Inhuman Rampage

Inhuman Rampage
Studio album by DragonForce
Released January 9, 2006 (2006-01-09)
(See Release history)
Recorded Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, England & LamerLuser Studios, London, England. March – September 2005
Genre Power metal, speed metal
Length 56:05
Label Roadrunner, Noise, Sanctuary
Producer Sam Totman, Herman Li, Vadim Pruzhanov
DragonForce chronology
Sonic Firestorm
(2004)		 Inhuman Rampage
(2006)		 Ultra Beatdown
(2008)
Singles from Inhuman Rampage
  1. "Through the Fire and Flames"
    Released: 3 August 2006
  2. "Operation Ground and Pound"
    Released: 2006
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Special edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Kerrang!
Sputnikmusic [2]

Inhuman Rampage is the third studio album by English power metal band DragonForce, released on 9 January 2006 and 20 June 2006 in North America. In America, the album reached number 1 in the Billboards Heatseekers chart; it also reached #103 on the Billboard 200 chart; and its first single "Through the Fire and Flames" has received rock radio and Fuse TV airplay, as well as a place as playable track on the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The album has gone Silver in the UK,[3] has sold over 350,000 units in the US[4] and more than half a million worldwide. This is the only DragonForce album to feature harsh vocals, which were originally performed by Lindsay Dawson of Demoniac and are performed live by Frédéric Leclercq.

Contents

Production

The recording for the album took place at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey and LamerLuser Studios in London between March and September 2005 and during the recording of "Through the Fire and Flames" guitarist Herman Li snapped one of his guitar strings.[5] Despite this, the band decided to keep this recording and left it on the final album version.[5] It was then mixed at Thin Ice Studios by Karl Groom, Sam Totman, Herman Li and Vadim Pruzhanov and engineered by Karl Groom and Herman Li. The mastering was performed by Eberhard Köhler at Powerplay Mastering in Berlin, Germany. A music transcription book was released for the album on 15 September 2008 by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (ISBN 9781423433484).

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Through the Fire and Flames"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:24
2. "Revolution Deathsquad"   Totman Totman 7:53
3. "Storming the Burning Fields"   Pruzhanov Pruzhanov 5:20
4. "Operation Ground and Pound"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:45
5. "Body Breakdown"   Pruzhanov, Li, Totman Pruzhanov 6:59
6. "Cry for Eternity"   Totman Totman 8:13
7. "The Flame of Youth"   Li Li 6:42
8. "Trail of Broken Hearts"   Pruzhanov, Totman, Theart Pruzhanov, Totman 5:57
Total length:
 56:05

Personnel

DragonForce
Guest musicians
Production
Managerial staff

Charts

Album

Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart 70 [6]
Sweden Sverigetopplistan 54 [7]
U.S. Billboard 200 103 [8]
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums 106 [9]
U.S. Top Hard Rock Albums 18 [10]
U.S. Top Heatseekers 1 [8]
U.S. Top Independent Albums 5 [8]

Year-end

Chart Peak
U.S. Top Independent Albums 38 [11]

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[12]		 CAN D.[13] US
[14]		 US
Pop		 US
Main.		 US
Digi S.		 US
DT[15]
2006 "Through the Fire and Flames" 61 50 86 56 34 49 42 US: Gold[16]
"Operation Ground and Pound" — — — — — — —
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue # Notes
Worldwide 9 January 2006 Enhanced CD Roadrunner RR 8070-2 [17]
Japan 28 December 2005 Enhanced CD Victor VICP-63220 With bonus track [18]
Argentina 2006 Enhanced CD Icarus Icarus 205 [19]
Worldwide 13 February 2007 CD & DVD Roadrunner 1686-180042 With bonus track [20]

References

  1. ^ "Inhuman Rampage - DragonForce". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r810957. 
  2. ^ "DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5442/DragonForce-Inhuman-Rampage/. 
  3. ^ "The BPI - Certified awards database". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32891. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  4. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Slipknot Edges The Game For No. 1 Spot". Billboard. 3 September 2008.
  5. ^ a b Herman Li (Flash). DragonForce!. Blender.com Online Video Channel. Event occurs at 2:45-3:02. http://www.blender.com/Dragonforce!/video/599.aspx. Retrieved 2008-01-01. "...at the end of the song we actually break the string. I broke the string and in the album we left it there" 
  6. ^ "Chart Stats - Faith No More". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=11611. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  7. ^ "Discography DragonForce". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  8. ^ a b c "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [albums] - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=510416&model.vnuAlbumId=750893. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  9. ^ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums - Dragonforce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=36+4294122521&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 
  10. ^ "Top Hard Rock Albums - Dragonforce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=36+4293143860#pos25. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 
  11. ^ "Top Independent Albums - Inhuman Rampage". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=450&cfgn=Year-end+Albums&cfn=Top+Independent+Albums&ci=3080721&cdi=9138873&cid=12%2F31%2F2006. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 
  12. ^ "Canadian Hot 100 - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  13. ^ "Hot Canadian Digital Singles - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  14. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [singles] - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=510416&model.vnuAlbumId=750893. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  15. ^ "Hot Digital Tracks - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=37+4294037825&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  16. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  17. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#RR 8070-2)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/880918. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  18. ^ "ドラゴンフォース｜インヒューマン・ランペイジ". JVC. http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A018077/VICP-63220.html. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  19. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#Icarus 205)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/1285553. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  20. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#1686-180042)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/1180536. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 

External links

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Herman Li · Sam Totman · Vadim Pruzhanov · Dave Mackintosh · Frédéric Leclercq · Marc Hudson
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"Valley of the Damned" · "Fury of the Storm" · "Through the Fire and Flames" · "Operation Ground and Pound" · "Heroes of Our Time" · "The Last Journey Home"
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