Inhuman Rampage

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Inhuman Rampage
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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, extreme metal
Length 55:50
62:10 (Special Edition)
Label Noise/Sanctuary
Roadrunner
Producer Sam Totman, Herman Li, Vadim Pruzhanov
DragonForce chronology
Sonic Firestorm
(2004)Sonic Firestorm2004		 Inhuman Rampage
(2006)		 Ultra Beatdown
(2008)Ultra Beatdown2008
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
Japanese cover
Special edition cover
Special edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Kerrang! 4/5 stars[citation needed]
Sputnikmusic 4.0/5[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. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Through the Fire and Flames"   Sam Totman, ZP Theart Totman, Herman Li 7:21
2. "Revolution Deathsquad"   Totman Totman 7:51
3. "Storming the Burning Fields"   Vadim Pruzhanov Pruzhanov 5:18
4. "Operation Ground and Pound"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:43
5. "Body Breakdown"   Pruzhanov, Li, Totman Pruzhanov 6:57
6. "Cry for Eternity"   Totman Totman 8:11
7. "The Flame of Youth"   Li Li 6:40
8. "Trail of Broken Hearts"   Pruzhanov, Totman, Theart Pruzhanov, Totman 5:54

Personnel

DragonForce
Guest musicians
Production
  • Karl Groom – mixing, engineering
  • Eberhard Köhler – mastering
  • Chie Kimoto, Daniel Bérard – artwork
  • Marisa Jacobi – graphic design
  • Axel Jusseit – studio photography
  • Julie Brown, Johan Eriksson – live photography
Managerial staff
  • Steve McTaggart – management
  • Josh Kline – agency representation (North America, with the Agency Group USA Ltd.)
  • Peter Dempset – tour management (Podie Ponk Productions, London)
  • Penny Ganz – legal representation (P Ganz & Co. London)
  • Mark Howe – business management (Entertainment Accounting International Ltd.)
  • Ron Zeelens – visa paperwork (RAZco Visa's, New York)

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

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