Neues von DragonForce

Die britischen Power-Metal-Titanen von DRAGONFORCE werden im August dieses Jahres ein neues Album veröffentlichen. Die Scheibe wird „Maximum Overload“ heißen und auf dem Hamburger Plattenlabel EarMusic veröffentlicht.

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„UK Metal titans DRAGONFORCE are nearing completion of their sixth studio album entitled ‚Maximum Overload‘. Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Örebro and Varberg, Sweden, the new opus will be the band’s first ever album involving an outside producer, having historically opted to record themselves in association with Karl Groom.

Fans can stream a demo of a new track now on MetalHammer.co.uk! Listen to ‚Defenders‘ now:
http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/exclusive-hear-a-brand-new-dragonforce-demo-featuring-triviums-matt-heafy/

‚Maximum Overload‘ will be the band’s debut album for new label Ear Music, part of the German Edel music group, who will release the album in the UK on August 18th, and in USA on Metal Blade Records on August 19th.

„Working with Jens gave us a different perspective on the songs and a different sound dynamic. We always previously recorded in our own studios but recording in Sweden made us focus and maybe drove us harder, Jens certainly did, he doesn’t believe in days off“! said guitar maestro Herman Li.

„The album title and album cover artwork is inspired by the constant bombardment of information we are subjected to during our daily lives“ Li added. „We were in an airport departure lounge surrounded by TV screens, flight information screens and advertising screens. We then looked around and no one was saying a word, they were all looking at more screens on tablets, laptops and mobile phones, there’s no escaping it, it’s complete information overload“!

‚Maximum Overload‘ features a couple of surprises, notably a guest appearance on some of the songs from Trivium’s Matt Heafy. „We’ve always gotten on really well with the Trivium guys and it was great when Matt had a couple of days to spare and agreed to weigh in on some of the songs“! added Frederic Leclercq.

The album also features an all time first for DragonForce…..a cover version! Sam Totman explained „Just before the last Australian tour our manager suggested it might be interesting to do a cover for the next album, something we’ve always refused even to consider. Because we had all had a couple beers every band member wrote down 3 songs each and we compared them all, just for a laugh. I wrote down ‚Ring Of Fire‘ by Johnny Cash, an idea which the rest of the band loved, so we’ve DragonForce-ized it“!

‚Maximum Overload‘ will be released on Standard CD, Standard Digital Version, Special Edition CD with 5 bonus tracks and a bonus DVD, Special Edition Digital Version (same bonus material as Special Edition CD), and Vinyl.“

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