Led by the dual vocal persona of Adrienne Cowan, whose mixture of extreme screams and shouts with a soaring angelic soprano might be likened to former The Agonist and current Arch Enemy front-woman Alissa White-Gluz, this quartet would barrel through a concise selection of powerful anthems that straddle the stylistic divide between Kamelot and Epica with a brilliant mixture of infectious hooks and wild virtuosic displays. The first mighty assault would be waged by Boston-born symphonic crusaders Seven Spires, admittedly the youngest battalion of enlisted warriors and the only American representatives of the genre, but a more than compelling one in setting the tone for the evening. Those unable to attend in person had been treated to Dragonforce streaming many of their live sets on Twitch, but testimonies from concertgoers made one thing clear: this was not a show to be missed.
By the time the group reached Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the tour had more than passed the halfway mark. Though the set lists and the stage would prove to be small, the potency of what would be unleashed would rival that of those cherished arena events that typified the bygone era of the 1980s, matched by an unrelenting enthusiasm for the art that would transport the audience to various other realms known only to the imagination.ĭragonforce may have been able to carry on through the fire and the flames, but they have finally been able to grace North America with their presence, filling out the bill with tour companions Firewind, Visions of Atlantis, and Seven Spires. The analogy of a small band of heroes standing against a seemingly insurmountable juggernaut is a fitting one in depicting the night of sonic inspiration and splendor that would come to pass at the Revolution Live on April 13 th, as four elite mainstays of the symphonic and power metal world would proceed to punch a hole into the venue’s roof and even that of the sky draped above it. Roughly two years to the day that the world stopped turning in response to Covid, many heroes have risen to beat back the beast that stole the concert-going experience from the masses. Words by Samantha Buckman and Jonathan Smith
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