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Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (2005) Lineup:
ZP Theart- Vocals Herman Li- Lead & rythm guitar, backing vocals Sam Totman- Lead & rythm guitar, backing vocals Vadim Pruzhanov- Keyboards, piano, backing vocals Dave Mackintosh- Drums, backing vocals Additional members on the Inhuman Rampage recording: Adrian Lambert- Bass Clive Nolan- Backing vocals Lindsay Dawson- Rough backing vocals
 Inhuman Rampage is Dragonforce's third and newest album, and possibly the best to date. This album is, as one would expect from this band, a very fast album as a whole. The recording starts strong and steadily breaks down until the last song is about half the speed as the first track. Dragonforce, in case you don't already know, is the leading force behind what is often referred to as extreme power metal. The main differences between your typical Helloween power metal and Dragonforce power metal are quite evident. Just about everything is much, much faster. Also, the guitars are usually on the extremes of distortion. They sound high pitched and high tempo. When they're not heavily distorted (as evident at the beginning of Through Fire and Flames), which isn't very often, they still tend to be fast and high pitched. Not too much variation. The vocals are melodic, usually on the high pitch side. Think of Stratovarius, but with a more predictable melody. The vocals are in almost the exact same style in every song. The main difference is the chorus melody. On the upside, however, the vocals are very distinct from other bands and will get stuck in your head quite easily. Also, for the most part, bass is background noise. All you can hear is a low vibration that changes pitch every half note. The drums are just as fast as the guitar, and double bass drumming is quite common. On the songwriting side of things, there is melody everywhere. If they had a melodic thought in their mind, they put it in a song. The structure usually seems to have a chorus that repeats 2-3 times and verses leading up to them. Before, in between, and after these parts the guitar keeps you company. After and before each vocal part, a repeating lick is usually played. In between that, guitar solos. Dragonforce songs are also long, the shortest song on the album is 5:19 long.
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By Tom-E at 2006-02-11 23:53
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The winter Olympics have just started and in the spirit, I came across an article on skateboarding in the Olympics, a debated topic for a long time.
Check it out http://skateboard.about.com/od/events/a/Olympics.htm
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By Tom-E at 2006-02-11 17:34
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Shorty's Silverados are one of the most commonly used type of hardware. They have a lifetime gaurantee against breakage, cost not much more then any other hardware, and they come with 2 screws silver and rest black. [album=Shortys_Silverados] [/album]
Having 2 screws silver and the other 6 black makes marking the front/back of your board very easy. Its standard to place the 2 silver heads in the front. In this review we have the Shorty's Silverados 1" set, and as you can see in the pictures, put onto trucks without risors, they fit well with not much extra screw hanging off the end. If your going to be using risors, you might want to get a longer set, though they might fit even with these.
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By Tom-E at 2006-02-06 19:38
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Google Video now supports embedding videos into pages, so we can post videos right to the site, no need to travel! Heres an és game of skate vid.
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