Dragonforce News

What does the DeLorean, "Family Ties" actress Tina Yothers and New Coke have in common? They're all things from the 1980s that I thought had a better chance of coming back than the keytar.

The Mosh Pit 12.04.09: Mastodon - Crack The Skye Posted by Dan Haggerty on 12.04.2009 This week 411's Dan Haggerty confesses to being in the Mastodon haters club, and how the band's new album changed his mind.

What are the physical and personality attributes you are looking for in a date? Physically fit and attractive, intelligent, and talkative.

Today's article takes a look at possibly the most famous name in power metal : Kai Hansen.

British gothic rock/metal metal band AWAKE BY DESIGN has released its debut album, "Sentiment" . The CD was recorded at Priory Recording Studio in Sutton Coldfield and was produced by Greg Chandler .

Video footage of DRAGONFORCE bassist Frederic Leclercq talking about his brand new ESP signature bass guitar can be viewed below.

Italian photographer Paolo Bianco has uploaded a gallery of musicians photographed with cutting-edge 3D technology, to give the viewer the feeling that the devil's horns or the middle fingers are right "in your face" and popping out of the PC screen.

For me, there are few things as satisfying as going to a record store and picking out a new slab of vinyl for the turntable or a few new CDs and spending my afternoon with headphones and a lyric booklet.

WEDNESDAY: A Rocket to the Moon , another emo/blankcore/pop band for mall youth, does its thing at the Ottobar with the Summer Set , Vita, and Ian Walsh .

Derrick Carter Who says you can't go clubbing during the lunch hour? Certainly not Chicago house mainstay Derrick Carter, who'll be doing a noontime DJ set at Millennium Park today.

Heavy metal became big business in the 1980s. MTV's emergence early in the decade had a profound effect on the scene, and during no other time did major labels sign more metal and hard rock bands.

Capital Chaos conducted an interview with keyboardist Vadim Pruzhanov of British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE on September 15, 2009 at the Empire Events Center in Sacramento, California.

In the realm of metal, the sound of England's DragonForce veers pretty far away from sanity.

"In Darkness" , the new video from HATETIMESNINE a ' the Southern California modern progressive metal band featuring vocalist Travis Neal , guitarist AC Alexander , guitarist/producer Tracy Swider , bassist Greg Ladny , and drummer Mikey Pannone a ' can be viewed below.

The xx . . . 'Teachers gave us a chance to experiment and make music' New band the xx have wowed critics with their delicate debut album, but their success is no surprise a ' the foursome are just the latest musical stars to graduate from London's real-life school of rock.

Power metal has never really made inroads with the U.S. market. Sure, acts like DragonForce have broken through as novelties in all but name, but for the most part, American metalheads want to hear gruff, barked vocals and blast beats, not operatic singing and shredtastic guitar solos.

Terrorizer magazine's Jill Mikkelson conducted an interview with British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE at this year's Metalcamp festival, which was held on July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia.

The power metal genre as a whole really took off in the late '80s with help from bands such as Helloween and Gamma Ray.

IRON MAIDEN , MACHINE HEAD , STEVE VAI , STEEL PANTHER , DRAGONFORCE , SAXON , AMON AMARTH , DEVILDRIVER , FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and MALEFICE are among the artists who were interviewed by the Wrexham, Wales-based "Metalheadz" show at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards, which was held on June 15 at the IndigO2 venue in South London, England.

One week after AC/DC's Black Ice Tour in Paris , I've had yet another musical rendez-vous : Hellfest Open Air 2009 , a music festival held about 30 kms from where I currently live.