Inhuman Rampage

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Inhuman Rampage
Inhuman Rampage cover
Studio album by DragonForce
Released 9 January 2006
13 March 2007 (re-release)
Recorded Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, England & LamerLuser Studios, London, England. March – September 2005
Genre Power metal
Length 56:05 (62:27 w/ bonus track)
Label Roadrunner, Noise
Producer Sam Totman, Herman Li, Vadim Pruzhanov
Professional reviews
DragonForce chronology
Sonic Firestorm
(2004)		 Inhuman Rampage
(2006)		 Ultra Beatdown
(2008)
Singles from Inhuman Rampage
  1. "Through the Fire and Flames"
    Released: 3 August 2006
  2. "Operation Ground and Pound"
    Released: 2006
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Japanese cover
Japanese cover
Special edition cover
Special edition cover

Inhuman Rampage is the third studio album by English power metal band DragonForce, the album was released on January 9, 2006 and June 20 2006 in North America. In America, the album reached number 1 in the Billboards Heatseekers chart; it also reached #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,[1] has sold 312,000 units in the US[2] and more than half a million worldwide. A music transcription book was released for the album on 15 September 2008 by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (ISBN 9781423433484).

Contents

Production

The recording for the album took place at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey and LamerLuser Studios in London between March and September 2005 and during the recording of "Through the Fire and Flames" guitarist Herman Li snapped one of his guitar strings.[3] Despite this, the band decided to keep this recording and left it on the final album version.[3] 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.

Track listing

# Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Through the Fire and Flames"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:20
2. "Revolution Deathsquad"   Totman Totman 7:52
3. "Storming the Burning Fields"   Pruzhanov Pruzhanov 5:20
4. "Operation Ground and Pound"   Totman, Theart Totman 7:45
5. "Body Breakdown"   Pruzhanov, Li, Totman Pruzhanov 6:58
6. "Cry for Eternity"   Totman Totman 8:13
7. "The Flame of Youth"   Li Li 6:42
8. "Trail of Broken Hearts"   Pruzhanov, Totman, Theart Pruzhanov, Totman 5:55
9. "Lost Souls in Endless Time" (Bonus track) Pruzhanov Pruzhanov 6:22

CD enhancements

US & Canada
# Title Length
10. "Through the Fire and Flames" (Music Video) 4:59
Rest of the world
# Title Length
11. "Behind-The-Scenes Rockumentary" (video clip)  
12. "Live tour video's (Japanese and European festivals)" (video clip)  
13. "Windows theme package"    

Special Edition bonus DVD

# Title Length
1. "Through the Fire and Flames" (Music Video) 4:59
2. "Operation Ground and Pound" (Music Video) 5:03
3. "Behind-The-Scenes Rockumentary"    
4. "My Spirit Will Go On" (live on 10 June 2006 at the Metal Hammer Awards)  

Personnel

Band members

Guest musicians

Technical staff

  • Karl Groom – mixing, engineering
  • Eberhard Köhler – mastering

Graphic designers

  • 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
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Album Chart 70 [4]
Flag of Sweden Sverigetopplistan 54 [5]
Flag of the United States The Billboard 200 103 [6]
Flag of the United States Billboard Comprehensive Albums 106 [7]
Flag of the United States Top Hard Rock Albums 18 [8]
Flag of the United States Top Heatseekers 1 [6]
Flag of the United States Top Independent Albums 5 [6]

Year end

Chart Peak
Flag of the United States Top Independent Albums 38 [9]

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[10]		 CAN D.[11] US
[12]		 US
Pop		 US
Main.		 US
Digi S.		 US
DT[13]
2006 "Through the Fire and Flames" 61 50 86 56 34 49 42 US: Gold[14]
"Operation Ground and Pound" — — — — — — —
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.

Release history

Year Region Date Format Label Catalogue # Notes
2006  Worldwide 9 January Enhanced CD Roadrunner RR 8070-2 [15]
2006  Japan 2 January Enhanced CD Victor VICP-63220 With bonus track [16]
2006  Argentina Enhanced CD Icarus Icarus 205 [17]
2007  Worldwide 13 February CD & DVD Roadrunner 1686-180042 With bonus track [18]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "The BPI - Certified awards database". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Slipknot Edges The Game For No. 1 Spot". Billboard. September 3, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Herman Li. DragonForce! (Flash). Blender.com Online Video Channel. Retrieved on 2008-01-01. Event occurs at 2:45-3:02. "...at the end of the song we actually break the string. I broke the string and in the album we left it there"
  4. ^ "Chart Stats - Faith No More". chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  5. ^ "Discography DragonForce". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  6. ^ a b c "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [albums] - DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  7. ^ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums - Dragonforce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  8. ^ "Top Hard Rock Albums - Dragonforce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  9. ^ "Top Independent Albums - Inhuman Rampage". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  10. ^ "Canadian Hot 100 - DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  11. ^ "Hot Canadian Digital Singles - DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  12. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [singles] - DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  13. ^ "Hot Digital Tracks - DragonForce". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  14. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  15. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#RR 8070-2)". Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
  16. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#VICP-63220)". Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
  17. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#Icarus 205)". Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
  18. ^ "Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (#1686-180042)". Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.

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