Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 27, 2021
DragonForce have shared a music video for the song “Troopers of the Stars.” The track is taken from the group’s 2019 album, Extreme Power Metal. Inspired by the movie Starship Troopers, the clip was filmed before the pandemic hit and directed by Roboshobo in Los Angeles, CA. The group comments: “The long-awaited ‘Troopers […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 21, 2020
Despite 2020 being a challenging year, Frédéric Leclercq (ex-Dragonforce, Kreator) surprised us by teaming up Saki (Mary’s Blood) and forming the new project Amahiru. Metal Insider caught up with Leclercq to discuss the self-titled debut. Frédéric Leclercq has surprised us a lot this year between leaving Dragonforce and joining Kreator and now, the […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 16, 2020
Amahiru, the new project featuring Frédéric Leclercq (Ex-Dragonforce, Kreator, etc.) and SAKI (Mary’s Blood) have shared another new song, “Lucky Star,” featuring Amaranthe’s Elize Ryd. The track is taken from their debut self-titled album, due November 27th via EarMusic. Listen to the song below and pre-order the album here:
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 13, 2020
The next batch of show cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic includes Alice Cooper, Dragonforce, Overkill, William DuVall, Imonolith, Tool, Attila, I Prevail, and more. Tyr’s epic Valor & Folklore North American Tour with Heidevolk, Trollfest, and Metsatoll is now postponed: “Unfortunately the highly anticipated “Valor & Folklore” tour of April 2020 will be […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 3, 2020
Dragonforce drummer Gee Anzalone is forced to miss the group’s upcoming U.S tour, which is scheduled to kick off this Thursday (5th). The group revealed Anzalone is hospitalized for Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. The band has recruited Aquiles Priester (Angra, W.A.S.P, etc.) to fill in as his temporary replacement behind the kit. […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on January 17, 2020
Dragonforce have announced a new bassist for their upcoming European and US tours. Vigil Of War’s Alicia Vigil is on board to join the band on bass and back-up vocals for both treks. “Alicia was recommended to me by a number of musician friends in L.A.,” said guitarist Herman Li in a statement about Vigil’s […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 26, 2019
We’ve seen quite a few “Best Songs of 2019” lists. However, we decided to do something different and highlighted ten of our favorite cover songs that were released this year. In case you missed it, as we are currently wrapping up the year and decade, check out our other lists: Best Albums of the Decade, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 23, 2019
I try to follow the rules, but, once again, another year of good music has gone by, and I was able to narrow it down to 20 instead of 10. There are a bunch of variables that make me connect to a song or artist. Whether it’s the overall vibrations the sound leaves behind […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 19, 2019
Dragonforce will return to the United States this spring! These power metal gamers will once again bring their new album, Extreme Power Metal and this time around they will be joined by Unleash the Archers and Visions of Atlantis. The tour kicks off on March 5th in Phoenix, AZ and will run through March 21st […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 18, 2019
Dragonforce’s new album Extreme Power Metal was released on September 27th via Metal Blade Records (order here). We caught up with guitarist Herman Li to discuss their latest effort, video games, surprises, VR, the 80s, and more. Can you discuss the process of Extreme Power Metal? Apart from the usual making and recording the […]
