It feels like pretty much everyone on planet Earth is a Taylor Swift fan, but if you've ever wished that Tay Tay's music was a little less pop-country and a lot more power metal, then DragonForce and Arch Enemy have made your wildest dreams come true.
The two metal powerhouses teamed up on November 5 in Montreal to turn Swift's Wildest Dreams into a power metal anthem.
Featuring DragonForce doing what they do best with guest vocals from Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz, the cover sent the crowd wild.
Watch this big moment for metalhead Swifty's for yourself below.
The love between Swift and Metalheads is stronger than it may first appear. In yet another example of metalheads secretly owning the pop music world, Swift's bass player Amos Heller uploaded a video of him shredding Metallica's Blackened.
Heller adds some much-needed, technically proficient bottom end to the And Justice For All... classic, boldly going where Metallica alumni Jason Newstead and current bassist Robert Trujillo have gone before.
Heller also lets slip that Metallica, and thrash metal, in general, played a huge part in his development into a career musician, commenting "I don't think I would be a musician if it wasn't for thrash metal, and I don't think I would love thrash if I hadn't listened to it every day of my freshman year riding to school in my brother's car with ...And Justice For All blazing out of the speakers. This album is an oddity...a killer metal album with no bass on it. So I put some bass on it. The modern tone I went for might not be the most era-specific, but it felt like a good fit to me. This song was a real challenge, and I love playing it. Enjoy."
With his current gig involving playing to sold-out stadiums worldwide with literally the biggest music star on the planet, it will be interesting to see if Heller can convince Taylor to let him bust out some thrash on her Eras tour.
DragonForce's Montreal set also included the new Zelda-inspired single, Power of the Triforce. The first single to be released from their freshly announced ninth full-length Warp Speed Warriors which is scheduled for release March 15 on Nuclear Blast, Power of the Triforce is pure DragonForce material, with hyperactive guitar virtuosity standing out amidst a cracking power metal soundscape. Power of the Triforce arrived accompanied by a Zelda-themed video. Directed by Jake Woodbridge, the video features the band performing live in the Zelda environment Hyrule Castle and laying waste to a suspiciously Ganon-looking nemesis with the Master Sword.
Power of the Triforce has been added to our Metal Maniacs playlist
