Sonic Firestorm

Sonic Firestorm
Studio album by DragonForce
Released May 11, 2004
Recorded Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, England, and LamerLuser Studios, London, England. October 6 – December 10, 2003
Genre Power metal
Length 56:39
62:11 (bonus track)
Label Noise/Sanctuary
Producer Karl Groom, DragonForce
DragonForce chronology
Valley of the Damned
(2003)		 Sonic Firestorm
(2004)		 Inhuman Rampage
(2006)
Singles from Sonic Firestorm
  1. "Fury of the Storm"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Sputnikmusic [2]

Sonic Firestorm is the second studio album by English power metal band DragonForce, released through Noise Records on May 11, 2004.

This album features the song, "Soldiers of the Wasteland", which includes the longest guitar solo on any of their songs. At 9 minutes and 47 seconds, this is also DragonForce's longest song.

Sonic Firestorm was rereleased on February 22, 2010, along with the remastered and remixed version of Valley of the Damned. It also came with the bonus track "Cry of the Brave" which was originally on the Japanese version of the album.[3]

Contents

Production

The recording and mixing for the band's 2nd album took place at Surrey's Thin Ice Studios, from the 6th October to the 10th December 2003. All the guitars were recorded at Herman Li's LamerLuser Studios in London.

Track listing

All songs arranged by Sam Totman, Herman Li, Vadim Pruzhanov, ZP Theart and Adrian Lambert.
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "My Spirit Will Go On"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:54
2. "Fury of the Storm"   Totman Totman 6:47
3. "Fields of Despair"   Totman, Li Totman, Li 5:25
4. "Dawn Over a New World"   Totman Totman 5:13
5. "Above the Winter Moonlight"   Pruzhanov, Totman, Li, Theart Pruzhanov 7:31
6. "Soldiers of the Wasteland"   Theart, Totman Totman 9:47
7. "Prepare for War"   Li, Theart Li 6:15
8. "Once in a Lifetime"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:46
Total length:
 56:38

Personnel

DragonForce
Additional personnel

Production

In other media

Footnotes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  3. ^ DragonForce: Live Playing 'Through The Roof' Since Having In-Ear Monitors

External links

DragonForce
Herman Li · Sam Totman · Vadim Pruzhanov · Dave Mackintosh · Frédéric Leclercq · Marc Hudson
ZP Theart · Adrian Lambert · Didier Almouzni · Diccon Harper · Steve Scott · Steve Williams
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
"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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