"The Game" is a song by British
power metal band
DragonForce. It was released as the second single from their sixth album ''
Maximum Overload
''Maximum Overload'' is the sixth studio album by British power metal band DragonForce, which was released in Europe on 18 August 2014, and in North America the next day. Trivium vocalist Matt Heafy contributed backing vocals on three songs, in ...
''.
"The Game" mixes DragonForce's renowned power metal sound with harsh vocals and features
Trivium frontman
Matt Heafy
Matthew Kiichi Heafy (born January 26, 1986) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for heavy metal band Trivium. He was also the lead vocalist for the band Capharnaum, along with Trivium's former producer Jason ...
as guest vocalist.
At 240 BPM it is the fastest DragonForce song to date.
The live version of this song was released as a Japanese bonus track on their next
live album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
.
Music video
The music video depicts a man who leaves his home at night and is later confronted by his wife about it. The two get into a fight and the man leaves. He later feels guilty and returns home to find text messages on a futuristic TV screen about his wife saying that she deserves better than him. When his son sees him the two embrace. Then his wife enters the room and smiles.
References
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DragonForce songs
2014 singles
2014 songs
Songs written by Sam Totman
Songs written by Frédéric Leclercq