Dave Mackintosh arrives the band and imposes a new sound, giving the "extreme" to the "power metal".
Well, "Soldiers of the Wasteland" is not considered their best song because it just is, right? Drumming is what makes this album a new Dragonforce. "Soldiers of the Wasteland" has maybe the best solos I've ever heard by Dragonforce, considering the impressive solos they do, this tells a lot. This album has keyboard solos in almost every song, and not whimpy keyboard solos, but really amazing stuff. 'Valley of the Damned' lacked one thing, and that is the exact reason for it not to be as good as 'Sonic Firestorm'. Vadim Pruzhanov also does an amazing job in here. Adrian Lambert does an excellent job backing up, standing out preciselly and accuratelly everywhere. Mostly, in Dragonforce the bass cannot be heard, or at least in their third releae, 'Inhuman Rampage'. Guitar riffs are extremelly fast, with a known formula of "power chord, root-riff, power chord" that works perfectly for them in all cases throughout the album. Dragonforce changed their style and the whole style of a genre into a new deal with this album, 'Sonic Firestorm'. Now, 'Sonic Firestorm' was before both of this events, and it was also the beginning of what they would call "extreme power metal", mainly because of the arrival of their (back in the day) new drummer, Dave Mackintosh.
Cry of the Brave (Japanese Bonus Track), Lyrics: Pruzhanov, Li, Totman, Theart, Music: Pruzhanov, Length: 5:45 Once in a Lifetime, Lyrics: Totman, Theart, Music: Totman, Length: 7:46 Prepare for War, Lyrics: Li, Theart Music: Li, Length: 6:15 Soldiers of the Wasteland, Lyrics: Theart, Totman, Music: Totman, Length: 9:47
Above the Winter Moonlight, Lyrics: Pruzhanov, Totman, Li, Theart Music: Pruzhanov, Length: 7:31 Dawn Over a New World, Lyrics: Totman, Music: Totman, Length: 5:13 Fields of Despair, Lyrics: Totman, Li, Music: Totman Li, Length: 5:25 Fury of the Storm, Lyrics: Totman, Music: Totman, Length: 6:47 My Spirit Will Go On, Lyrics: Totman, Theart, Music: Totman, Length: 7:54 Note: all songs arranged by Sam Totman, Herman Li, Vadim Pruzhanov, ZP Theart, and Adrian Lambert. Sonic Firestorm was stated as the 2nd best "Battle Metal" album of the last 20 years by British metal magazine Metal Hammer in its 20th anniversary article. All the guitars were recorded at Herman Li's LamerLuser Studios in London. The recording and mixing for the band's 2nd album took place at Surrey's Thin Ice Studios, from October 6th to December 10th, 2003.
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