Inhuman Rampage

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Inhuman Rampage
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Studio album by
DragonForce
Released28 December 2005 (2005-12-28)
RecordedFebruary–September 2005
StudioThin Ice Studios (Surrey)
LamerLuser Studios (London)
Genre Power metal
Length55:50
Label
Producer
DragonForce chronology
Sonic Firestorm
(2004)		Inhuman Rampage
(2005)		 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blabbermouth.net Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5 [3]

Inhuman Rampage is the third studio album by British power metal band DragonForce, released first on 28 December 2005 [4] in Japan, and 9 January 2006 elsewhere, through Victor Entertainment and Roadrunner Records, respectively. Its first single, "Through the Fire and Flames", has received rock radio and Fuse TV airplay, and has appeared as a playable track on the video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rocksmith 2014 Edition – Remastered . It is the band's first album to feature harsh vocals, which were recorded by Demoniac vocalist Lindsay Dawson; the album is also the last to feature bassist Adrian Lambert, who left the band in 2005 and was replaced by Frédéric Leclercq before the album's release.

Contents

In the United States, Inhuman Rampage reached No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 103 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for selling over 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom [5] and has been certified Gold in the United States. Metal Hammer included the album in their 2016 list of ten essential power metal albums [6] and Loudwire ranked it as the 24th best power metal album of all time. [7]

Production

Recording for the album took place at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey and LamerLuser Studios in London between February and September 2005. During the recording of "Through the Fire and Flames", guitarist Herman Li snapped one of his guitar strings. [8] Despite this, the band decided to keep this recording and left it on the final album version. [8] It was then mixed at Thin Ice Studios by Karl Groom, Sam Totman, Li and Vadim Pruzhanov and engineered by Karl Groom and 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

"The Flame of Youth" contains a sample of Ryu's theme from Street Fighter . The special edition physical copy of the album contained a bonus DVD with the music videos for "Through the Fire and Flames" and "Operation Ground and Pound", a compilation of tour footage entitled "DragonForce Backstage Rockumentary", and on 2007 re-release, a video of the band's performance of the song "My Spirit Will Go On", from their previous album Sonic Firestorm , at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in 2006.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Through the Fire and Flames"
Totman7:21
2."Revolution Deathsquad"TotmanTotman7:51
3."Storming the Burning Fields"Vadim PruzhanovPruzhanov5:18
4."Operation Ground and Pound"
  • Totman
  • Theart
Totman7:43
5."Body Breakdown"
Pruzhanov6:57
6."Cry for Eternity"TotmanTotman8:11
7."The Flame of Youth"LiLi6:40
8."Trail of Broken Hearts"
  • Pruzhanov
  • Totman
  • Theart
  • Pruzhanov
  • Totman
5:54
Total length:55:48
2007 special edition/Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
9."Lost Souls in Endless Time"PruzhanovPruzhanov6:22
Total length:62:10

Personnel

DragonForce

Guest musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 54
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 70
US Billboard 200 [12] 103
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 5
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Top Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 38

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue #Notes
Various9 January 2006Enhanced CD Roadrunner RR 8070-2 [18]
Japan28 December 2005Enhanced CD Victor VICP-63220With bonus track [19]
ArgentinaEarly 2007Enhanced CDIcarusIcarus 205 [20]
Various13 February 2007CD and DVDRoadrunner1686-180042With bonus track [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lambert left DragonForce after the recording sessions. He is credited separately from the other members and is absent from band photos in the album's liner notes.

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