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[[File:df_77.jpg|frame|[[Memetic Mutation|The hardest metal known]] to man.]]
|"Heart of a Dragon"}}
{{quote|"PAIN! DRAGONS! RAMPAGING! FIRE! MORE DRAGONS! FLYING! SUFFERING! [[The Runt At the End|ONE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED DRAGON THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND!]]"
▲{{quote|''Proud and so glorious''<br />
|Rexisfed, on a ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' forum}}
▲''Standing before of us''<br />
▲''Our swords will shine bright in the sky''<br />
▲''When united we come''<br />
▲''To the land of the sun''<br />
▲''With the heart of a dragon we ride''|"Heart of a Dragon"}}
▲{{quote|"PAIN! DRAGONS! RAMPAGING! FIRE! MORE DRAGONS! FLYING! SUFFERING! [[The Runt At the End|ONE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED DRAGON THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND!]]"|Rexisfed, on a ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' forum}}
▲''DragonForce'' ([[We Will Use Wiki Words in the Future|sic]]) are a British band famed for their epic fantasy lyrics and energetic, over-the-top style of extreme power metal. On the other hand, they're also quite widely hated for having songs with similar structure and writing, [[No True Scotsman|and being perceived by some as stereotyping PowerMetal as nothing more than super fast guitars, double bass drums and high pitched vocals about dragons]], as well as various false accusations that they digitally speed up their playing and the occasional [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]. They're best known for [[That One Boss|their appearance]] in ''[[Guitar Hero]] 3''.
In March 2010, the group [[Creative Differences|parted ways]] with singer ZP Theart. The group announced an open audition via [[YouTube]] for his replacement, and after screening thousands of applicants, selected in March 2011 native Englishman Marc Hudson as his replacement. The group's first album with Hudson was released in early 2012.
In 2014, members Sam Totman and Herman Li collaborated with Japanese "Kawaii Metal" group [[BABYMETAL]] on the latter's song "Road of Resistance"; the next year BABYMETAL appeared with DragonForce at the Download Festival in England.
** ''Valley of the Damned'' (2000/2003)▼
Not to be confused with the video game ''[[Dragon Force (video game)|Dragon Force]]''.
** ''Sonic Firestorm'' (2004)▼
** ''Inhuman Rampage'' (2006)▼
** ''Ultra Beatdown'' (2008)▼
** ''Twilight Dementia'' (live album) (2010)▼
** ''The Power Within'' (2012)▼
▲* The group's current lineup consists of:
▲** Marc Hudson, of Oxford, England, on vocals.
▲** Frédéric Leclercq, French-born. Plays bass and provides harsh backing vocals.
▲** Herman "Shred" Li, guitar, born in Hong Kong. Often performs his solos [[Dramatic Wind|standing directly in front of a giant fan.]]
▲** Dave "Compact Dynamo" Mackintosh, of Glasgow, Scotland, on drums.
▲** Vadim Pruzhanov, of the Ukraine. Plays keyboards and various electronics, including a [[Theremin]], turntable, and Kaoss Pad.
▲** Sam Totman, guitarist and principal songwriter, born in England but raised in New Zealand.
Not to be confused with the [[Sega Saturn]] game ''[[Dragon Force (video game)|Dragon Force]]'', although said game was the inspiration for their name - they're [[One of Us|self-confessed video game geeks]] (hence video game-like sound effects in their songs).▼
▲* Former members include:
▲** ZP Theart, lead vocals, born in South Africa. [[Mr. Fanservice|Extremely charismatic]]. Note that "ZP" are not initials, but rather ''[[Awesome McCoolname|his actual first name]]''. After his departure from Dragonforce, he formed his own band, ''I AM I''.
▲** Adrian Lambert, bassist, from England.
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▲Not to be confused with the [[Sega Saturn]] game ''[[Dragon Force]]'', although said game was the inspiration for their name - they're [[One of Us|self-confessed video game geeks]] (hence video game-like sound effects in their songs).
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* [[Arc Words]]: 'Fire', 'Sword' and '[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9lPZSkuDE So far away]' are popular enough to inspire [[Drinking Game|drinking games]].
* [[Audience Participation Song]]: The chorus of "Heart of a Dragon", as quoted above, is a sing-along. Also, ZP usually <s>has</s> had the crowd sing along to part of "Through the Fire and Flames".
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* [[Captain Obvious]]: "Our swords are made of steel" from "Cry Of The Brave". Yeah, that's usually what swords are made of...
* [[Cluster Bleep Bomb]]: During one of the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xS-DfETmykA#t=347s Making of The Power Within]" videos, Frederic delivers a profanity-laden rant in French after repeatedly failing at one particular section of a song.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The new{{when}} live album ''Twilight Dementia'' has a surprising amount of cursing in between the songs; it's especially surprising since their actual songs never use any language harsher than "damn", "hell", and "whore".
* [[Creative Differences]]: The band stated that ZP leaving "is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion".
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "Through the Fire and Flames", anyone?
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** And "Strike of the Ninja" isn't even a DragonForce song. It's originally from Sam's joke band side project, Shadow Warriors.
** They've stepped away from this a bit for ''The Power Within'', averaging about 5 minutes per song and reset their record for shortest song with ''Fallen World'', which is only 4:07.
* [[Funny Moment]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywxm6zLEjFY#t=3m30s ZP just drinks coffee in front of a green screen during a guitar solo.]
* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_6BJ30Ztbs During a show in Finland.] the band had Marc read out a list of what were allegedly helpful and useful phrases in Finnish. They were actually swear words and things like "I'm gay", "I like men", or "[[Teeny Weenie|I have a small penis.]]"
** And in Montreal, Quebec they had him [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_SysskWzFc do the same in Québécois French.]
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* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: There's a surprising amount of darkness and death hidden underneath all the upbeat, uplifting music - though usually offset by some [[Determinator]]-esque lines commonly apparent in their songs.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNcX4dFvcHs&feature=related "Once In A Lifetime"] sounds pretty uplifting, and the chorus is pretty encouraging. The verses, however...
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''Truth is that we all die in vain.'' }}
** "Once In A Lifetime" also includes the line "Violent fury of firestorming death".
** Also extremely obvious in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA7uEh2jYe4 "Black Winter Night"]. While it is slightly less uplifting than many other Dragonforce songs, it is still a fairly happy-sounding song, which heavily conflicts with its lyrics:
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''As we raise our hands to the sky''
''No more dreams''
''As the rivers run dry...'' }}
** And later in the song:
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''Dying of sorrow...'' }}
* [[Mad Lib Metal Lyrics]]: They really take this [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Manly Tears]]: DragonForce's songs use the words 'tears' and 'cry' within their lyrics frequently, but this has more to do with the fantastical, over-the-top and epic settings and situations they sing about than trying to pull [[Tear Jerker|Tear Jerkers]] from their audience.
* [[Multinational Team]]: Every member of the band comes from a different country, though they identify themselves as "Dragonforce from London England".
* [[One of Us]]:
* [[Pachelbel's Canon Progression]]: The chorus and instrumental parts of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlkVK0ZVkkw "Valley of the Damned"].
* [[Power Ballad]]: [[Once an Episode|One per album]] - "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Starfire", "Dawn over a New World", and "A Flame for Freedom". Subverted in their most recent album, 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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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: <s>Virtually</s> '''''Anything''''' can be made [[Theme Music Power-Up|more epic]] with the addition of a DragonForce song.
* [[The X of Y]]: Used in some of their song titles: "Fury of the Storm", "Soldiers of the Wasteland", "Valley of the Damned", "The Flame of Youth", "Trail of Broken Hearts", "Scars of Yesterday", etc.
* [[BFG]]: The [[Artificial Human|lady cyborg]] with [[Absolute Cleavage]] on the cover of ''Ultra Beatdown'' is holding one.{{context}} <!-- By BFG, do you mean "Big Freakin' Guitar", "Big Freakin' Gun", or one of the other meanings of this TLA? -->
* [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]]
* [[Desolation Shot]]
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