Line #32 YMMV/Dragonforce


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2	** "The Edge of the World". Starts with melancholy tones and lyrics, then cranks it up with more of the slower kind of heroic vigor than how Dragon Force usually plays their big climactic songs, like a wounded hero refusing to be driven into the ground. Then it dives into the most nightmarish part of the song, with harsh voices and lyrics, damning humanity and speaking of doom. Then the solo shifts the song's gears once more, turning it back to the heroic tone from earlier in the song, the sound more determined than ever just before the chorus comes back. Then, rather somberly, victory is declared, exhausted, wounded, but achieved. The band ditched its usual over-the-top speed for a slower burn and still managed to be invigorating in a way no other of their songs have been.
3	** For a song that doesn't ditch the over-the-top speed ''and'' is still also awesome, look no further than "EPM" from ''Ultra Beatdown''. It's starts with an 8-bit rift of the song, and then explodes onto your ears. It doesn't do much innovative as far as style goes, but it is easily one of the exemplars, from its voicework, solo and overall sound. It is also a bonus track on the [[NoExportForYou Japanese release]], and, by extension, ZP's last listed song with the band. And it's is a fitting swansong not just for the singer, but for the style that the band would rein in more for every album since.
4	** "Last Journey Home", "Cry Thunder", "Three Hammers" and "The Last Dragonborn" stand out, taking more of a slower, more march-like tempo (like Kamelot's March of Mephisto), while still keeping an upbeat tone. These are less Mid-Dyanasty-Warriors-Fight and more the preparation montage ''before'' the big fight.
5	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
6	** Marc replacing ZP, despite the fact that his voice isn't actually bad at all on its own merits.
7	** Frederic Leclercq. TheAce who helped expand and mature their sound and broke them out of the meme band trap that they otherwise would have been stuck in, or a talented musician who was nonetheless a bad fit for the band and made them into something that they weren't suited to be?
8	* CoveredUp: "Strike of the Ninja", on ''Ultra Beatdown'', is a cover of a song originally recorded in 2000 by Shadow Warriors, a Theart/Totman gag band (heavy metal ninjas).
9	* DrinkingGame: Pick one of the following and take a drink every time it appears in a song: glory, fire, starlight, dawn, tears, fury, evil, pain or forever (more). Pick more than one if you're feeling brave.
10	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Like many PowerMetal bands, [=DragonForce=] is big in Japan.
11	* HilariousInHindsight: Sometime after ''Inhuman Rampage'' was released, somebody made a video for [=DragonForce=]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQSGVGTepSg Greatest Hits]] album as a joke. Come 2016, a real GreatestHits album was made, named ''Killer Elite''.
12	* ItsPopularNowItSucks:
13	** The band's first three albums received generally positive reviews from the power metal community, and the band was believed to have a bright future. Then, ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' was released and Dragonforce was given a ''huge'' spotlight that boosted both the band and the game's sales. The eventual overexposition burned out many people.
14	** If you only know TTFAF, or found them through Guitar Hero, do ''not'' mention that to a long-time fan.
15	%% (ZCE) * MemeticBadass: Herman Li.
16	* MemeticMutation:
17	** The solo from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7qZxICwgQ "Fury of the Storm"]] is part of [[http://takeshikaga.ytmnd.com/ this]] ancient YTMND meme about [[Series/IronChef Chairman Kaga]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome eating the]] ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome fuck]]'' [[MundaneMadeAwesome out of a bell pepper]].
18	** Music/DragonForce drinking games, which involve choosing a handful of words (''fire'' and ''sword'' are usually among them) and taking a shot every time you hear them over the course of an album.
19	%% (ZCE) * MrFanservice: Herman and/or Marc depending on one's tastes.
20	* NarmCharm: Many of their songs are so over the top that they wrap around to being awesome.
21	-->''Far way in the wastelands of hell full of torment and pain''
22	-->''Demon knights riding over the heights where fallen are slain''
23	-->''Violent fury of firestorming death now no life will prevail''
24	-->''Now you live all your days in the fires of hell''
25	* NightmareFuel: In the song "The Edge of The World", after several minutes of standard Dragonforce music, with [[JumpScare absolutely no warning]] the singer starts using vocals so harsh their basically MelodicDeathMetal. Even the music becomes darker and more brutal than anything else Dragonforce has done.
26	--> Honor, [[GodIsEvil the God of]] [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Enlil]]
27	--> [[HumansAreBastards Silence for the beast is now the prey]]
28	--> Denied a chance for life
29	--> I take back that what is mine
30	--> [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt DIE]]
31	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Their post-Inhuman Rampage albums, ''Ultra Beatdown'', ''The Power Within'', ''Maximum Overload'' and ''Reaching into Infinity'' got them at least partially back in the good graces of the metal community, thanks to slight changes in their style; changing some of their lyrical themes, diversifying their songs, and even slowing down. They've also been proven to be a really good live band.
32	* SelfPlagiarism: A ''lot'' of their early songs seem to sound alike, to the point that some people claim they only have ''one'' song.
33	* SignatureSong: "Through the Fire and Flames", thanks to its ThatOneBoss status in ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''.
34	* SongAssociation: Again, "Through the Fire and Flames" is heavily asssociated as a difficult song in ''Guitar Hero''. Later on, it's also becoming associated with other rhythm games that can have custom tracks.
35	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
36	** "[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Curse of Darkness]]", opens with a riff much like the opening of "Bloody Tears", from ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''; if taken within that context, the lyrics are [[BigBad Dracula]]'s own VillainSong.
37	** The same can be said of "[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]", which is clearly meant to be from the main character {{Alucard}}'s point of view.
38	* ThatOneBoss:
39	** "Through the Fire and Flames", the {{Superboss}} of ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'', is widely considered to be the most difficult song in the series. [[IDontKnowMortalKombat No member of the band has beaten it on "Hard" difficulty.]]
40	** There's also a [=DLC=] pack consisting of three additional [=DragonForce=] songs ("Operation Ground and Pound", "Revolution Deathsquad", and "Heroes of Our Time"), which are sure to elicit all manner of [[ClusterFBomb delighted exclamations]] from determined ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' fans everywhere.
41	** ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Warriors of Rock'' has "Fury of the Storm", which surely induced many more smashed plastic guitars.
42	** ''VideoGame/BeatSaber'''s 6th OST has the incredible "Power of the Saber Blade", a song made for the OST in question, and which has taken the crown of the most difficult level of the game.
43	* SerialEscalation: If you think "Through the Fire and Flames" is bad, add drums, vocals, and bass (if it's even really bass!) in ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Smash Hits''.
44	** When "Operation Ground and Pound" got released on ''VideoGame/RockBand 3'', it was ''harder'' than its original ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' DLC counterpart.
45	** Although "TTFAF" appears on ''VideoGame/{{GITADORA}}'', it uses a 2-minute cut, and the series already has its share of Those Many Bosses so it doesn't particularly stand out as much, other than being "that song that is TOB in ''Guitar Hero''."

Context YMMV / Dragonforce