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| 3.0 good | Lunarfall | September 16th 06 |
This album has clearly shown DragonForce has evolved from Valley of the Damned. The new drummer Dave Mackintosh shows much more proficency in blast beating than Didier has, bringing the "extreme" style of DragonForce to a new level. The band also recruits Adrian Lambert as a bassist, the best one they've ever had to date. The songs on the album are catchier than they were on Valley of the Damned, but there was also some songs that were, well, duds. Fields of Despair is just a plain bad song, and Prepare for War and Cry of the Brave aren't as catchy as the others. Otherwise, this album has had some great strong points. Soldiers of the Wasteland is pretty much an epic song, and is my favorite DragonForce song to date. This is the only song I felt Vadim was going almost all out on. Fury of the Storm has some crazy soloing going on, too. Once again, this is another DragonForce album worth buying.
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| 5.0 classic | ndavino | November 13th 06 |
Ahh, Dragonforce. Need I say more? Sonic Firestorm starts off with a barrage of musicianship and doesnt stop throughout the entire album.
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| 1.5 very poor | TybaltKoala | November 10th 21 |
There's sometimes a glimmer of hope, but it is either broken by the """""singer's""""" voice or just completely shattered into oblivion by the absurd, uselessly over-the-top, guitar solos... Now that's unfortunate...and frustrating....
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| 0.0 | Daneleslie | December 3rd 16 |
The kind of album where you shut off musical expectation and play your favourite RPG.
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| 3.5 great | c0nf1n3d | March 2nd 11 |
Probably their only album I can stand listening to all the way...but I can't deny the talent within this album. I LOVE "Fury of the Storm"...it'll always be one of my favorite songs. Regardless, the style does seem to get boring after a while. Still fun stuff, and great musicianship.
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| 3.5 great | Staker | November 25th 10 |
There are lots of strong tracks on this album waiting to blow the people who don't dismiss them away. Not as varied as Valley or Ultra.
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| 0.0 | Interviewer/surveyer | December 7th 07 |
I've seen Dragonforce twice, and I've heard some of their songs, but never really listened to a whole cd.
The thing about Dragonforce is that they're terribly repetitive, one of the most repetitive bands I've ever heard. So, if you really enjoy the kind of music they make, then you're really going to like them, because they don't change it up a whole lot. The same works the opposite way.
For me, I would see them having the same effect on me as Killswitch Engage, another band that likes to use the same format for almost every song. I would buy their cd, like it a lot at first, but lose interest in it quickly and only listen to it once in a while.
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| 4.0 excellent | mmfan486 | August 2nd 07 |
I bought this album after I had owned Inhuman Rampage for a few months, and somehow I couldn't manage to find this one quite as good. It is still a fantastic record though; they may be fairly criticised for nearly all their songs sounding exactly the same but this is the sort of thing I like to listen to; I love it.
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| 3.0 good | mikem1234 | July 9th 07 |
I used to find this album very entertaining, and, if you ignore factors like diversity, originality, and variety, then it can be very entertaining. Unfortunately, several of the main solos are almost exactly the same. Who wants to hear an album where have the songs are just re-writes (no matter how catchy they are) of superior songs anyway? "My Spirit Will Go On," "Above The Winter Moonlight," and "Soldiers of the Wasteland" are amazing songs but I think that Sonic Firestorm could've been a lot better if they'd taken the time to write more diverse songs to go along with them. After all, it was released just a year after Valley of the Damned.
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| 3.0 good | Piem | February 29th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Divinis | October 27th 23 |
| 3.0 good | tellah | September 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | haxxiy | March 4th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | KManoc1 | November 4th 22 |
| 3.5 great | daolso | June 20th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Jonatas | October 16th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | vale | September 7th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Wj2006 | March 27th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Mitch | March 21st 21 |
| 3.0 good | Harlz | March 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | donzia81 | December 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck07 | November 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | dcube | October 29th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | kodama | October 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nishe | October 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | TAN | September 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | July 9th 19 |
| 3.0 good | vult | June 14th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Rager99 | October 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rosier | February 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | elry2k | December 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Keira | May 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | CIF | May 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Redlar | March 24th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Kronzo | November 18th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DaveD | August 18th 16 |
| 3.0 good | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 3.5 great | CWBrown | February 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | musixxx | December 22nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Froot | November 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ABlake | October 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | gas83 | October 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | swipenet | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gintoki | April 12th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Dizchu | April 12th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | December 17th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | October 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jwar375 | October 6th 14 |
| 3.0 good | ariich | October 4th 14 |
| 3.0 good | daberu | September 29th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Dummit | August 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sabaton | August 5th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | July 27th 14 |
| 3.0 good | ngk44 | April 17th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Wiosna | March 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeg | February 20th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Laymi | February 10th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Pwoper | January 29th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Ringo00 | January 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Digis | January 3rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | December 19th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | tz2002 | January 12th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Escain | January 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Afbg123 | November 17th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Winrar | November 9th 12 |
| 3.5 great | nikonic | September 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Quaid | September 5th 12 |
| 3.5 great | mho | July 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mifzal | May 27th 12 |
| 3.0 good | gribb | May 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Trebor. EMERITUS | May 11th 12 |
| 3.0 good | ANJ45 | March 29th 12 |
| 2.5 average | dre458 | March 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss2 | February 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tegillis | February 22nd 12 |
| 2.5 average | JamieDM | February 14th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Duted | February 9th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Torgo | January 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | DarthDay | November 29th 11 |
| 2.5 average | xevman | October 30th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Duffluc | September 26th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | pcar | September 4th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Splint | August 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | iZac | June 1st 11 |
| 2.5 average | AdamK | May 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | qdgyu | March 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Zaltys | March 24th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Inveigh | January 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Bazzoe | December 23rd 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Aids | December 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Scoot | November 18th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | alexts | November 1st 10 |
| 2.0 poor | geng | October 9th 10 |
| 2.5 average | MO | September 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sadax | September 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Zoso4 | July 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henrald | July 25th 10 |
| 3.5 great | coopj | July 6th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Isoas | July 1st 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Thef | June 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | drewkar | February 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | toto1 | January 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Sle | December 23rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ripped | December 11th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Lanx | December 11th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | taroo | December 9th 09 |
| 3.0 good | FlameZ | October 26th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | VTK | May 20th 09 |
| 2.5 average | SVIIB | February 23rd 09 |
| 2.5 average | arheez | February 6th 09 |
| 3.0 good | KILL | February 2nd 09 |
| 2.5 average | Muikuli | January 16th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Lukas82 | December 25th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | GregBP | December 20th 08 |
| 2.5 average | ZUNUX | December 17th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss | December 1st 08 |
| 3.5 great | Satana | November 23rd 08 |
| 2.5 average | Jackus | November 17th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | yugioh | November 16th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Ben101 | October 8th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | September 10th 08 |
| 2.5 average | btbam99 | August 28th 08 |
| 1.0 awful | koecim | August 22nd 08 |
| 4.5 superb | ikarus | August 20th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Quark | August 19th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | kv22 | August 12th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | Bea | July 16th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arcaeus | April 20th 08 |
| 3.5 great | chr1s | March 14th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | boopis | March 3rd 08 |
| 3.0 good | RJayZ | February 20th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Jattel | February 6th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Feenex | February 2nd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | dav4550 | January 28th 08 |
| 3.0 good | mana20 | January 19th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | curtman | December 28th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | demo321 | December 22nd 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | arb | December 21st 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Partisan | December 10th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Crimson | November 6th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Fainted | November 3rd 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Poet | October 24th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | ffhj | October 15th 07 |
| 3.0 good | Acre | September 20th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Goku | August 29th 07 |
| 2.5 average | astrel | August 10th 07 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | October 12th 05 |
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