Dragonforce

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
I've seen many live videos of them on youtube and they're pretty good. Not really that sloppy at all. Although they do jump around wildly on stage, so that could cause any sloppiness you're talking about.

No, they were sitting down doing a demonstration for Guitar World and all they did were repeated arpeggios with extra notes hammered in, then sped up.

I can see why it impresses people who don't know better.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Their guitarists are just fast. They did a video for guitar world and they're as sloppy as seconds.

-AC

Here is Dragonforce`s new video for their brillent song Operation Ground And Pound, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywxm6zLEjFY

I liked the video but I hate how they cut out the remaing 2. 44 minutes of it. I hope they realese a uncut video some time soon.

isn't the guitarist always soloing?

Yep even in his sleep

Cool.

What is their best song? I think I might download one to test them out.

I quite like the song "Body Breakdown" off their newest record.

They're a little 1 dimensional, aren't they. Seems like they generally only know one speed and it gets old real fast. They are good at what they do, but I think I need a little more variety to be a big fan.

starfire is the best song.

i new this band would be big. i heard em when they very first came out

I think that Valley Of The Dammed is their best song.

Originally posted by Myth
They're a little 1 dimensional, aren't they. Seems like they generally only know one speed and it gets old real fast. They are good at what they do, but I think I need a little more variety to be a big fan.

Yeah, I tend to agree. 😉

Originally posted by Myth
They're a little 1 dimensional, aren't they. Seems like they generally only know one speed and it gets old real fast. They are good at what they do, but I think I need a little more variety to be a big fan.

Woooh! 27 Oct They Play here in Sweden!!! Some one els going to see them live? 🤘

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
No, they were sitting down doing a demonstration for Guitar World and all they did were repeated arpeggios with extra notes hammered in, then sped up.

I can see why it impresses people who don't know better.

-AC

I saw the very same segment on the Guitar World channel on cable. All they did was demonstrate a solo, more or less. Not really enough to base an opinion pertaining to one's craftsmanship. Personally, my stance on the band has changed since my last post. I caught a couple of videos, downloaded a few more tracks. I can get past the cheese factor, given at 28, I'm of the hair metal era. Herman Li, unquestionably, is a guitar virtuoso, and from every aspect.

I mean, ****. The guy can imitate Pac Man sounds on his guitar.

That's metal.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
I heard about this band around a month ago. I think they're pretty good. I don't listen to them all the time or worship them or anything, but they're decent.

Is it just me, or does their lead singer sound a LOT like Phil Collins?

Nah. He sounds like Journey's frontman to me.

Originally posted by The Core
I saw the very same segment on the Guitar World channel on cable. All they did was demonstrate a solo, more or less. Not really enough to base an opinion pertaining to one's craftsmanship. Personally, my stance on the band has changed since my last post. I caught a couple of videos, downloaded a few more tracks. I can get past the cheese factor, given at 28, I'm of the hair metal era. Herman Li, unquestionably, is a guitar virtuoso, and from every aspect.

I mean, ****. The guy can imitate Pac Man sounds on his guitar.

That's metal.

Herman Li can do all the speedy tricks and Pac Man sounds he wants, it'll never be as good or as "metal" as James Hetfield standing there playing Master of Puppets. Not that it even matters, I just prefer substance over style.

-AC

I tend to think Li's a little more proficient than you're giving him credit. Nobodies tossing him up on a pedestal, just giving credit where credit is due. With that thinking, where does that leave Malmsteen, Satriani, Vai, Frehley, or Van Halen? There's a difference between guys that are bonafide virtuoso's and guys that are straight up guitarists, neither of which claim to be the other.

Van Halen is not only technically out of reach to over 90% of all guitarists, but he's not ALL flash, he just can be flashy. That said, when he performs Eruption, he's impressing people who actually know their shit. I've always said that whilst I respect Satch and Vai, they've never really made music I enjoy, I don't act like they're mad songwriters. As for Malmsteen, I can't stand him.

Herman Li mostly impresses the guys that turn up to the gigs wielding plastic axes, by jumping around and playing really fast. I'm not saying he isn't proficient, I'm saying people give him too much credit. If you think he's good, great, I just think it's a bit too easy to get impressed by guitarists nowadays.

Jimi Hendrix was playing otherworldly shit with his teeth, blowing people like Townshend and Clapton out of the water back when there were maybe a handful of people that were revered on the instrument. Nowadays every teen thinks that their favourite metal band's guitarist is the best in the world. If you scour the lengths of the net, you'll find someone who thinks the guys from Atreyu are the best, or Synyster Gates, or some other random. Infact, going back to Van Halen, he spawned the tapping technique that most of these metal guitarists, including Dragonforce's, impress people with. Just to a lesser degree.

Li even said it himself, that bit he performed for GuitarWorld was just an arpeggio with a few added notes. Yet if he just busted that out, you could be ONE person would think he was a god.

-AC