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* [[Glory Seeker]]
* [[Heavy Mithril]]: Lots of their songs are about sticking it to Satan and assaults on evil temples.
* [[Hot
* [[I Call It Vera]]: Vadim's keytar is named "BATMAM", after an acronym used by the band to describe Sam Totman: Bitter And Twisted Middle Aged Man.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: Despite the name of the band, dragons are rarely mentioned in their songs.
* [[Large Ham]]: ZP Theart. Just listen to them live.
* [[Loudness War]]
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* [[Multinational Team]]: Every member of the band comes from a different country, though they identify themselves as "Dragonforce from London England".
* [[One of Us]]: [[Dragon Force]] is known for having put in video game sounds into their songs, notably [[Pacman]] into Through The Fire And Flames. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYJQ8TzI4t0 Their music video for The Last Journey Home] is particularly blatant in clearly showing [[Video Games]] tropes just for the hell of it.
* [[
* [[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.
* [[Power Metal]]: They like to call themselves "Extreme Power Metal."
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* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Marc Hudson, who won the contest to replace ZP Theart after he left the band.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: [http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/2233/lc4f7f87cdff20762148f09qm1.jpg Herman Li.]
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Even Chuck Norris sheds a manly tear when ''Starfire'' plays, and their themes are about war and heroes and other hypermasculine pursuits.
** Oh crap, someone, catch it and bottle it up! We need the [[Chuck Norris Facts|cure of cancer]]!
* [[Retraux]]: The beginning half-minute or so of the bonus track on ''Ultra Beatdown'', [[Fun With Acronyms|EPM]] ([[Fridge Logic|see the]] [[Power Metal]] [[Fridge Logic|entry above]]), is done in 8-Bit chiptune style.
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** Also, the intro to "Fields of Despair" is actually the Winning Run theme from Super Hang-On.
* [[Short Run in Peru]]: The group's albums are typically released in Japan a full week before the rest of the world gets them.
* [[Shout
** Also of interest, parts (''all'' parts, to some) of some songs very similar to others - if you've heard the chorus of Storming the Burning Fields, then Heroes of Our Time's intro will sound very familiar indeed. Also, the intro to My Spirit Will Go On is the same as Once in a Lifetime, only sped up quite a bit.
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: ZP Theart, normally. Averted in their actual songs though.
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* [[Troperiffic]]
* [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]]: Done rather unashamedly in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-bu1cV95e0#t=4m37s Heart of a Dragon]". Also, "Fury of the Storm".
* [[Wham! Episode]]: It might fly over the heads of anyone not looking for deep messages in a [[Power Metal]] song (i.e. most normal people) , but when you look at the lyrics of ''Scars of Yesterday'', it's pretty clearly about rape.
** That's not all. ''Heartbreak Armageddon'' is about a man spiraling into depression after being divorced, and ''Reasons to Live'' is about a counselor failing to prevent suicide. Wow.
*** All of these songs are from ''Ultra Beatdown'', making it something of a [[Wham! Episode|Wham Album]]
** And from ''The Power Within'', "Give Me the Night" is about drug addiction and "Seasons" is a fairly dark [[Break Up Song]] ([[Earn Your Happy Ending|it has a hopeful ending, though]]).
* [[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.
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