In Eric Gorfain’s hands ‘Turn to Dust’, a cut from the band’s 1996 ‘Slang’ album is transformed into an eastern-tinged ‘Kashmir’-esque monster with heavy guitars and huge harmonies that meanders its way towards an uplifting and thrilling climax. Similarly, ‘Paper Sun’ is transformed into something akin to a James Bond theme tune. The trademark harmonies are augmented by sweeping strings as Joe Elliot sings about fear and the ‘anger inside of you’ on this thoughtful and impactful song. A fantastic mid-song guitar solo and orchestration have now added a ‘Still of the Night’ style passion to this song that is not there on the original.

And the fact that we took those beautifully orchestrated guitars out that Phil and Steve had played, And swapped them out Ultratop.be – Def Leppard with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Drastic Symphonies" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2023. Changed all the - I mean if you listen to the drum sounds from the original and then listen to the stuff on here."Def Leppard members Joe Elliott and Phil Collen were interviewed on 11th May and mentioned the new Drastic Symphonies album and new song versions. But Steve was completely on board. And when Phil came in he was like well yeah that makes total sense Despite this, there are still some special moments across the record. The arrangement of hits “Animal” and “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, both which largely see a solo Elliot along with the orchestra verge on being beautiful, while the use of strings enhances the tension and excitement of “Love Bites”, “Bringin’ On The Heartache”, “Switch 625” and the closing “Kings Of The World”. Perhaps Drastic Symphonies would have fared better as an EP, but even in these stronger moments, it is apparent that the album would have benefited from a live performance between Def Leppard and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as a means of showcasing the musicianship and songwriting from the band.

Well Bringin' On The Heartbreak is one of the few songs on the album that we didn't really mess with thePlus the bass line originally done by Herbie Flowers. Same guy who played Walk On The Wild Side funnily enough. And we really sing them live. So again another thing we're really proud of 'cause we work our asses off

But the intro that's on Gods Of War with the little kind of E-Bow, orchestrated part that I don't know who played it.Absolutely I was gonna say there's so many vocals on this thing. And yeah we used vocals as an instrument.