Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Dragonforce talk Guitar Hero!

Dragonforce talk Guitar Hero!

Daily Fix correspondent Flula Borg caught up with British shredmasters supreme Dragonforce at last summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival to talk to about having the hardest song ever to play on Guitar Hero and their mutual love of German cuisine.

Watch the chat below:

Dragonforce's debut LP, "Valley Of The Damned", will be reissued this spring via Spinefarm Records.

This wonderfully explosive nine-tracker — set for U.K. release on May 24 — proved that the band's signature style (expansive material, soaring vocals, guitar pyrotechnics) was very much in place from day one, with songs such as "Black Fire", "Disciples Of Babylon" and the title track itself showing a band both ambitious and accomplished beyond its years.

In order to make this 2009 reissue something special, all of the material has been both remixed and remastered (by guitarist Herman Li and regular producer Karl Groom), a bonus DVD has been added and the artwork generally brought up to date. The DVD is especially interesting as it contains a number of different elements, including a live version of "Valley Of The Damned" filmed/recorded in Osaka, Japan, on the band's first-ever visit to that country. Add to this a selection of footage captured and commented on by the guys themselves, and you have an overall package that provides both the musical goods plus an insight into what goes on behind the scenes — which, in the world of Dragonforce, seems to consist of near-constant insults and banter, healthy amounts of "drinking" plus the inappropriate consumption of corned beef!

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