management), Eberhard Köhler (Mastering), Vadim Pruzhanov (Producer), Herman Li (Producer), Sam Totman (Group Member), Sam Totman (Vocals (Background)), Herman Li (Mixing), Adrian Lambert (Bass), ZP Theart (Group Member), Vadim Pruzhanov (Vocals (Background)), ZP Theart (Arranger), Danielle Bérard (Cover Art), Vadim Pruzhanov (Keyboards), Herman Li (Vocals (Background)), Clive Nolan (Vocals (Background)), Herman Li (Group Member)
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Inhuman Rampage
Studio album by DragonForce
Released January 9, 2006 (2006-01-09)
(See Release history)
Recorded Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, England & LamerLuser Studios, London, England. March – September 2005
Genre Power metal
Length 56:05
62:27 (bonus track)
Label Roadrunner, Noise
Producer Sam Totman, Herman Li, Vadim Pruzhanov
Professional reviews
DragonForce chronology
Sonic Firestorm
(2004)		 Inhuman Rampage
(2006)		 Ultra Beatdown
(2008)
Singles from Inhuman Rampage
  1. "Through the Fire and Flames"
    Released: 3 August, 2006
  2. "Operation Ground and Pound"
    Released: 2006
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Special edition cover

Inhuman Rampage is the third studio album by English power metal band DragonForce, the album was released on 9 January, 2006 and 20 June, 2006 in North America. Assumptions have been made[who?] that Frédéric Leclercq was on this album due to the harsh vocals. It is, in fact, Lindsay Dawson who has been on this album[citation needed], performing the harsh vocals. In America, the album reached number 1 in the Billboards Heatseekers chart; it also reached #103 on the Billboard 200 chart; and its first single "Through the Fire and Flames" has received rock radio and Fuse TV airplay, as well as a place as playable track on the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The album has gone Silver in the UK,[1] has sold over 350,000 units in the US[2] and more than half a million worldwide. A music transcription book was released for the album on 15 September, 2008 by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (ISBN 9781423433484).

Contents

Production

The recording for the album took place at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey and LamerLuser Studios in London between March and September 2005 and during the recording of "Through the Fire and Flames" guitarist Herman Li snapped one of his guitar strings.[3] Despite this, the band decided to keep this recording and left it on the final album version.[3] It was then mixed at Thin Ice Studios by Karl Groom, Sam Totman, Herman Li and Vadim Pruzhanov and engineered by Karl Groom and Herman Li. The mastering was performed by Eberhard Köhler at Powerplay Mastering in Berlin, Germany.

Track listing

# Title Length
1. "Through the Fire and Flames"   7:24
2. "Revolution Deathsquad"   7:53
3. "Storming the Burning Fields"   5:20
4. "Operation Ground and Pound"   7:45
5. "Body Breakdown"   6:59
6. "Cry for Eternity"   8:13
7. "The Flame of Youth"   6:42
8. "Trail of Broken Hearts"   5:57
9. "Lost Souls in Endless Time" (Special Edition Bonus Track) 6:22
62:27

Personnel

Band members

Guest musicians

Technical staff

  • Karl Groom – mixing, engineering
  • Eberhard Köhler – mastering

Graphic designers

  • Chie Kimoto, Daniel Bérard – artwork
  • Marisa Jacobi – graphic design
  • Axel Jusseit – studio photography
  • Julie Brown, Johan Eriksson – live photography

Managerial staff

  • Steve McTaggart – management
  • Josh Kline – agency representation (North America, with the Agency Group USA Ltd.)
  • Peter Dempset – tour management (Podie Ponk Productions, London)
  • Penny Ganz – legal representation (P Ganz & Co. London)
  • Mark Howe – business management (Entertainment Accounting International Ltd.)
  • Ron Zeelens – visa paperwork (RAZco Visa's, New York)

Charts

Album

Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart 70 [4]
Sweden Sverigetopplistan 54 [5]
U.S. Billboard 200 103 [6]
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums 106 [7]
U.S. Top Hard Rock Albums 18 [8]
U.S. Top Heatseekers 1 [6]
U.S. Top Independent Albums 5 [6]

Year-end

Chart Peak
U.S. Top Independent Albums 38 [9]

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[10]		 CAN D.[11] US
[12]		 US
Pop		 US
Main.		 US
Digi S.		 US
DT[13]
2006 "Through the Fire and Flames" 61 50 86 56 34 49 42 US: Gold[14]
"Operation Ground and Pound" — — — — — — —
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue # Notes
Worldwide 9 January, 2006 Enhanced CD Roadrunner RR 8070-2 [15]
Japan 2 January, 2006 Enhanced CD Victor VICP-63220 With bonus track [16]
Argentina 2006 Enhanced CD Icarus Icarus 205 [17]
Worldwide 13 February, 2007 CD & DVD Roadrunner 1686-180042 With bonus track [18]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "The BPI - Certified awards database". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32891. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  2. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Slipknot Edges The Game For No. 1 Spot". Billboard. 3 September, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Herman Li (Flash). DragonForce!. Blender.com Online Video Channel. Event occurs at 2:45-3:02. http://www.blender.com/Dragonforce!/video/599.aspx. Retrieved 2008-01-01. "...at the end of the song we actually break the string. I broke the string and in the album we left it there" 
  4. ^ "Chart Stats - Faith No More". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=11611. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  5. ^ "Discography DragonForce". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  6. ^ a b c "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [albums] - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=510416&model.vnuAlbumId=750893. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  7. ^ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums - Dragonforce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=36+4294122521&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 
  8. ^ "Top Hard Rock Albums - Dragonforce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=36+4293143860#pos25. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 
  9. ^ "Top Independent Albums - Inhuman Rampage". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=450&cfgn=Year-end+Albums&cfn=Top+Independent+Albums&ci=3080721&cdi=9138873&cid=12%2F31%2F2006. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 
  10. ^ "Canadian Hot 100 - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  11. ^ "Hot Canadian Digital Singles - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  12. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [singles] - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=510416&model.vnuAlbumId=750893. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  13. ^ "Hot Digital Tracks - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=37+4294037825&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  14. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  15. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#RR 8070-2)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/880918. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  16. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#VICP-63220)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/880925. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  17. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#Icarus 205)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/1285553. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  18. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#1686-180042)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/1180536. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 

External links

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Herman Li · Sam Totman · ZP Theart · Vadim Pruzhanov · Dave Mackintosh · Frédéric Leclercq
Adrian Lambert · Didier Almouzni · Diccon Harper · Steve Scott · Steve Williams
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"Valley of the Damned" · "Fury of the Storm" · "Through the Fire and Flames" · "Operation Ground and Pound" · "Heroes of Our Time" · "The Last Journey Home" · "Reasons to Live"
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