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\nDRAGONFORCE have debuted a second track from their new album \u201cReaching Into Infinity\u201c. Check out \u201cCurse Of Darkness\u201d off of the effort HERE<\/a>, which will be released on May 19th. As many have been quick to point out, the song seems to take at least some inspiration from the music of the \u2018Castlevania\u2018 series of video games. Both North American and UK tours are currently booked, dates can be found HERE<\/a>.
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\nLong running Grammy-nominated extreme melodic power metal band DragonForce release their seventh album, \u2018Reaching Into Infinity\u2018, on May 19. Once again recorded with Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork), the producer extraordinaire who helmed the UK-based group\u2019s now three-year-old previous record \u2018Maximum Overload\u2018, it will be available via earMUSIC in Europe, Metal Blade Records in the United States and Roadrunner in Japan.
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\n\u2018Reaching Into Infinity\u2018 introduces Italian drummer Gee Anzalone, who joined the band for their first ever \u2018best-of\u2019 collection, \u2018Killer Elite: The Hits, The Highs, The Vids\u2019, released in 2016. It\u2019s the third DragonForce album to feature frontman Marc Hudson, whose reign at the mic now enters its sixth year.
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\n\u201cMarc is becoming more and more involved with the writing process, especially in the lyrics,\u201d acknowledges guitarist Herman Li. \u201cMostly, though, these songs came from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric [Leclercq, bassist] and Sam [Totman, guitarist].”
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\nMusically speaking, \u2018Reaching Into Infinity\u2018 continues where DragonForce left off with \u2018Maximum Overload\u2018, the band\u2019s faster material becoming even faster still, while the melodic parts head even further in that particular direction. The band offer no apologies for the inclusion of a 1980s rock-style ballad entitled \u2018Silence\u2019 and, at the other end of the spectrum, there\u2019s even an 11-minute multi-tempoed monster called \u2018The Edge Of The World\u2019.
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\n\u201c\u2018The Edge Of The World\u2019 is DragonForce\u2019s longest ever song,\u201d says Li proudly. \u201cIn some ways, this album is more epic than anything we\u2019ve done before.”
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\n\u2018The Edge Of The World\u2019 is extremely ambitious, channelling growled vocals from Hudson and fusing them with a stunning arrangement that twists and turns like the proverbial dragon\u2019s tail. The \u2018Force go prog-rock, anyone?
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\n\u201cWhy not?\u201d Li responds. \u201cMarc\u2019s favourite style of music is prog, and I\u2019m a massive fan of Dream Theater, so there\u2019s an element of that going on. With each album that we make, the band reveals more and more if its influences, constantly adding to what we can do.”
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\n\u201cWe have proven that playing fast is something we were good at, so this time I wanted to bring even more diversity into our music,\u201d Fred elaborates. \u201cIt\u2019s great to challenge ourselves instead of staying in a comfort zone, and I really wanted to experiment with Marc\u2019s vocals. I think people are going to be surprised at his brutality.\u201c
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\nThe title corresponds with the album\u2019s highly impressive sleeve art, which features a dragon bursting through a wormhole into a hi-tech, futuristic cityscape.
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\n\u201cThe dragon represents us \u2013 DragonForce \u2013 and a form of music that\u2019s been around for a very long time, emerging into an outside world that\u2019s infinitely more crazy and chaotic than it was ten years ago,\u201d Li explains, using considerable understatement. \u201cEveryone is saying that there\u2019s no future and there\u2019s a lot of fear and uncertainty, especially for younger people, but our music is an escape from it all.\u201c
\nThe bulk of the album was laid down at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden, though additional parts were cut in studios around the UK and in California. They had to be \u2013 \u201cSince \u2018Killer Elite\u2019 it\u2019s been non-stop for us,\u201d Li comments.
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\nAdds Leclercq: \u201cWe flew out, played a festival, headed back into the studio, then went back out again. It was very intense and tiring. I obviously played bass but also a lot of rhythm guitar, electric and acoustic, and lost my temper a few times \u2013 I think we all did at some point, because we wanted to deliver nothing but the best.”
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\nExpect many of these songs to become firm live favourites, particularly the super-fast \u2018Midnight Madness\u2019 (feted as the album\u2019s second video track), when DragonForce hit the road again. As usual, their itinerary will take them to the four corners of the world
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\nSource: The PRP
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