Dragonforce!!

[naughtyelf]

New favorite band!! ( yes i do change my favorite band daily).
But dude these guys are awesome, i've never heard shredding
of this caliber before, it's outstanding!! The song " through the fire and flames" is something that everyone who loves guitar should dream of being able to play. Why are you still reading this post? go listen to this band!!!!...oh, and come back and tell me what you think

[Happy Camper]

Speed does not equal skill. And without speed these guys would be nothing. However they're relatively entertaining to listen to and watch. They're decent, however I don't quite enjoy the shredding that they do... It's fast and all, and incredibly hard to play (because of the sheer speed) but it's not as well composed as other artists. They have alot of potential, but IMO they have to work on composition and orchestration of their songs a little more before I'll admit that they're the next Jimi Hendrix.

[Dragondrake]

I am quite impressed at their skill and the smoothness of their music, and I was glad to hear that they would be added to Guitar Hero III. Did you know that their drums are set up so they get two beats every time they pedal? Kewl stuff.

[The Dracolyte]

OK firstly I would like to say that I like Dragonforce alot, they are incredibly fast and skilled. I think partially the reason I like them so much is because their music is partially influenced by video game music, and because I play the guitar I am very impressed that they can play that fast and have it sound that good.

Now in regards to this

Jan 13, 2008 22:59:28 GMT -5 Happy Camper said:

Speed does not equal skill. And without speed these guys would be nothing. However they're relatively entertaining to listen to and watch. They're decent, however I don't quite enjoy the shredding that they do... It's fast and all, and incredibly hard to play (because of the sheer speed) but it's not as well composed as other artists. They have alot of potential, but IMO they have to work on composition and orchestration of their songs a little more before I'll admit that they're the next Jimi Hendrix.

Firstly in my opinion speed does equal alot of skill, alot of people could never play that fast, even if they practiced for years. Now I'm not saying that pure speed alone is all you need, it does need to actually sound good which in this case I feel it sounds awesome!

And you say without speed they would be nothing, I think thats true just because thats how they focus on playing. Saying that without speed their nothing would be like saying "Without your skill your nothing!".

And as for the composition/orchestration comment, I feel that their music is really well done, and I love how they have done their music.

And thats how I feel about whats been said, and my opinions.

[naughtyelf]

THANK YOU MICHAEL!!! GOOOOOOO DRAGONFORCE!!! SAM TOTMAN AND HERMON LI FTW!!!
you know, im not absolutely certin, but i think that "Michael Angelo Batio" and " John5" maybe faster, but who cares, they're all in my top ten favorite guitar players of all time.

favorite guitar players.

1. michael angelo batio
2.john5
3.dimebag
4.alexi laiho
5.sam totman
6.marty friedman
7.buckethead
8.kerry king
9. kirk hammett
10. eddie van halen
11. zakk wylde.
12. sinister gates
13. eric johnson
14.angus young
15.dave murrey
16.alex skolnick
17.tony lommi
18. tom morello
19.slash
20. scott ian

i tried to do top 10, but legends of guitar kept popping into my head.
DRAGONFORCE STILL OWNZ!!!

[Happy Camper]

13. eric johnson

He's really good, you should check out Joe Satriani. He's the guy who taught Kirk Hammet how to play guitar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G3_(tour) Those guys make some really nice sounding stuff when they play together.