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* AerithAndBob: A result of being a MultinationalTeam; the overall lineup consists of Herman, Sam, Frédéric, Marc, and Gee.

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* AerithAndBob: A result of being a MultinationalTeam; the overall lineup consists of Herman, Sam, Frédéric, Frédéric/Alicia (current touring bassist), Marc, and Gee.Gee (short for Luigi).
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* MultinationalTeam: Every member of the band comes from a different country: Herman from Hong Kong, Sam from New Zealand, Vadim from Ukraine, Frédéric from France, Marc from England, and Gee from Italy. However, they identify themselves as "[=DragonForce=] from London, England".

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* MultinationalTeam: Every member of the band comes from a different country: Herman from Hong Kong, Sam from New Zealand, Vadim from Ukraine, Frédéric from France, Marc from England, and Gee from Italy.Italy, while ZP was from South Africa. However, they identify themselves as "[=DragonForce=] from London, England".
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** Since the last one is a phrase, it also doubles as RecycledLyrics.
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** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Damien

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** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: DamienAlicia
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* Alicia Virgil - bass (2019-present)

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* Alicia Virgil - bass (2019-present)
(2020-present)
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* Damien Rainaud - bass (2019-present)

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* Damien Rainaud Alicia Virgil - bass (2019-present)
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** They made fun of this in "Razorblade Meltdown" when the chorus has purely gratuitous Finnish swearing that has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the lyrics.
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I think Remembrance Day qualifies as Extreme Power Metal's power ballad, although The Last Dragonborn probably counts too but it doesn't quite fit the bill like Remembrance Day does


* PowerBallad: [[OnceAnEpisode One per album]] - "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Starfire", "Dawn over a New World", "A Flame for Freedom", and "Silence". Subverted on ''The Power Within'', wherein it doesn't have a full power ballad, but instead the first portions of "Wings of Liberty" and "Last Man Stands" are power ballads. Maximum Overload has the Power Ballad "You're Not Alone" as a bonus track.

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* PowerBallad: [[OnceAnEpisode One per album]] - "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Starfire", "Dawn over a New World", "A Flame for Freedom", "Silence", and "Silence"."Remembrance Day". Subverted on ''The Power Within'', wherein it doesn't have a full power ballad, but instead the first portions of "Wings of Liberty" and "Last Man Stands" are power ballads. Maximum Overload has the Power Ballad "You're Not Alone" as a bonus track.
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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth - completely averted.

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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth - completely averted.averted, even power ballads like ''Silence'' have at least 10 chord changes.
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** ''Extreme Power Metal'' includes songs inspired by ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsV Skyrim]]'' ("The Last Dragonborn") and ''[[Literature/StarshipTroopers Starship]]'' ''[[Film/StarshipTroopers Troopers]]'' ("Troopers of the Stars").
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Several other songs fall into this with their music videos, namely Operation Ground and Pound, Heroes of Our Time, The Last Journey Home, Midnight Madness, and Highway to Oblivion.

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** Several other songs fall into this with their music videos, namely Operation Ground and Pound, Heroes of Our Time, The Last Journey Home, Midnight Madness, and Highway to Oblivion.

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Several other songs fall into this with their music videos, namely Operation Ground and Pound, Heroes of Our Time, The Last Journey Home, Midnight Madness, and Highway to Oblivion.



* PowerBallad: [[OnceAnEpisode One per album]] - "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Starfire", "Dawn over a New World", "A Flame for Freedom", and "Silence". Subverted on ''The Power Within'', wherein it doesn't have a full power ballad, but instead the first portions of "Wings of Liberty" and "Last Man Stands" are power ballads.

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* PowerBallad: [[OnceAnEpisode One per album]] - "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Starfire", "Dawn over a New World", "A Flame for Freedom", and "Silence". Subverted on ''The Power Within'', wherein it doesn't have a full power ballad, but instead the first portions of "Wings of Liberty" and "Last Man Stands" are power ballads. Maximum Overload has the Power Ballad "You're Not Alone" as a bonus track.


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** Heart Demolition can be interpreted as either a song about a man whose marriage went awry due to his addiction to electronics, or a song about an abusive relationship.
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** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Steve

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** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Steve Damien
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** Also, their cover of "My Heart Will Go On" is in the style of 8-bit music for the first half-minute or so.

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* Steve Terreberry - bass (2019-present)

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* Steve Terreberry Damien Rainaud - bass (2019-present)


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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as he ended up not touring with them, with Damien Rainaud (Once Human) playing as touring bassist instead.
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* CoverVersion: Of, wait for it... "Ring Of Fire" by Music/JohnnyCash. Sounds exactly how you'd expect it to.

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* CoverVersion: Of, wait for it... "Ring Of Fire" by Music/JohnnyCash. Sounds exactly how you'd expect it to. Also... "My Heart Will Go On" by Music/CelineDion. Talk about a ''[[{{Film/Titanic1997}} Titanic]]'' tribute.
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* CarSong: Highway to Oblivion has shades of this.
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*AnimatedMusicVideo: The video for Razorblade Meltdown.

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* Retraux: Dabbled with in "Highway to Oblivion" and used full-force in "Heart Demolition".

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* Retraux: {{Retraux}}: Dabbled with in "Highway to Oblivion" and used full-force in "Heart Demolition".



** "The Glorious Rainobow" is a reference to "Glorious Rainbow", which was a working (but dropped) title for a highly anticipated song from the same album.

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** "The Glorious Rainobow" Rainbow" is a reference to "Glorious Rainbow", which was a working (but dropped) title for a highly anticipated song from the same album.


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** A profanity-laden Sam barges in Herman's {{Website/Twitch}} stream.

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** To the point where someone compiled most of the utterences of Fire et al [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqH1kMG5P0Q into one epic song!]]



** To the point where someone compiled most of the utterences of Fire et al [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqH1kMG5P0Q into one epic song!]]
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* AscendedMeme: Steve Terreberry went from being the mythical "triangle player" for the band, to filling out for the departing Fred as bassist on the North American leg of the ''Extreme Power Metal'' tour.


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* CockFight: All 5 band members fight over a completely stoic woman in "Razorblade Meltdown", with Steve Terreberry and Coen Janssen taking shots as well.


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* KillEmAll: With the exception of Stevie T and Coen, everyone (including the woman) ends up in a bloody pile at the bottom of a cliff in "Razorblade Meltdown". It's [[PlayedForLaughs played for laughs]].


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* Retraux: Dabbled with in "Highway to Oblivion" and used full-force in "Heart Demolition".
* ShoutOut: "Razorblade Meltdown" has a large number of band in-jokes.
** "The Glorious Rainobow" is a reference to "Glorious Rainbow", which was a working (but dropped) title for a highly anticipated song from the same album.
** Gee suffocates from a slice of pizza with ham and [[HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient pineapple]].
** Steve Terreberry (aka. "Stevie T") cameos with his triangle, an oft-joked addition to the band's lineup.
* TronLines: Used for the vehicles and roads in "Highway to Oblivion".
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* LeadBassist: Frédéric Leclercq is an unusual case, he is type 3, but not as in that he’s the face of the band, but because he writes most of the songs.

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* LeadBassist: Frédéric Leclercq is was an unusual case, he is was type 3, but not as in that he’s he was the face of the band, but because he writes wrote most of the songs.
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Gee was seen doing backing vocals.


* Gee Anzalone - drums (2014-present)

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* Gee Anzalone - drums drums, backing vocals (2014-present)



** TheHeart: Steve

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** TheHeart: [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Steve

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* CreativeDifferences: The band stated that ZP leaving "is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion".



* PromotedFanboy: Marc Hudson, who won the contest to replace ZP Theart after he left the band.



* ShortRunInPeru: The group's albums are typically released in Japan a full week before the rest of the world gets them.



*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywxm6zLEjFY#t=3m30s Link]], about 3 minutes and 30 seconds in.

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*** ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywxm6zLEjFY#t=3m30s Link]], about 3 minutes and 30 seconds in.
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* Steve Terryberry - bass (2019-present)

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* Steve Terryberry Terreberry - bass (2019-present)

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* Frédéric Leclercq - bass, backing vocals (2006-present)




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* Steve Terryberry - bass (2019-present)



* Frederic Leclecrq - bass, backing vocals (2006-2019)



!Through The Tropes And Flames:

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** TheLancer: Frédéric

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** TheLancer: FrédéricMarc



** TheHeart: Marc

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** TheHeart: MarcSteve
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!Dragonforce provides examples of the following tropes:

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!Dragonforce provides examples of the following tropes:
!Through The Tropes And Flames:
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* ''Extreme Power Metal'' (2019)
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* AerithAndBob: A result of being a MultinationalTeam; the overall lineup consists of Marc, Frédéric, Herman, Vadim, Sam, and Gee.

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* AerithAndBob: A result of being a MultinationalTeam; the overall lineup consists of Marc, Herman, Sam, Frédéric, Herman, Vadim, Sam, Marc, and Gee.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Herman Li is 42 and Frédéric Leclercq is 40, looking at them, you wouldn’t think they’re a day past 30.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Herman Li is 42 and Frédéric Leclercq is 40, looking at them, you wouldn’t would not think they’re they are a day past 30.

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Vadim is no longer in the band.


* Vadim Pruzhanov - keyboards, keytar, synthesizers, {{Theremin}}, backing vocals (2001-present)



* Vadim Pruzhanov - keyboards, keytar, synthesizers, {{Theremin}}, backing vocals (2001-2018)



** TheSmartGuy: Vadim
** TheBigGuy: Herman

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** TheSmartGuy: Vadim
Herman
** TheBigGuy: HermanGee



** SixthRanger: Gee

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