{"id":23268,"date":"2014-12-27T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=23268"},"modified":"2015-01-19T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T13:04:55","slug":"ep-review-dragonsfire-metal-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-dragonsfire-metal-x\/","title":{"rendered":"DRAGONSFIRE – Metal X (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DRAGONSFIRE
Metal X EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nTTH Media (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With their scorching new release comes German metallers Dragonsfire, and as one can imagine, or at least guest from the band moniker, this is a straight up slab of sizzling traditional metal.<\/p>\n

Metal X<\/em> comes armed with six steely tracks that don\u2019t just do exactly what they say on the tin; they take it a step further and chew the tin up and spit it out in one charred lump. Hot on the heels of 2013\u2019s Speed Demon<\/em>, and four years after 2011\u2019s full-length sophomore outing Metal Service<\/em>, this driving posse ups the ante once again and with all guns blazing offers up a veritable feast of fiery guitar licks, burning solos, powerhouse percussion and, above all, that masculine vocal croon.<\/p>\n

Dragonsfire \u2013 in spite of an already impressive career since their inception in 2005 \u2013 may not be a power metal name of everyone\u2019s lips but with Metal X<\/em> the gossips should hopefully get talking because for all out, straight down the line galloping fury one will find it difficult to look past this opus. For instance, one cannot argue with the hasty procession that is \u2018Man On A Mission\u2019 that begins with devilish delight fully equipped with armour-plated drums and a devastating guitar fizz that slams, punches and kick starts the heart into uncontrollable throbs. While fusing hard steel with hammering melody, the rhythm section is just as vital as the booming vocals as Dragonsfire dabble with glossy, modern metal art but inject it with the main ingredients that made 80s German metal so potent.<\/p>\n

Throughout this affair, Dragonsfire acts as a persistent machine bringing with it an almost thrashy edge to complement the huge bursts of metallic melody and with some truly astounding, flailing leads one can only describe such an expression as pure molten heavy metal. <\/p>\n

The opener for this EP is the fantastic \u2018Young & Wild\u2019; a glorious epic sounding spout of metal majesty that introduces those razor-sharp riffs. For a real anthemic, tribal pounding then all true metallers need look no further than this rousing stomper which was written about the metal scene in the south of Hesse between 1991 and 1998. Okay, so there\u2019s a na\u00efvety to the lyrics and the track basically rampantly rushes along in a no frills, yet smoother Mot\u00f6rhead-style of clanking, but it\u2019s just so fist-banging and chest-pounding in its muscularity that it\u2019s a force not to be confronted.<\/p>\n

With those typically energetic guitar whines and bass player Torsten Thassilo Herbert\u2019s solid vocals, this EP\u2019s quality remains as a testament to Herbert\u2019s talent, because sadly he was to pass away on 8th January, 2015; just 12 days after Dragonsfire celebrated their 10th anniversary with this release.<\/p>\n

The fitting \u2018Welcome To The Afterlife\u2019 lessens the pace but still manages to chug hard and is built upon a sturdy bass line and Herbert\u2019s menacing growls. Of the six slabs on offer though, it\u2019s \u2018Heretic\u2019 with its truly pulverising barrage that hits home, bordering on a thrash juggernaut with its rollicking guitar grind. From here the combo lurches into \u2018Steel Eel\u2019 which at times brings to mind fellow German rockers Grave Digger with hints of Iron Maiden musically, while closer \u2018Hell\u2019 is a perfect slice of melodic metal to close of a riveting record that will appeal to all disciples of powerful metal.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DRAGONSFIREMetal X EP TTH Media (2014)Rating: 8\/10 With their scorching new release comes German metallers Dragonsfire, and as one can imagine, or at least guest from the band moniker, this is a straight up slab of sizzling traditional metal. Metal X comes armed with six steely tracks that don\u2019t just do exactly what they say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1599],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-dragonsfire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23271,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23268\/revisions\/23271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}