Sonic Firestorm (2004)


1. My Spirit Will Go On (7:54) *MP3
2. Fury of the Storm (6:46)
3. Fields of Despair (5:25)
4. Dawn Over a New World (5:12)
5. Above the Winter Moonlight (7:30)
6. Soldiers of the Wasteland (9:47)
7. Prepare for War (6:15)
8. Once In a Lifetime (7:46)

9. Cry of the Brave (5:45) - Bonus track on Japanese edition only.
Breaking the boundaries of melodic/speed/power metal as never before!

Produced by Karl Groom and DragonForce

Noise / Sanctuary Records 2004


...taking this already overblown genre to new heights of ludicrous bombast. KKKK - Kerrang!

State of the art power metaaaaaal 9/10 - Metal Hammer

Future Classic. 9/10 - Classic Rock (UK)

Album of the month. 10/10 - Powerplay (UK)

Forget most other power metalbands: DragonForce is back and it's a whole new ballgame. 90/10 - Lords of Metal (Netherlands)

10/10 - XaMetal.net (Japan)

...stands an entire 6 feet over the entire power metal genre today. 10/10 - Nightfall (New Zealand)

9 out of 10 - Shadowshire Webzine (Germany)

9 out of 10 - MetalGlory (Germany)
This album will be tough to beat for power / speed metal album of 2004. 93/100 - Metal Reviews.com

88/100 - Burrn! (Japan)

...taking it a step further... 10/10 - UltimateMetal.com

It's probably a bit over the top, but once you get used to the style you'll definitely like them. 5/6 - Metal-Invader.com

cet album est à conseiller à tous les amateurs de speed mélodique, mais aussi à ceux qui trouvent ce style trop gentillet, car ils peuvent être agréablement surpris. 4.5/5 - Asprod (France)

Cet album est ce qui a été fait de mieux depuis des lustres dans ce style! 9.5/10 - Noisweb (France)

Dragonforce haben hiermit bewiesen, dass sie mit zu den wichtigsten und relevantesten Metalnewcomern seit mindestens 20 Jahren zählen! - Scarred-for-Life.de (Germany)


Recorded and mixed at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey UK, from 6th October to 10th December 2003. All guitars recorded at Herman Li’s LamerLuser Studios in London, UK.

Engineered by Karl Groom, all vocals recorded by Richard West
Mixed by Karl Groom, Richard West and DragonForce
Mastered by Eberhard Köhler
Produced by Karl Groom and DragonForce

DragonForce Line-up for Sonic Firestorm:
ZP Theart – Lead and backing vocals
Herman Li – Lead and rhythm electric guitars, acoustic guitars
Sam Totman – Lead and rhythm electric guitars, acoustic guitars
Vadim Pruzhanov – Keyboards, Piano, acoustic guitars
Adrian Lambert - Bass
Dave Mackintosh – Drums

Guest Musician:
Clive Nolan – Backing vocals