Oh man, I had to give a listen to that "Space Marine Corps" track after reading several reviews that dubbed it the worst song Dragonforce has ever come out with. What a treat that was. Obviously I agree, but in a demented way it's also the best song they've ever come out with. It's one of those rare tracks you come across only now and then, once every year or couple of years, almost as physically painful to sit through as that slam poetry video Rob Flynn came out with a while back in which he dropped the N-bomb -- the sort of transcendant brand of awful that I'm convinced most bands couldn't hope to achieve if they tried their absolute damndest.

I made my wife listen to it and watched as she began physically writhing at that section beginning around 3:35 as though she were possessed and I'd scalded her with holy water. Incredible.

Maybe I need to listen to the rest of the album in the hope of finding more moments like this. Are there more moments like this?

After a few listens, it's really a shame that Space Marine Corps has that part in the middle, and the initial vocal part because the actual song and chorus are pretty good. One of the better songs even, if you exclude those sections.

Gave the album a few listens. It's a good album, much better than most people are saying. I'd give it about a 91/100. Space Marine Corp is so catchy even though it's stupid. For some reason I love stupid catchy songs, which is probably why I liked Doomsday Party so much. Wildest Dreams is probably one of my favorite tracks still. I'd rank it:

1. Wildest Dreams
2. Space Marine Corp
3. Doomsday Party
4. Astro Warrior Anthem
5. Kingdom Of Steel
6. Pixel Prison
7. Burning Heart
8. Killer Queen (+Prelude To Darkness)
9. Power of the Triforce

The reaction to Space Marine Corp has been incredible to watch, everyone either loves it or thinks it's the biggest piece of crap the band has ever pumped out. It's Angry Metal Guy's favorite song on the album because of course it is: https://www.angrymetalguy.com/dragonfor ... rs-review/

I liked this album.

It feels like we're witnessing the power metal equivalent of Illuminations of Vile Engorgement.

That's an interesting comparison. While I definitely don't like Enmity, I think that they were doing an experiment, like how heavy and disgusting can music be. I don't know if the guys that made Enmity even liked their own music, while Dragonforce probably thought that Space Marine Corp was a good enough song to be put in the album.

Decent album, funny that the 2 songs they choose to release as singles are 2 of the worst on the album (although triforce is growing on me slightly). But "Astro Warrior Anthem" , "Kingdom of Steel", "Burning Heart" , "Killer Queen" and "Pixel Prison" were all songs I enjoyed.

As for "Space Marine Corp", catchy as fuck chorus wasted on a horrendous song otherwise, a pity. The cover song also sucks (but I've never cared for their cover versions anyway)

Certainly one of the albums of the year.

Lost touch with this band, didn't care much for their post-ZP albums. Checked this out upon friend's request and found it gobsmackingly stupid. Read my man Empyreal's review and nodded in agreement at this part;

I had fun with that review. So sad what happened to the second metal band I ever heard.

I have hard timing believing they do these covers as jokes. Well, don't know about the Taylor Swift one, but the Celine Dion cover on Extreme Power Metal made a lot of sense and is a track I genuinely enjoy. I often dislike metal covers or more popular songs because they tend to be cynical and often end up sounding like parodies of these songs. And while there's a lot of pop I can't stand, I don't find much enjoyment in metal parodies of these songs. DF's cover of the Celine Dion song felt like the guys genuinely enjoyed the original track and wanted to make it into a DF song. For years, prior to the band releasing that Celine Dion cover, I have said that her lyrics and the energy she has on some songs would be right up DF's alley for a cover, and they proved me right with My Heart Will Go On.

Can't say I enjoy the Taylor Swift cover though. But I don't really enjoy WSW altogether. I find it to be too much of a mixed bag, while I really enjoyed EPM through and through.

I think the (very strong) argument here is that most metal bands cover pop hits as a gimmick. It's not a very interesting one especially after its over-use and makes you wonder who they imagine is genuinely interested in hearing that shit.

It just doesn't seem like it's a choice made for genuine artistic reasons so much as it is a silly gag - I just don't find it funny or charming even a little... don't know or care if they genuinely like the songs. To me it just seems so stupid and vapid of a thing to do. That wasn't really my main issue with the album, but it's a symptom of what's really wrong with all of it.

So far every song I’ve heard from this album, about 5 or 6 tracks, is pretty fuckin bad