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| Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - Dragonforce Announce New Vocalist | U.K. based metal heroes Dragonforce have announced that their long search for a new vocalist is finally over. After entries from thousands of hopefuls across the globe, the shredmasters supreme welcome 23-year-old Marc Hudson to the band to fill the boots left by ZP Theart, who parted ways with the band in March of last year.
"I'm really excited about being a part of the Dragonforce family," says Marc. "It's always been my dream to dedicate my life to making music. I'm going to bring all the power and emotion I can to the songs, and help make the killer new record the fans have been waiting for!"
Born in Oxford England, Marc was picked from the thousands of applications via a number of impressive video auditions and live performances, which left the rest of the band in no doubt that they'd found their man. Since the age of 16, Marc has been building his vocal skills gigging with bands in the U.K. underground scene, developing a powerful style with influences which include Bruce Dickinson, Michael Kiske and Sebastian Bach.
Commented founding member and guitarist Herman Li: "After almost a year of searching around the globe, it's great to be able to finally tell our fans the good news. Marc's expressive and melodic vocals are sounding phenomenal on the new songs, adding another dimension to the Dragonforce sound that I am sure all the fans will love".
The band has been working on a new album since early 2010, recording in various studios in California, London and the South of France. The follow-up to 2008's hugely successful "Ultra Beatdown" album will be highly anticipated, with top 10 and top 20 chart positions all over the world and a Grammy nomination in the United States setting the precedent. With Marc brought into the fold, the band is enjoying an injection of enthusiasm and hunger that sees Dragonforce prepared to return more focused and determined than ever before.
"Everyone in the band is extremely excited about how the new material is shaping up," continues Herman. "We haven't felt this kind of energy in the band for a long time. We can't wait to unleash the next Dragonforce album later this year."
The new album is expected to hit the shelves in September, with a full world tour to follow.
You can see a clip of Marc's audition here.
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| Friday, July 27, 2007 - Dragonforce to re-release debut album | DragonForce will re-release their debut album Valley of the Damned - Remixed & Remastered with a bonus DVD in October 2007. The remixed debut and their second album Sonic Firestorm will also be available for the first time on picture disc vinyl. Below is a statement from guitarist Herman Li regarding this re-release package.
"For some time now we've been thinking about how great it would be that one day we could remix and remaster the Valley of the Damned album and re-release it. I still remember the amount of time and effort we spent recording that album, and financing it myself! Ignoring all the deadlines that were set for the delivery of the master tapes, we went into a lengthy recording period only to finally run out of money which meant we didn't have the time to give the songs the mix and production sound they deserve. Although many people thought the original release had a great production, it is uncomparable to the massive production sound on the albums Sonic Firestorm and Inhuman Rampage. To tell you the truth, the original release was mixed in only 36 hours as we spent most of the time working on capturing the best performances and improving the songs as much as possible.
Now, after 18 months on the road, three times around the world for the Inhuman Rampage Tour, our wish is granted with a bigger budget, better gear, more time and more experience to bring new life to Valley of the Damned. I know many old fans still consider Valley of the Damned to be our classic album. It is an album full of great songs that a lot of our new fans still haven't discovered yet unless they see us live since we have included songs from our debut album in all of our shows.
We have spent the last three weeks with producer Karl Groom remixing all the songs and giving more attention to detail than we previously had a chance to do. The final result is exactly what we want now, and beyond what was possible when we first finished Valley of the Damned four years ago. We are including a DVD in this package because we want to give you, the fans, as much as possible on this re-release. One thing is for sure, this jam packed DVD took way longer than I initially thought and I definitely under estimated the time it takes to put so much archive footage on it. This DVD will give you a feel of what was happening before we started to spend our lives on tour buses and airplanes!
For the November / December UK & European Tour we intend to play a few more songs from 'Valley' that we haven't played for a long time, so hopefully we'll see you at one of the shows. I think all you diehard fans will love this package which will be released worldwide in early October and who knows, we might even get a few new fans along the way!"
Best to you all,
Herman Li
VALLEY OF THE DAMNED - REMIXED & REMASTERED
Disc 1 - CD
1. Invocation of the Apocalyptic Evil
2. Valley of the Damned
3. Black Fire
4. Black Winter Night
5. Starfire
6. Disciples of Babylon
7. Revelations
8. Evening Star
9. Heart of a Dragon
Disc 2 - DVD
- Interviews
Interviews with the band members and producer reflecting on the Valley of the Damned period and the remix
- Valley of the Damned Live
Previously unreleased professionally filmed live video recording from their first Japanese tour.
Commentary version from Herman and Vadim
Commentary version from ZP and Karl
- Backstage Footage
DragonForce Home videos. See through the eyes of Sam and ZP in Japan on the day of the show.
- Recording Valley of the Damned
Footage from the drum recording session in Denmark
Commentary version from Herman and Vadim
- Remixing Valley of the Damned
Get technical with Herman, Vadim and producer Karl Groom. See how they remixed the album.
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| Friday, October 28, 2005 - Adrian Lambert departs DragonForce | Bass player Adrian Lambert has announced that he is to leave DragonForce with immediate effect. The father of a young son, the increasingly busy tour schedule of the band has precluded him from spending time with his child. The group would like to extend their best wishes for the future to Adrian and is currently seeking a new bassist. Former Heavenly/ current Maladaptive guitarist Frederic Leclercq will fill in on a temporary basis for their upcoming shows in the US and Canada during November.
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| Monday, October 10, 2005 - Drangonforce announce new album | Following a hugely successful summer and autumn, during which the 18 month campaign in support of their Sonic Firestorm album has seen them wowing festival crowds around Europe before returning to the UK to play yet another sell out tour, London based metallistsDragonforce have just completed work on their eagerly anticipated third album.
Inhuman Rampage contains eight brand new songs and will be released on 9th January 2006. The album recording sessions were made at Thin Ice Studios in Virginia Water (Surrey) and guitarist Herman Li's own studio in West London between April and September, while production duties were shared between Li, fellow axeman Sam Totman and keyboard player Vadim Pruzhanov.
When asked to comment on the new album, Li stated:
"On the new album we have come up with the ultimate formula that has never been done before. Combining intensity, chaos and melody, with all the DragonForce trademarks plus some more. For us, this is the next evolution in DragonForce's sound. I have never heard an album sounding like 'Inhuman Rampage'....the title says it all! It's seriously gonna blow some heads off around the world next year."
The full tracklisting of Inhuman Rampage is as follows:
1. Through The Fire And Flames
2. Revolution Deathsquad
3. Storming The Burning Fields
4. Operation Ground And Pound
5. Body Breakdown
6. Cry For Eternity
7. The Flame Of Youth
8. Trail Of Broken Hearts
The album will be released on CD and picture vinyl, with the CD featuring an enhanced
section and other surprise goodies....
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| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - Dragonforce announce new album | London based extreme power metallers DragonForce have started work on the follow up to their debut album 'Valley Of The Damned' released earlier this year.
The majority of the recording is taking place at Thin Ice Studios, Virginia Water, Surrey, England with producer Karl Groom, while all the guitars are being recorded at Herman Li's own private studio in West London.
Herman Li (guitars), Z.P. Theart (vocals), Sam Totman (guitars), & Vadim Pruzhanov (keyboards) have now been joined by new bassist Adrian Lambert, and drummer David Mackintosh (also with Bal-Sagoth).
Guitarist Herman Li says "We are working hard every day in the studio, and I can tell you that the new album will exceed the boundaries of melodic, speed power metal"
The new, as yet untitled album will be released on the Noise Records label on March 22nd 2004.
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| Friday, September 6, 2002 - DragonForce news | The release date of the debut album "Valley of the Damned" has been pushed back to January 2003 on Sanctuary/Noise Records.
The band is currently still recording with producer Karl Groom of Threshold at Thin Ice Studios and at guitarist Herman Li's studio.
Here is a message from the band regarding the delay:
"Dear Friends and Supporters,
We would like to apologise to you for this delay. We know a lot of you have been waiting a long time, and many of you since the release of our first demo. We just couldn't resist and decided to spent more time in the studio to make the songs sound even better. On the positive side, this delay allow us to deliver you the album with the quality you deserve.
DragonForce"
'Valley of the Damned' will include re-recorded version of all the songs from the band's first demo (available from mp3.com) as well as new ones.
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Live pictures from Sweden Rock Festival 2003
Read the full report here.
The official Dragonforce Biography
DragonForce is somewhat of a rarity, based in London England, they play a brand of music that is almost non-existent in their location. Formed in September 1999, formerly known as DragonHeart, the band changed their name in December 2001 to DragonForce to avoid confusion with other bands, record labels and movies under the same name.
The band is powered by the twin guitar assaults of Herman Li and Sam Totman, with singer ZP Theart, drummer Didier Almouzni, and keyboard player Vadim Pruzhanov. An ordinary line up it may seem at first, but DragonForce is uniquely backed by a diverse, multi-culture international line up (Hong Kong, England, South Africa, France, Ukraine) never seen before from a young new band.
In short, DragonForce's sound can be best described as a mix of modern melodic power metal with the fury of speed metal, but the band's influence comes from wide across the metal spectrum. Catchy melodies that stick straight into your head, combined with outrageous speed, power and totally over the top dual guitar wizardry are just some of their qualities which separate them from the masses. Most importantly underneath this sonic fury lies the band's indisputable strength, their song writing. Take any of their songs and you will find enough hooks to fill an ocean, enough technical process to satisfy progressive metal lovers, guitar solos to have you playing air guitar combined with catchy melodies and the strong voice of an outstanding metal shouter.
Well known in the underground, DragonForce has already toured with Halford, Stratovarius, Virgin Steele and successfully headlined their own show across England without an album out then. Previously known simply by the word of mouth among metal fans, and their songs on mp3 through the internet (over half a million download of their demo tracks from mp3.com alone), the band is now more than ready to take on the world with their long awaited debut album 'Valley of the Damned'
'Valley of the Damned' was recorded in 3 different locations between May and October 2002. The drums were recorded at Jailhouse Studio in Denmark with producer Tommy Hansen (Helloween), further recordings took place at Thin Ice Studios with producer /guitarist Karl Groom (Threshold) and at band guitarist Herman Li's home studio. The album truly shows the band's talent from performance, song writing, all the way to production!
The above biography was taken from The Official Dragonforce Web site and used with permission.
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| Comment by Dustin Cytacki (Anonymous) - Friday, November 19, 2004 | DRAGONFORCE IS VERY BIG RIGHT NOW IN MICHIGAN IN THE U.S.
COME TO THE U.S.
WE LOVE DRAGONFORCE
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| Comment by dave makintosh (Anonymous) - Monday, January 10, 2005 | i think its great that we have foreign interest. i personally want to thank all of our fans for supporting us and we hope to release new tour dates in the summer of 2005. we are very pleased to have the honour of playing with angra in february and we are currently working on a third album. its early stages but we have written a few songs but with a busy schedule we dont have much spare time. we hope to call our next album "Storm Warriors" but this is inly an idea. once again, on behalf of dragonforce, we thank all of our supporters. rock on!! dave
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| Comment by KISSfan (Anonymous) - Tuesday, January 25, 2005 | I saw Dragonforce a few months back in my home town.
They were AWESOME!!!
tho i missed out on meeting them...godamn.
Totally, awesome... come back to norwich dragonforce!!!
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| Comment by luke (Anonymous) - Wednesday, March 2, 2005 | Dragon force is big in a town called mildura in Austraila rock on
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| Comment by john moss (Anonymous) - Sunday, April 17, 2005 | i think this is the greatest band going in the world the fast melodic guitars are some what amazing in a way unamaginable i have been learning some of the songs such as heart of the dragon and black fire and valley of the damned and eg .any way ill get to the point.i think they are an amazing band i my self are putting together a band some what like dragonforce ...well the fast guitars and the singing with heart i think its all great ..remember this name for wene im up ther touring with DRAGONFORCE well thanx for listening and reading .
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| Comment by pipo (Anonymous) - Wednesday, July 6, 2005 | dragonforce is very goog band
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| Comment by callum (Anonymous) - Saturday, July 16, 2005 | im a guitarist im truly inspired by your playing your just awsome(not that you dont know that allready)im looking forward to seeing you inwolverhampton in sept c u then
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| Comment by rafael lopez (Anonymous) - Wednesday, October 19, 2005 | dragonforce es lo maximoooooo soy fanatico de ustedes son una tremenda banda mi msn "satan731"
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| Comment by M. Hany (Anonymous) - Sunday, November 6, 2005 | This Band PWNS!!! ,mad fast guitar work, I don't think a faster guitar exists on earth :D
When I was frist listening to them they were trully unknown, I am really happy that now they are starting to get what they deserve..Rock On DF!!!
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| Comment by [+]Môrgoroth![+] (Anonymous) - Thursday, December 15, 2005 | herman li no es muy fotogénico que digamos
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| Comment by Töny (Anonymous) - Monday, January 2, 2006 | DRAGONFORCE is el metal en todo su chingado explendor es lo mejor no hay mejor que dragonforce...
mi mail dragon.force@hotmail.com
chinge asu madre el que no le guste dragonforce.
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| Comment by atönio (Anonymous) - Monday, January 16, 2006 | dragonforce is my favorite band i have all CD.
yonoce loque piensen ustedes pero esta banda es la mas cabrona banda de powermetal y lla
my mail FieldsofDespair@gmail.com
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| Comment by garry (Anonymous) - Wednesday, February 8, 2006 | the band rock
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| Comment by PJ (Anonymous) - Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | i taught i was off this earth wen i herd li play it was amazing
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| Comment by jeremy (Anonymous) - Thursday, April 27, 2006 | this music yall play is fuckin great, yall should come to the u.s. down to texas
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| Comment by nathan (Anonymous) - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 | I like dragonforce becauesb it is good
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| Comment by .>>>.<<<. (Anonymous) - Monday, June 5, 2006 | DragonForce ROCKS!!!!!
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| Comment by .>>>.<<<. (Anonymous) - Monday, June 5, 2006 | DragonForce ROCKS!!!!!
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| Comment by John (Anonymous) - Friday, July 28, 2006 | DragonForce has changed my life.
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| Comment by Ajif (Anonymous) - Wednesday, September 6, 2006 | Damn it!!! sooo long your hair...hhaahhah
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| Comment by The layer of 666 (Anonymous) - Friday, September 8, 2006 | This band Fckin rock. I heard 1 song on my kerrang CD and now im hooked!!!! Its brilliant!!!!!!!
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| Comment by sammy (Anonymous) - Sunday, September 24, 2006 | Dragon force is a great band and they know how 2 rock it,through the fire and the flames is a sweet song, later
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| Comment by (-__-) (Anonymous) - Sunday, November 5, 2006 | dragonforce is wannabe heavymetal = shit
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| Comment by joep (Anonymous) - Wednesday, November 8, 2006 | dragonforce has changed my music life including my life.
they are very, very good. And i lofe their music style.
But they never come in holland(the place where is live).
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| Comment by kenya!! (Anonymous) - Sunday, December 3, 2006 | Herman.... Dude I love your hair... how long has your hair been long?
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| Comment by mak (Anonymous) - Saturday, December 9, 2006 | I've just recently heard some of their stuff and all I can say is AMAZING. Truly amazing. I' d like to hear some of their guitarists playing with Yngwie, Michael Angelo Batio, Chris Impelliteri, Satch or Vai. Now that would be a one hell of the blast !
If they ever come somewhere near Croatia, I'll definitelly go to see them. Very pleasent surprise on the metal scene I might say!
Keep rockin' guys !
Peace !
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| Comment by Bazle (Anonymous) - Saturday, December 23, 2006 | Woo hoo DForce! You guys need to come to Kentucky over here in the states... I mean come on... You don't want to miss someone who head bangs as well as I do do you??
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| Comment by Bazle (Anonymous) - Saturday, December 23, 2006 | Oh, yeah... Herman... Well all of you DForce people... But especially Herman... If you cut your hair... I'd be quite dissapointed... Herman your hair is really, really, freakin' awesome... It's what makes you guys you... And you guys are awesome... So... Yeah...
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| Comment by Cory (Anonymous) - Friday, December 29, 2006 | Herman li and sam totman are the jimi hendrix and eddie van halen of the new age you guys f***ing rock!!!!!!!
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| Comment by ssshtevve (Anonymous) - Saturday, January 13, 2007 | Herman Li, i believe is the new jimmy hendrix
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| Comment by ssshtevve (Anonymous) - Saturday, January 13, 2007 | Herman Li, i believe is the new jimmy hendrix
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| Comment by joe (Anonymous) - Tuesday, January 16, 2007 | holy crap herman is the page,eddie,hendrix,clapton,gilmor
of this time and this is from a 12 year old
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| Comment by jack more (Anonymous) - Tuesday, January 16, 2007 | cum 2 rock city and ecclesborne shcool in duffield in derby england u will rock that place to hell back up again and up the starway 2 heaven
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| Comment by Josh from New Zealand (Anonymous) - Thursday, January 25, 2007 | You guys are all Unique in your own way. But your all the same when it comes to speed. Far out man, there are no words to describe it. And goddamn it don't compare Herman and Sam to jimi hendrix and eddie van halen! They have a totally different playing style. And they could kick their asses without any difficulty anyway. By the way - To Dave mackintosh - how fast are you with your bass drums man? I have never heard you at your fastest. And me and my band are going to try extreme power metal too, bloody hell it's gonna take a long time to get as good as you guys, and I don't think we will anyway, but we would just like to continue your music style, because we all love it so much. Is that alright with you guys? silly_josh@hotmail.com anyway if you need to. Thanks alot
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| Comment by israel (dinoyardino) (Anonymous) - Sunday, February 11, 2007 | wooooooooooouuu i like your music in evryting band
sorry for my inglish i from mexicali b.c. mexico
you are a the best band
i am tocuh the guitar an cover`s of the your`s
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| Comment by angela (Anonymous) - Monday, March 5, 2007 | hey dragonforce i am angela nd i am 12 years old i live in holland so i cant really speek and write that good engelish i am a big fan and the singer of youre band he is so hot!!! well byeee
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