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It's like how rappers are all about cars and treating women cheaply.... Dragonforce is all about mythic, grandiose imagery.

Conflict is a basic factor of life. The lamb will never lay down with the lion, because the lion will eat the lamb. Any other way and life couldn't exist. Dragonforce just take that essential fact and have some fun with it.

As far as hating them because they aren't "true power metal" or whatever... seriously. They sing about dragons and play fast guitar. Who cares? I like power metal, and I like bands that don't take themselves too seriously. It would be like calling Eddie Van Halen a fake because he wasn't serious, like the other musicians at the time. He's talented, he's had a lot of fun with his music, and he's had a pretty big impact.

I don't know if Dragonforce will have that kind've impact over time, but it doesn't matter much either way, I think. If you don't like, don't listen, but know that they're popular because some people don't like to be totally serious about music all the time.

Saul

DragonForce sings about "battles" because they are a POSERS trying to be Power Metal. Power Metal bands like to sing about medieval stuff like "battles" , etc. Their first album was good and now they are just LAME. Kids went crazy about how "fast" they play and now it seems like being fast is all D-Force cares about. I really wonder how they went from having a demo in 2001 to having CDs and shirts in every mall in the country.

Want to hear some REAL metal bands that would BATTLE d-force's FACE OFF....

Manowar

Rhapsody of Fire

Hammerfall

Its a common topic in euro-metal type bands.