Holy drumming hell!
The guy in the following video is cool as fuck for two reasons: 1) He’s made his own drum kit for Guitar Hero III 2) He’s fucking awesome at it as well. I tried this track on “easy” at Andy‘s some...
View ArticleDragonForce + Alestorm, Glasgow O2 ABC
Chris from Alestorm and your roving reporter (Photo credit: Iain Purdie) [Full sets of pics for Alestorm and DragonForce by clicking these links] Yes, I know there were two other bands on the bill but...
View ArticleYear in Review – Gigs (and which were the best?)
Well, December is almost over and it’s time to dig through the reviews and see what I reckoned was the live musical high-point of the year. And it’s bloody hard, believe me. If you just want to skip...
View Article2012 – The Year in Albums
With the year in gigs covered, it’s time to turn to the album releases of 2012. Note that these are just the albums I got – there are countless others, obviously! Albums listed are in no particular...
View ArticleNew DragonForce video – featuring Trivium’s Matt Heafy!
DragonForce have unveiled the first video from their upcoming album, Maximum Overload. The track, “The Game” features Heafy on “the scream parts, and back-up vocals on the choruses” according to the...
View ArticleDragonforce + NeonFly, Glasgow King Tut’s
Neonfly (Photo credit: Iain Purdie) [Photos from the gig: Dragonforce | NeonFly] As with the last album, Dragonforce are treating fans to a series of intimate, small-scale shows around the time of...
View Article2014 Year In Review: Top Gigs – Mosh
James and Ross have already had their says on this matter, but it’s time for me to have a quick dig through the memory banks (i.e. the reviews on here) and pick out the highlights of this year. And,...
View ArticleBloodstock 2016 – three big announcements
Just a quickie – Paradise Lost, Rotting Christ and DragonForce will all be making an appearance at next year’s event! Bloodstock will be DragonForce’s only UK appearance of 2016. Herman Li has this to...
View ArticleBloodstock 2016 – Ross’ overview and highlights
In the last couple of years, I’ve always looked at Bloodstock with an eye of curiosity. It’s had a couple of bands I really like appear every year but never enough for me to justify the ticket price....
View ArticleBloodstock 2016 – Sunday (Ross’s view)
Chronicles (c) Bucavak Photography Harsh, screeching vocals are Visions of Disfigurement’s way to introduce themselves to everyone. Describing themselves as “slamming death metal”, they certainly...
View ArticleBloodstock 2016 – Sunday (Sean’s view)
Ghost Bath (c) Will Tudor After another night of rock ‘n’ roll excesses and a morning of BBQ’d pork products (and cups of tea and coffee), the final day of heavy metal mania at Bloodstock 2016 lay...
View ArticleDragonForce announce 7th studio album due for May release
Reaching Into Infinity is the title of the power-metallers’ forthcoming release which will become available to the masses on May the 18th via EarMUSIC. The record will appear on CD, LP and a special...
View ArticleTour News: DragonForce, Dog’N’Style, Anewrage, Broken Teeth, Twelve Foot...
Over the past few days there have been mounds of great tours coming through our mailbox. Here’s our summary of the good, the bad and the ugly. DragonForce The first dates supporting the upcoming...
View ArticleDragonForce – The Black Heart, London (12th April 2017)
Several thoughts go through my head prior to DragonForce’s album launch event as I journey my way through the back alleys of London to find the city’s hidden gem: The Black Heart. Firstly, will the...
View ArticleMonday video roundup: Maypine, ArKos, Go Ask Alice, DragonForce, SikTh, Fizzy...
Woah, busy day. Only just getting a chance to get these posted… Maypine – “A Little Sooner” Merging highly infectious refrains and upbeat punk-rock rhythms, ascending UK pop-punkers Maypine set loose...
View ArticleReview: DragonForce – Reaching Into Infinity
Around this time last month, I was lucky enough to watch DragonForce at the Black Heart in London, debuting a few songs from their forthcoming seventhth release; Reaching Into Infinity. The night’s...
View ArticleVideo Roundup: DragonForce, Skein, Stormbringer, Terror Empire, Kill the...
Another batch of piping hot videos straight from the oven… DragonForce – “Midnight Madness” International metal superstars DragonForce have unveiled a new video for “Midnight Madness”. Taken from...
View ArticleDragonForce / Power Quest – Glasgow Garage (4th October 2017)
How much power metal can one venue handle? Glasgow’s Garage was about to find out, on a particularly wet and miserable Wednesday night as two bands with a closely interlinked history arrived for three...
View ArticleDragonForce reveal details for new album “Extreme Power Metal”, launch...
On September 27th, DragonForce will unleash their 8th full-length album, Extreme Power Metal, worldwide. Produced in Los Angeles, California by Damien Rainaud at Mix Unlimited, Extreme Power Metal was...
View ArticleAlbum Review: DragonForce – Extreme Power Metal
By now you’ll likely have seen the videos for “Highway to Oblivion” (below) and “Heart Demolition”. Between them they give a very accurate flavour for what to expect across Extreme Power Metal. First...
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