DJ Zang at Broken Neck Radio recently spoke with Dragonforce guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman, who discussed how each of them approaches their guitar playing, their influences, and the new album Maximum Overload:

Dragonforce will release Maximum Overload in North America on August 19th via Metal Blade Records. Vocalist Marc Hudson recently spoke with Metal Express Radio about the record, and he also shared his experiences on what it was like to getting gig with an international touring band. Check out the interview here.

The band offers a glimpse of the upcoming video for the track "The Game" in the clip below

Maximum Overload will be available in CD, digital, and limited edition vinyl formats. 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"!