Inhuman Rampage

Inhuman Rampage
Studio album by DragonForce
Released 6 January 2006 (2006-01-06)
(See Release history)
Recorded Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, England & LamerLuser Studios, London, England. February – September 2005
Genre Power metal, speed metal
Length 55:50
62:10 (Special Edition)
Label Noise/Sanctuary
Roadrunner
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: 6 January 2007
  3. "Revolution Deathsquad"
    Released: 2007
Alternative covers
Japanese cover
Special edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Kerrang!
Sputnikmusic4.0/5[2]

Inhuman Rampage is the third studio album by English power metal band DragonForce, released on 6 January 2006 and 20 June 2006 in North America. In America, the album reached number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart; it also reached No. 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 one of three DragonForce albums to feature harsh vocals, the others being The Power Within and Maximum Overload. On this album the vocals were originally performed by Lindsay Dawson of Demoniac and are performed live by Frédéric Leclercq.

Sound

The sound of the album is overall more aggressive than the band's previous two albums, having a more thick sound in the guitar, and the vocals of Theart are more aggressive as well, at times being raspier, louder (especially during the time when he sings higher than normally). And sometimes backing him up, was Lindsay Dawsons unclean screaming vocals. The lyrics were also a bit darker at times. But despite all of this, the uplifting sound still remained.

Production

The recording for the album took place at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey and LamerLuser Studios in London between February 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. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Through the Fire and Flames"  Sam Totman, ZP TheartTotman, Herman Li 7:21
2. "Revolution Deathsquad"  TotmanTotman 7:51
3. "Storming the Burning Fields"  Vadim PruzhanovPruzhanov 5:18
4. "Operation Ground and Pound"  Totman, TheartTotman 7:43
5. "Body Breakdown"  Pruzhanov, Li, TotmanPruzhanov 6:57
6. "Cry for Eternity"  TotmanTotman 8:11
7. "The Flame of Youth"  LiLi 6:40
8. "Trail of Broken Hearts"  Pruzhanov, Totman, TheartPruzhanov, Totman 5:54

Personnel

DragonForce
Guest musicians
Production
Managerial staff

Charts

Album

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

Year-end

Chart Peak
US 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 Early 2007 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.
  2. ↑ "DragonForce – Inhuman Rampage (staff review)". Sputnikmusic.
  3. ↑ "The BPI – Certified awards database". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Jonathan. "Slipknot Edges The Game For No. 1 Spot". Billboard. 3 September 2008.
  5. 1 2 Herman Li. DragonForce! (Flash). Blender.com Online Video Channel. Event occurs at 2:45–3:02. Retrieved 1 January 2008. ...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. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  7. ↑ "Discography DragonForce". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  8. 1 2 3 "Billboard.com – Artist Chart History [albums] – DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums – Dragonforce". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  10. ↑ "Top Hard Rock Albums – Dragonforce". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  11. ↑ "Top Independent Albums – Inhuman Rampage". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 – DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  13. ↑ "Hot Canadian Digital Singles – DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  14. ↑ "Billboard.com – Artist Chart History [singles] – DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  15. ↑ "Hot Digital Tracks – DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  16. ↑ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  17. ↑ "Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage (#RR 8070-2)". Discogs. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  18. ↑ "ドラゴンフォース｜インヒューマン・ランペイジ". JVC. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  19. ↑ "Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage (#Icarus 205)". Discogs. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  20. ↑ "Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage (#1686-180042)". Discogs. Retrieved 29 July 2008.

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