Ultra Beatdown - Dragonforce

Dragonforce -Ultra Beatdown, A Review By Addy On the 26th of this month {August} the new Dragonforce album titled Ultra Beatdown will be available to us here in the U.K. Dragonforce are an extreme Power Metal band hailing from London, England and are mostly renowned for the incredible sporadic, fast, melodic lead guitar work. I have had the honour and privilege to see Dragonforce live in concert and the guitar work defies belief, their fingers and hands are almost a blur. These are often presented as twin-guitar harmonies in a speed metal style. Sadly this description can often lead to the assumption that it is just loud incoherent noise which is not the case. ...  Read the complete review

Over the years I have tried very hard to get in to Dragonforce as they have over the years been the most well known power metal band of the modern era from the UK. They just don't appeal at all though and this album is no different. The 2008 album Ultra Beatdown, the London band's 4th album. The guitar solos despite being lengthy and having a lot of intricate work are a little on the high pitched side for me, combined with the camp and weedy sounding vocals this almost gives off the sound of a trashy European dance band rather than a decent metal outfit. The musicians are undoubtedly talented and come up with some reasonable melodies albeit too high pitched ...  Read the complete review

Dragonforce have long been known for their brilliantly engineered guitar shredding and Iron Maiden-esque vocals. And as perhaps the name suggests, they are full of Dungeons & Dragons inspired lyrics. You may know this band from the Guitar Hero III track "Through the Fire and Flames" (which is ridiculously hard to play!). Ultra Beatdown is another prime example of Dragonforce's talents, with melodic riffs galore and uplifting choruses. I also noticed that the keyboard and synth arrangements in this album are much more prominent than in past releases. Now let me make this clear, Ultra Beatdown is not for the light hearted.. it is really ...  Read the complete review

Dragonforce's 4th studio album to date, released in 2008 1. Heroes Of Our Time - Classic Dragonforce, ridiculously fast riffs, verses and choruses. Followed by an epic 2 1/2 minute dual solo by Totman and Li. Thearts vocals really shine on this song. Great opening. 2. Fire Still Burns - Not the best song on the album, rather mediocre compared to 1. 3. Reasons To Live - Unbelievable opening section, literally all members playing as fast as physically possible. MacIntosh's gallops are more significant thus making the song more flowing. 4. Heartbreak Armageddon - Headline track, although i see no reason why. Didnt like it all. 5. Last Journey Home - ...  Read the complete review