Album Review: DragonForce

[Album: Ultra Beatdown]
[Label: Roadrunner]

One thing I can’t quite understand with modern metal is the lack of genuine enthusiasm. Modern metal bands don’t play music, they perform it as an exercise in technical proficiency. There seems to be some sort of agenda that the more technical a band is, the more boring they become on stage. […]

DragonForce: Zavvi In Store Signing + London Extra Date

Dragonforce have lined up an instore signing to launch their new album, ‘Ultra Beatdown’ on Monday 25th August.
The band will be scribbling on things at the Zavvi Megastore, Tottenham Court Road, London W1 from 4pm on Bank Holiday monday.
The band, although London-based, comprises a multi-national line-up – guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman are from […]

DragonForce: New Album - ‘Ultra Beatdown’ - Details Announced

DragonForce will release their new album, ‘Ultra Beatdown,’ on 25th August. (Read our review here!)
‘Ultra Beatdown’ is “an epic, riff-laden collection of infectious guitar anthems guaranteed to please their ever-expanding ranks of followers.” DragonForce’s single “Through The Fire and Flames,” exploded beyond the metal world thanks to its appearance as the hardest setting on […]

Gig Review: The Black Crusade

Venue: Brixton Academy, London
Date: 24 November 2007

The monstrous queue running around Brixton Academy filters in at such a slow pace that few get to the see Shadows Fall hit the ground running. The band’s friendship with the two headliners has secured them this slot and they intend to make the most of it with lead […]