Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Dragonforce interview and other news...


Guitarist Herman Li of the British extreme epic power metallers Dragonforce was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site:

For Windows Media: mms://media3.abc.net.au/triple-j/mod/FMR_56S.asf
and


For Real Media : http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/racket/mod_real/fullmetal.ram

*NOTE: The first part of the Herman Li interview begins around the 44-minute mark). Check out the program's entire playlist at: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/racket/playlists.htm

Dragonforce will hit the U.S. later this fall for a six-week headline tour that will hit major markets. Turisas will serve as main support for the trek, which kicks off on November 1 and runs through December 19.

Duane Vigil of "Access Unlimited TV" conducted an interview with guitarist Sam Totman and bassist Frédéric Leclercq at the Denver stop of this past summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour...

Watch the 11-minute chat right here:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VSsztYrcgW0

"Ultra Beatdown", the new album from Dragonforce, registered the following first-week chart positions:
Japan: #9
Canada: #15
USA: #18
UK: #18
Australia: #18
Ireland: #47

"Ultra Beatdown" sold 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

According to Pyromusic.net, all members of Dragonforce will be making an in-store appearance next week at Drummer's Dream in Sydney, Australia. The store is located at 610 Canterbury Rd, Belmore (Cnr Kingsgrove Rd) and the in-store will take place on Tuesday, October 28 at 3.00pm. The band are touring this week in support of new album Ultra Beatdown. Dragonforce will be supported on their Aussie shows by Universum.

To get more news about Dragonforce go at:
http://roadrunnerrecords.ca/artist/Dragonforce

They’re coming soon so get ready for the show!

CrazyTan \m/**\m/