DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Herman Li Guests On Iron City Rocks; Podcast Streaming

August 27, 2014, 9 years ago

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Herman Li Guests On Iron City Rocks; Podcast Streaming

Episode #244 of the Iron City Rocks Podcast features an interview with DragonForce guitarist, Herman Li.

 

 

"Herman fills us in on their newest album Maximum Overload, working with producer Jens Borgren, and his signature Ibanez Guitar. We are also joined by Pittsburgh native and bass player extraordinaire Shane Lentz. Shane talks about his newest EP Reverse Horizons."

Listen below:

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DragonForce have updated the schedule for their upcoming UK headline tour in support of their new album, Maximum Overload. Six shows are officiallly sold out and tickets for the remaining gigs are going fast.

Their schedule is as follows:

September

17 - Edinburgh, UK - Liquid Room
18 - Aberdeen, UK - Lemon Tree
19 - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts (SOLD OUT)
20 - Belfast, UK - Limelight 2
21 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's
23 - Carlisle, Uk - Brickyard
24 - Middlesbrough, UK - Empire
25 - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute (SOLD OUT)
26 - Stoke, UK - Sugarmill
27 - Birmingham, UK - Institute
30 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt

October

1 - Southampton, UK - Joiners (SOLD OUT)
2 - Plymouth, UK - The Hub
3 - Bridgend, UK - Hobo's (SOLD OUT)
4 - Bristol, UK - The Thekla (SOLD OUT)
7 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell
8 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
9 - Colchester, UK - Arts Centre
10 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
11 - London, UK - Bush Hall (SOLD OUT)

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The tracklist for Maximum Overload is as follows:

"The Game"
"Tomorrow's Kings"
"No More"
"Three Hammers"
"Symphony Of The Night"
"The Sun Is Dead"
"Defenders"
"Extraction Zone"
"City Of Gold"

"Ring Of Fire" (Johnny Cash cover)

The second single from the album, entitled "Defenders" can be heard below:

Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Örebro and Varberg, Sweden, Maximum Overload will be the band's first ever album involving an outside producer, having historically opted to record themselves in association with Karl Groom.

"Working with Jens gave us a different perspective on the songs and a different sound dynamic. We always previously recorded in our own studios but recording in Sweden made us focus and maybe drove us harder, Jens certainly did, he doesn't believe in days off!" said guitar maestro Herman Li.

Maximum Overload features a couple of surprises, notably a guest appearance on some of the songs from Trivium's Matt Heafy. "We've always gotten on really well with the Trivium guys and it was great when Matt had a couple of days to spare and agreed to weigh in on some of the songs!" added bassist Frederic Leclercq.

The album also features an all time first for DragonForce… a cover song! Guitarist Sam Totman explained: "Just before the last Australian tour, our manager suggested it might be interesting to do a cover for the next album, something we've always refused even to consider. Because we had all had a couple beers every band member wrote down three songs each and we compared them all, just for a laugh. I wrote down 'Ring Of Fire' by Johnny Cash, an idea which the rest of the band loved, so we've Dragonforce-ized it"!

 



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