DragonForce

[nikosuave]

They have a few enjoyable songs. But it is not my favorite progressive metal band, and by far not my favorite band.
With regards to studio editing, it does take away something from the experience knowing it's fake, but that doesn't make the music itself sound any worse.

 

[nikosuave]

"90% of bands copy and paste what's popular. DragonForce on the other hand marches to the beat of their own drum, there's no other band like them."

They copy paste their OWN music. No, they don't sound the same, but they are very, you know, "SIMILAR" at least in the same progression, same harmonies, similar intros, etc, etc, etc.

And it seems you have never listened to any other power metal band, in which case I recommend for you Rhapsody and Nightwish just to get you started.

If you like Dragonforce, you'll probably love them. Dragonforce isn't bad, just if it ever starts getting tedious to you, try these guys.

Can I add Kamelot and Within Temptation to the list?
Also aren't they called Rhapsody of Fire these days?

 

[Arsen]

They ripped off so many other bands before them, didn't even do it right, and never payed their dues as a band.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

Do their lyrics actually mean anything? Is there any point to them even having a singer?

Anyway, I generally dislike them for being fake and impossible to listen to. Although I find most power metal bands of that ilk pretty unpleasant, and nowhere near as relevant as, say Pantera or Down.

Yes, Phil Anselmo rules.

 

[RandomGinger]

dragonforce.. are ok. there good for what they are but i'm listening to Killswitch Engage while I write this, you know why.. Their Better.

 

[SmartIdiot]

I have to admit I'm not a big DragonForce fan but they are incredibly talented. I saw them at Download 2007 and I was just amazed they were able to pull off their lightning speed solos note-for-note perfectly on the stage. Plus they were quite animated.

They play too fast with no style or substance.
The vocalist annoys me.
They suck out of studio, seriously.
I generally dislike their music, but each to their own I guess..

If you think they suck out of studio your probably watching old videos of live performances. They were always drunk at their older performances. Watch anything after the release of Ultra Beatdown, they've really cleaned up their act.

I'm not exactly certain when that came out but this is a good example of what I'm on about:

Spoiler: Worst live performance by a band, ever.

That's just...ouch. The guitars are a mess.

That isn't the greatest example...

 

[dnnydllr]

Dream Theater is way better, at least they can play their music.

Exactly. DT Plays with 100 times the passion that DF plays with and JP is 10 times the guitarist that Li AND Totman are. Not to mention Portnoy can actually play his drum beats and Labrie can keep his pitch the same live as he can on the albums. Dream Theater FTW!

How the hell could you say that without comparing John Myung to whoever the hell DF's bassist is, AND Dream Theater's keyboardist knocks whoever the hell that other guy is out of the water! I said hell too much in that sentence, you'll have to excuse me.....

My Mistake. I figured I didnt need to explain that since everyone should know Myung is better than the no-name DF bassist and Jordan Rudess is on the Keyboardist Mount Rushmore with Kieth Emerson(ELP), Rick Wakeman(Yes), and Rick Wright (Pink Floyd). Didnt think they needed mentioning.

They didn't really...I just wanted some icing on the cake of smacking DF across the face......

 

[Valiance]

"90% of bands copy and paste what's popular. DragonForce on the other hand marches to the beat of their own drum, there's no other band like them."

They copy paste their OWN music. No, they don't sound the same, but they are very, you know, "SIMILAR" at least in the same progression, same harmonies, similar intros, etc, etc, etc.

And it seems you have never listened to any other power metal band, in which case I recommend for you Rhapsody and Nightwish just to get you started.

If you like Dragonforce, you'll probably love them. Dragonforce isn't bad, just if it ever starts getting tedious to you, try these guys.

Can I add Kamelot and Within Temptation to the list?
Also aren't they called Rhapsody of Fire these days?

Yes, yes, and yes, just thought he might have already maybe heard of them as Rhapsody before.
I'd also like to add Freedom Call to the list, come to think of it.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

They are horrible live. And they seem to think that just throwing random guitar solos together makes for a good song. Sure he can play the guitar, but so can Kirk Hammet.

 

[Xbowhyena]

Every band has there specialty, for Dragonforce it's their lead guitar. Don't say you think they suck, you just don't like their music.

Aye, I don't like their music, which leads me to believe they suck. XD

I don't like a lot of bands, but I don't think they suck. Well, I do think mainstream rap sucks because it is the definition of shit.