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DRAGOFORCE Begin Recording New Album, Stream Recording Sessions Via Twitch, Announce Appearance On MegaCruise

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 28, 2018
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International metal superstars DRAGONFORCE recently entered the studio with producer Damien Rainaud (Fear Factory, Once Human) to begin recording their 8th studio album, due out in 2019. Fans can watch livestreams of the studio sessions now on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/hermanli – plus, all followers of the Twitch page will have a chance to win Herman Li’s personal signature guitar once he reaches 10,000 Twitch followers!

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“Let’s start with Gee’s drums!” (Pic by Wedoprod)

Herman Li comments: “We’re really excited to be recording again after finishing one of our biggest tour cycles ever. We’ll be streaming our recording live on Twitch, and fans can participate in the process by letting us know what they think of our solos! The new album will have a lot of surprises that both old and new fans will really enjoy.

We’re also especially excited to kick off our next tour cycle on the Megacruise. You know if you’re seeing DragonForce on a cruise, it’s going to be crazy, and we can’t wait for everyone to see what we’re planning. It will definitely be something fans have never seen before.”

On October 13-18, 2019, DragonForce will join Megacruise, which departs from Los Angeles, CA and boasts a line-up of Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Corrosion of Conformity, Devildriver, Doro, Armored Saint, John 5, Metal Church, and many more artists!

For more information, please visit: https://megacruise.com/

Stay tuned for more news about this new album coming soon!

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DRAGONFORCE To Release Re-Mixed/Re-Mastered “Re-Powered Within” On May 4th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 6, 2018
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Originally released in early 2012, the fifth album “The Power Within” by DRAGONFORCE is back as “Re-Powered Within” – completely remastered, remixed and repowered.

Prepared by Damien Rainaud (Fear Factory, Babymetal) at award-winning studio Mix Unlimited, Los Angeles, CA, the Dragonforce classic sounds bigger, better, bolder than ever before.

Says guitarist Herman Li: “I love how ‘Re-Powered Within’ has turned out. We remixed and remastered the original music with a more modern production, in the vein of our last two releases. The result is a clearer, more powerful sound. The fans will get to hear the music in better detail, bringing out parts they couldn’t hear so well before, and injecting new excitement into the songs we love even more now.”

Combining bombshell hook lines with high speed guitar solos, “Re-Powered Within” contains signature anthems that have gained the band the grand reputation and praise that it is known for today. The new mix and mastering truly serves the album well as “Re-Powered Within” sounds as new and fresh as it never has. The album is also been given a new style with a completely adjusted artwork. Featuring astonishing vocals by then brand new singer Marc Hudson as well as the divine guitar sound provided by Herman Li and Sam Totman, Dragonforce have and always will be a definite Full Force within the scene.

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Track list:

1. Holding On
2. Fallen World
3. Cry Thunder
4. Give Me the Night
5. Wings of Liberty
6. Seasons
7. Heart of the Storm
8. Die by the Sword
9. Last Man Stands
10. Seasons (Acoustic Version)
11. Power of the Ninja Sword
12. Heart of the Storm (Alternative Chorus Version)
13. Avant La Tempête (Instrumental)

Dragonforce will be playing festivals all over Europe whole summer:

02.06. – Fortarock, Nijmegen, (NL)
08.-10.06. – Download, Donington (UK)
09.06. – Rockavaria, Munich (GER)
05.-07.07. – Helgeåfestivalen, Knislinge (SWE)
14.07. – Area 45, Leoben (AUT)
26.07. – Fezen Festival, Székesfehérvár (HUN)
03.-04.08. – Skogsröjet Festival, Rejmyre (SWE)
08.-10.08. – Leyendas del Rock, Villena (ESP)
11.08. – Rock Pod Kamenom, Snina, (SK)
17.-18.08. – Rock Heart Festival, Moravský Krumlov (CZ)
19.08. – Havana Club, Tel-Aviv (ISR)
24.-25.08. – Reload Festival, Sulingen (GER)

DRAGONFORCE’s Gee Anzalone Releases “Ashes Of the Dawn” Drum Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 25, 2017
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DRAGONFORCE drummer Gee Anzalone has posted on his Official Youtube Channel a new “one take recording” drum video for “Ashes Of the Dawn”, taken from DragonForce‘s new album “Reaching Into Infinity” (out May 2017). Watch the video below.

Commented Gee:
“Hi people! I’m officially back on Youtube! Just for you my new didactical drum video “Ashes Of the Dawn” from DragonForce new album “Reaching Into Infinity”, out since may 2017. This is the drum session that i recorded on our new album with Jens Bogren and re-played again by me just for this video! One take recording (as usual) from the beginning till the end of the song, no video editing, no bullshits, just good hard work, sweat, passion and love for what i do. Steal the experience from the Masters and keep always up the good work!!”

Interview With HERMAN LI: “I’m working on instructional guitar lessons, but not the same that you’ve seen out there”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on October 26, 2017
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Interview By Alison Booth

Extreme power metal giants DRAGONFORCE unleashed their seventh studio album “Reaching Into Infinity” back in May and have been packing out venues around the world for their live shows. The band are now well into the European leg of their “Reaching Into Infinity” world tour, but prior to that, in Sheffield, England, Metal Shock Finland Senior Manager Alison Booth met up with guitar maestro Herman Li in Sheffield for her Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem radio show on TotalRock. (The show can be heard here.)

You can read some excerpts from the chat below and listen in full on the audio player:

Discussing dragons and if he’s a Game Of Thrones fan, Herman was quite expressive about social media, stating:

“Yeah I watch it. I’m not as crazy as people who go to Eastern Europe and visit the sights! I’m not in a rush to see it, like ‘Oh my God I gotta see it!’ And because I’m not in a rush it’s actually pretty horrible – people on social media posting what’s happening. Luckily I don’t follow anyone on Facebook, if you’re my friend I won’t follow you anyway. Every time I friend someone, I click ‘unfollow’ because I don’t care. They want to ruin the sports events for me, I get the results straight away.

Sometimes you’re on tour and you can’t see it immediately and it’s ‘oh thanks!’ Now it seems people want to ruin movies and TV shows and stuff, but I pretend I’m still their friend. But I technically unfriended them in an ‘unfollow’ way!” (laughs)

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Sheffield, October 2017

Discussing the near future, Herman revealed:

“I’m actually working on an instructional guitar thing, a lesson thing. It’s not gonna be the same that you’ve seen out there. The reason I’m doing it is that everyone has approached a bunch of subjects except these ones, that I think are important.

All this is coming from playing around the world for years and playing guitar for years. It’s not just about techniques and playing fast and playing notes – it’s more like the theory involved to be a good guitar player. You know, you can teach people notes, but to create them, you have to show them the path and inspire them, than just saying ‘I can play this really fast here and just copy it’. I’ve been writing about it for a few years anyway, so it’s something I’ve been working on. Finally I’ve the time to make it happen.”

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DRAGONFORCE Release “Midnight Madness” Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 22, 2017
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International metal superstars DRAGONFORCE have unveiled a new video for “Midnight Madness”. Taken from latest album, Reaching Into Infinity, the video drops just ahead of the UK and European legs of their massive “Reaching Into Infinity” World Tour.

Giving fans a rare glimpse into the making of a DRAGONFORCE album, the video takes fans behind the scenes with the band when recording the album. Guitarist Herman Li explains: “Many fans have asked us over the years what’s it like working in the studio on an album. The music video from the latest song to be released from the ‘Reaching Into Infinity‘ album – ‘Midnight Madness’, has the perfect vibe to take the fans behind the scene and see what we get up to!”

Watch “Midnight Madness” here:

See below for upcoming tour dates!

“Reaching Into Infinity” World Tour
w/ Powerquest
Oct. 4 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
Oct. 5 – Newcastle, UK – Riverside
Oct. 6 – York, UK – Fibbers
Oct. 7 – Sheffield, UK – Corperation
Oct. 8 – Manchester, UK – Sound Control
Oct. 11 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy 2
Oct. 12 – Cardiff, UK – Globe
Oct. 13 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Oct. 14 – Portsmouth, UK – Wedgewood Rooms
Oct. 15 – Tunbridge Wells, UK – Forum
Oct. 16 – Dover, UK – The Booking Hall

To preview and purchase Reaching Into Infinity, please visit: metalblade.com/dragonforce

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METALHEADS FOREVER: June Issue Available, Feat. Interviews with DOYLE, EXCODUS, DRAGONFORCE, TOMBS, ENTRAILS, Tribute To CHRIS CORNELL, And Many More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 10, 2017
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METALHEADS FOREVER, one of the biggest metal entities out there (having today more than 98000 members), led by David Maloney, have posted online the June issue, featuring DOYLE as Montly Special, and interviews with EXCODUS, DRAGONFORCE, TOMBS, ENTRAILS, Tribute to CHRIS CORNELL, several reviews + many more!

To read all the interviews and the whole METALHEADS FOREVER June issue, go here,  and get more information here.

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