NewsJune 3, 2008 6:37 PM ET7,758 views

DragonForce set to release new album

Official press release: Attention heavy metal warriors and guitar heroes across the land. DragonForce are pleased to announce "Ultra Beatdown" as the title of their forthcoming new album for Roadrunner Records, due in stores on August 26th. "Ultra Beatdown" is an epic, sweeping, grand collection of infectious guitar anthems that'll inspire all who listen to either pump their fists in the air or pick up a guitar, whether it be real or virtual. DragonForce's single from 2006's Inhuman Rampage, "Through The Fire and Flames," exploded on the public beyond the metal world thanks to its appearance on the massively popular guitar simulator game. The single has been RIAA certified Gold in the US, with the album scanning over 300,000 copies (and counting) to date. The track listing for "Ultra Beatdown" is as follows: 1. Heroes of Our Time 2. The Fire Still Burns 3. Reasons to Live 4. Scars of Yesterday 5. Heartbreak Armageddon 6. The Last Journey Home 7. Inside the Winter Storm 8. The Warrior Inside DragonForce will spend the summer as a main stage attraction on the inaugural Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour, which features labelmates/headliners Slipknot, as well as Disturbed, Machine Head, Mastodon, and Airbourne, to name a few. DragonForce will undoubtedly tear up the stage with their blend of guitar acrobatics, traded off by the virtuosos known as Herman Li and Sam Totman, as well as the soaring, room-filling vocals of ZP Theart. Bassist Fredric Leclerq and drummer Dave Mackintosh continue to fortify the band's rhythmic backbone, while Vadim Pruzhanov laces the band's power sound with keys.

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lartsa 6/3/2008 3:40:55 PM

first lol @ album title

tomgilk 6/3/2008 3:42:27 PM

U L T R A B E A T D O W N

Harkins 6/3/2008 3:45:12 PM

I ENJOY THE COMPANY OF sageS

fuzzybunnysaxz 6/3/2008 3:45:13 PM

ultra fcking suck.

cuntjuice 6/3/2008 3:45:24 PM

album will just be one huge breakdown with solos

zombiesatedusty 6/3/2008 3:45:48 PM

it sound absurdly stupid.

zombiesatedusty 6/3/2008 3:45:56 PM

ahkeekeekekekeke

professor_judgereinhold 6/3/2008 3:48:42 PM

gayshit.

tomgilk 6/3/2008 3:54:50 PM

When interviewed about the album, DragonForce guitarist Herman Li said: "We blow all bands away. I don't give a f- who your band is. I've probably played with your band, and you don't show me sh. So, it's like, is this band heavy?

tomgilk 6/3/2008 3:55:24 PM

Oh, yeah, we're the heaviest. We're heavy thinkers, heavy hitters, heavy writers and heavy people, but it's emotionally heavy.

tomgilk 6/3/2008 3:55:36 PM

There's a lot of emotion on this record, and we're all on the same page with our own emotions, so you're finally seeing the kings of all the courts bringing their kingdom's jewels in for one gigantic war."

forumdrama 6/3/2008 4:22:39 PM

Record will, of course, be incredibly quantized, and not be short of usage of only the best octave pedals. fck this gay band.

newnoise123 6/3/2008 4:22:47 PM

lulz

cfv 6/3/2008 4:25:28 PM

Band sucks ass

xsongsofselfx 6/3/2008 4:29:23 PM

so there's a bulldoze cover song on the record?

seanXct 6/3/2008 4:30:26 PM

OMGZ less gay singing, more riffs with beer drinking!!!1

walkerTXranger 6/3/2008 4:34:11 PM

BEATDOWN nothing but a BEATDOWN, BEATDOWN nothing but an epic metal BEATDOWN

truthsayer 6/3/2008 4:39:27 PM

FRILLY PIRATE SHIRT SONGS

carexinxslaughter 6/3/2008 4:41:31 PM

NO

remingtoncountry 6/3/2008 4:41:40 PM

fck envious lambgoat posters, this band has talent.

generic_gimmick 6/3/2008 5:01:11 PM

millions set to not care

rickrock 6/3/2008 5:06:04 PM

More awesome songs ruined by donghuffer vocals.

Quesadilla 6/3/2008 5:27:17 PM

hahah ultra beatdown, wow

farttime 6/3/2008 5:34:03 PM

while the talent in this band is undeniable - it's effin annoying

FAGABEEFE 6/3/2008 6:01:14 PM

HERMAN REE

castro 6/3/2008 6:05:08 PM

SH-SH-SH-SHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pongo_pigmayis 6/3/2008 6:07:36 PM

haha. expert mode.

Danger 6/3/2008 6:20:24 PM

these guys fcking suck dck! i hate the fcking vocals, i hate the lyrics, and i hate the music. please, break the fck up

Danger 6/3/2008 6:21:51 PM

LOL @ "HERMAN REE"

DeaconDOW 6/3/2008 6:31:45 PM

When interviewed about the album, DragonForce guitarist Herman Li said: "We blow all bands"

rick_tocchet 6/3/2008 7:43:07 PM

i fckING HATE this shit gay band. bunch of gay fcking shit!!!

sonicrecoilvibrator 6/3/2008 7:53:11 PM

I agree with all the above...Who the fck buys this shit?

eff_Hxc 6/3/2008 7:58:08 PM

I just threw up in my mouth

bensy 6/3/2008 8:40:16 PM

summons ULTRABEATDOWN feat. Kevin Bulldoze ATK 999

Nowonmai 6/3/2008 8:55:24 PM

fingers everywhere will be falling off

xvegeedgex 6/3/2008 9:33:51 PM

this band was so 2006. dwep.

xbnxgdx 6/3/2008 10:34:15 PM

ill show you the ultra beatdown. with my dck. and while playing techno

the_12_chan_faggot 6/3/2008 11:41:33 PM

hardest metal known to man

Electrickle 6/4/2008 12:19:25 AM

Lame band.

buttfucking 6/4/2008 12:37:02 AM

i don't really dig this band, but you guys are still lame haters so i'll like them to not be on your side on this.

I_put_the_fun_in_funeral 6/4/2008 12:41:03 AM

enough of this lame pokemon metal

Splinterrrrrr 6/4/2008 1:24:38 AM

ULTRAFLIP!

letusprey 6/4/2008 4:38:31 AM

IF i ever see this band play, i hope they play sober(while I'm drunk) just for shred's sake. won't be: attending or buying

ShaolinLambKiller 6/4/2008 7:19:01 AM

will sound just like all the other ones

Harkins 6/4/2008 9:14:12 AM

SLK is a sage

phobophile 6/4/2008 9:20:06 AM

this band sucks an unfathomable amount of dck.

fvckyouyoufvckingfvck 6/4/2008 11:52:53 AM

dragonforce in one of my guilty pleasures. :)

ImRightYoureWrong 6/4/2008 12:31:39 PM

not too many power metal fans on lambgoat

cav 6/4/2008 12:47:01 PM

did anyone else notice that half of this pr is about guitar hero? and please got let there be chugga breakdowns on this album!

Emmett 6/4/2008 1:09:29 PM

dragonflip

ronniefuckingdobbs 6/4/2008 6:09:43 PM

laces the band's power sound with keys... lolololol. this band is talented, but so easy to get tired of.

eli 6/4/2008 11:48:56 PM

I got as far as "ultra beatdown," but couldn't bring myself to read any more

ESCDOMINATES 6/5/2008 2:41:45 AM

This band is good. All the bands you Lambgoaters listen to suck-- especially the nerds who post on the board.

tunderdome 6/5/2008 2:41:00 PM

if it wasent for guitar hero this band would be nowhere. cellador's better anyway

Tishalulle 6/5/2008 3:23:13 PM

I really enjoyed these guys till I saw them live. I haven't listened to them since.

1234567hate 6/5/2008 3:49:58 PM

haha @ LOL @ "HERMAN REE"

YouGotScanned 6/5/2008 5:29:11 PM

Easily one of the best album titles of the year. I may purchase it just because of the obvious band intentions to conquer the world. I love asians so - I will help.

christpuncher 6/6/2008 11:16:50 AM

Jazzercise metal.




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