If the Hall wants to add bands from the power metal background, then they should start with Helloween and Manowar first - but that’s just a metalhead’s pipe dream.

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 07/23/2018 @ 09:35am

DRAGONFORCE's 'Through The Fire And Flames' Surpasses 100 Million YouTube Views

“Twelve years after the release of DRAGONFORCE's "Through The Fire And Flames", the song's music video reached a new milestone: It surpassed one hundred million views on YouTube — the band's first music video to do so.”

“According to Billboard, "Through The Fire And Flames", the leadoff track from 2006's "Inhuman Rampage" album, sparked a watershed moment in DRAGONFORCE's career. The song's inclusion in the "Guitar Hero" video game catapulted the band's international profile and inspired multitudes of gamers to try to keep up with guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman's lighting-fast riffs. In honor of its massive popularity, "Guitar Hero Live" included the song in its "Shred-A-Thon" on GHTV.”

“It was a great feeling to see our music was heard by so many people around the world, and people were completely freaking out over it," Li recalled of when "Through The Fire And Flames" was at the height of its popularity. "We definitely do not make three-minute long, commercial music. A seven-minute, fast, melodic metal song with long guitar solos and crazy retro video games sounds became totally cool. We were getting recognized everywhere we went, from Best Buy to airport security. A couple TSA officers once asked to see my fingers. They wanted to see the fingers that recorded 'Through The Fire And Flames'!"

"Inhuman Rampage" was officially certified gold in July 2017 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of half a million copies.”

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dragonforces-through-the-fire-and-flames-surpasses-100-million-youtube-views/

Posted by The Dude on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 17:22pm