Unsurprisingly after eighteen years, the temptation to expand and explore is prevalent, and this is the album that sees them testing and trying a few new ideas. Of course, they have their devotees, a lot of them, but come studio album seven, perhaps DragonForce’s chance of being a genuine contender has been and gone.Īnd if it hasn’t, Reaching… is not the album to argue their case. At least as far as the general metal community is concerned. Yet it feels like Reaching Into Infinity (earMUSIC/Metal Blade) sees the English virtuoso sextet having to prove themselves all over again. Not only do they have a canon that boasts FOUR genuine #FiveFists classics – Valley Of The Damned, Sonic Firestorm¸ the aforementioned Inhuman… (all Noise/Sanctuary) and second vocalist Marc Hudson’s first with the band, 2012’s pop Metal masterpiece The Power Within (Essential/Roadrunner) – they also are unique, distinctive and have never abandoned their principles, even if their last album Maximum Overload (earMUSIC) was a little cartoony (even for them) in places.
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