Dragonforce

British power metal act Dragonforce stand out from the pack by gilding their relentlessly brutal attack with melodies and vocals that are, at times, as poppy as anything purveyed by hair metal acts of the late 1980s and early '90s. This isn't to say that Dragonforce are softies--far from it. In fact, their sound makes for some of the most massive, blazingly precise metal of the 2000s. However, the band has a unique appreciation of the potential for melody amidst the musical chaos and scorched-earth sounds, offering a nice middle ground between pop metal and the more extreme versions of the genre.

• rock
• 2000s
• speed metal
• hard rock/metal