Maybe 10 years ago, I would've said 'I wish we'd done this and that.', but these days not really. When asked about his thoughts of the album in a 2015 interview, Herman Li said: In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 10th best power metal album of all time. Valley of the Damned may not be groundbreaking or cathartic, and lyrics like "In the land of desire with your heart filled with fire you live for the right to be free/We will sail on forevermore to the land of the evening star" may cross the line into heavy metal parody, but it's undeniably entertaining, expertly played, and endlessly fun." Vocalist ZP Theart has no qualms about emulating heroes like Bruce Dickinson ( Iron Maiden) and Michael Kiske ( Helloween), but his lupine howls have a character all their own.
From the epic title track to the fist-pumping closer, "Heart of a Dragon," the guitar pyrotechnics of Herman Li and Sam Totman light up the sky like a third world war, bending riffs into melodic submission while never overplaying. Valley of the Damned could be construed as a bloated, Spinal Tap-style tribute to early-'80s fantasy-metal, and in many ways it is however, it's so well played and so joyously executed that it could very well reignite the entire genre. power metal giants Dragonforce is a polarizing affair. The Allmusic review by James Christopher Monger awarded the album 4 stars stating "The debut album from U.K.
Reception Professional ratings Review scores It was then mixed by Karl Groom, Herman Li and Sam Totman at Thin Ice Studios and mastered at Aubitt Studio by Rob Aubrey and Herman Li. The rerecording for the album in 2002 mostly took place at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey, by Karl Groom, and at Lamer Luser Studios in London, by Herman Li, from May – October 2002. The initial demo was recorded on 8 – 12 October and then mixed on 20 2000 at Thin Ice Studios with Karl Groom engineering.
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