British speed power metallers DragonForce have released a new video for the song "Seasons", now available for viewing below. The song is taken from their latest output The Power Within, the first to feature new singer Marc Hudson, which was released in April through Roadrunner Records.

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British speed power metallers DragonForce have premiered their new video for the song "Cry Thunder", taken from their upcoming album The Power Within, exclusively at this location. Alternatively, you can watch it below. The Power Within will be released on April 17th via Roadrunner Records. More album details here.

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UK power metallers DragonForce have premiered their new song "Cry Thunder", taken from their upcoming album The Power Within, at this location. The new album will be released on April 17th via Roadrunner Records. More album details were previously reported here.

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British power metallers DragonForce have announced the South American leg of The Power Within World Tour, their most extensive tour of South America so far. The tour, as special guests of Trivium, will take them to Ecuador and Venezuela, virgin territories for the band, as well as Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia in September.

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British speed power metallers DragonForce have announced their return to North America for a spring tour. This marks the band's first full trek with new singer Marc Hudson, who makes his recorded debut on their latest album, The Power Within, which hits stores on April 17th. Also, you can now download the new track "Fallen World" at this location, which is still streaming here.

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British speed power metallers DragonForce have announce a series of UK in-store signing sessions starting on April 15th in London and an album release show in Birmingham on April 18th.

The band posted the following on their official website: "Having recently announced the details of their forthcoming 5th studio album The Power Within, DragonForce now announce a series of instore signings with HMV, commencing in London on the release date of Sunday April 15th together with a special, one-off album launch show in Birmingham."

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Event:	DragonForce: Album Release Show

"Fallen World", the brand new single from British speed power metallers DragonForce is now streaming online at this location. Alternatively, you can listen to it below. The song comes off the band's forthcoming album The Power Within, which will hit stores on April 15th via the band's own Electric Generation Recordings. More album details were previously reported here.

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British power metallers DragonForce revealed on their official website details about the band's upcoming album. It will be titled The Power Within and will be released in the UK on April 15th via the band's own Electric Generation Recordings, distributed by Essential Music (UK), Roadrunner Records (North America), 3Wise (Australia) and JVC Victor (Japan). The Power Within is their fifth full-length studio album and the first with the new singer Marc Hudson.

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UK power metallers DragonForce have announced on their official website that they had to cancel their performance at the upcoming Soundwave Festival 2012 in Australia due to the delay in the completion of their new album.

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Event:	Soundwave Festival 2012

UK power metal band DragonForce has announced a special show in London on February 16th to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, and the wrap-up of their new album.

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UK speed power metal band DragonForce played their first US live show on Friday, October 21st, with the new singer Marc Hudson. They performed two songs from their upcoming studio album ("Cry Thunder" and "Last Fallen World"), as well as a selection from their earlier releases.

Prior to the show, bassist Frédéric Leclerq and drummer Dave Mackintosh did a short interview, where they talked about Hudson's recruitment, the new material, and more. You can now watch the whole interview below.

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Emily Alice Ovenden, frontwoman of British symphonic metallers Pythia, is set to make a guest appearance on DragonForce's upcoming album scheduled for release sometime in early 2012. Further details about the new album are yet unknown. Pythia though, gave the following update:

"Just a quick note to let you know that Emily is currently in the studio recording guest backing vocals for the new DragonForce album, due to be released in early 2012! She is delighted to be working with the DragonForce guys and reports back that the new material is sounding great!"

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UK 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 band welcomes 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.

Says Marc: "I'm really excited about being a part of the DragonForce family. 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 UK underground scene, developing a powerful style with influences which include Bruce Dickinson, Michael Kiske and Sebastian Bach.

Says 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. 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.

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DragonForce bassist Frédéric Leclercq will play with Sabaton - but only for their World War Tour 2011.

Sabaton explain the situation as follows:
"Our old friend and companion from the band DragonForce will take over on guitars from Rikard during the upcoming World War Tour in Europe. This is since Rikard has decided to multiply himself and will have his first kid at this time. Of course its the highest wish of Sabaton to tour with all six members but this time Rikard wanted to pass and to ensure that the fans that come to these shows will get a good show we wanted to bring in a person with both great musical talent as well as a great stage act together with a chemistry that we know fits in Sabaton. We are sure that Frédéric is that person.

This is of course a temporary situation, Frédéric is still a full member of DragonForce and Rikard is still the guitar player of Sabaton.
For the American tour that starts in April Rikard will be on stage again, ready to rock and hopefully a bit richer in life."

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Official Press Release

Dragonforce, the stellar musicians whose latest Ultra Beatdown album charted strongly all over the world, have announced the release of their first live album; titled Twilight Dementia and produced by longstanding DF collaborator Karl Groom along with band guitarists Herman Li & Sam Totman, this double live set is now confirmed for a September 13th 2010 release on Spinefarm Records and Roadrunner Records (US, Canada).

Featuring 13 tracks, including such pivotal numbers as "Fury Of The Storm", "Operation Ground And Pound", "My Spirit Will Go On", "Valley Of The Damned", "Heroes Of Our Time" & "Through The Fire And Flames", this exercise in soaring vocals & advanced guitar pyrotechnics was recorded across 19 UK shows, with the very best takes lovingly compiled and mixed by Groom, Totman & Li.

Says Herman: "For years, fans have been asking us to record a live album, but honestly, we never really had the time due to our worldwide touring commitments and studio album recording. However, due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback from fans on the "Ultra Beatdown World Tour", we decided to finally put some real thought into it. The idea was to record every single show from the last leg of the tour, so we could pick the best take of each song without needing to do any overdubs in the studio; keeping the whole thing "live" like all the classic live metal albums. These recordings really capture the raw sonic energy of a Dragonforce show in fine detail. It is so real that you can hear the noise of the crowd and experience the show as it was that night - you can even hear the guitar pedals being stepped on!"

Twilight Dementia cover art] tracklist:

Disc I
01. Heroes Of Our Time
02. Operation Ground And Pound
03. Reasons To Live
04. Fury Of The Storm
05. Fields Of Despair
06. Starfire
07. Soldiers Of The Wasteland

Disc II
01. My Spirit Will Go On
02. Where Dragons Rule
03. The Last Journey Home
04. Valley Of The Damned
05. Strike Of The Ninja
06. Through The Fire And Flames

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