DragonForce - The Power Within

DragonForce are back with their fifth full-length album The Power Within, which is the follow up to 2008’s Ultra Beatdown. The Power Within features Marc Hudson on vocals, who replaces vocalist ZP Theart. This album is different from previous DragonForce albums for two reasons one being the new addition of Marc Hudson who is a much more capable vocalist than his predecessor and the other being a change in the DragonForce writing formula. The Power Within contains some of the shortest songs they have ever done and the songs are not all in the super-fast tempo that is expected from DragonForce.

DragonForce are viewed by many detractors as the ACDC of power metal, in that “all their songs sound the same” and The Power Within completely demolishes that statement, which is always made about them. The album does features songs that sound like DragonForce of old such as  Die By The Sword and Fallen World, but the album also features songs that completely unexpected when listening to a DragonForce album, such as Cry Thunder and both Seasons. There is also an acoustic version of Seasons along, which is amazing and is a first for DragonForce. 

The Power Within is a great album that is packed full of amazing songs. I can only hope that DragonForce continues with the direction they went for The Power Within on their next album because it is the best DragonForce album yet and is sure to only establish them as one of the best power metal bands today. Go and get this album, you won’t be disappointed.