DragonForce
10.14.2008
DRAGONFORCE EXCLUSIVE TICKET PRESALE
Hey Dragonforce Fans!
We are psyched to be heading out on a new tour this November with our good friends - Turisas. Because you have been such amazing fans, we wanted to offer you the chance to purchase presale tickets before the general public (and at low service fees). Not only will you get the opportunity to grab presale tickets before everyone else, you’ll also get a chance to purchase a special VIP ticket that also comes with a Meet and Greet with DragonForce or Early Entry into the venue AND a one year membership in the official DragonForce fan club (when it launches in Fall 2008).
The show is going to be amazing and the new fan club will give you access to a member's only website with exclusive content, private fan club only message board, contests and promotional opportunities throughout the year. Now is your chance to get awesome tickets, either meet DragonForce or get into the venue early and snag a one year membership to the official fan club. These tickets are bound to go quickly, so GO HERE to purchase your tickets now (username: dragon
Password: force). See you on the road!
10.08.2008
SAM TOTMAN: DON'T ASK ME ABOUT GUITAR HERO
Rob Pasbani over at MetalInjection sends Roadrunner this note:
During a recent interview with Metal Injection, when DRAGONFORCE guitarist Sam Totman was asked if he was sick of being asked about Guitar Hero he commented "Don't ask me if I can play my song on Guitar Hero because I get asked that like five times a day." Other topics discussed include the typical routine on a Mayhem Fest stop, trying to score "birds" (ladies), the Ultra Beatdown album art and more. Check out the interview right here.
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1. LIAM FRAYNE SAID...
Hey, unrelated but however, If yer up for letting me into the afterparty leave an email.
Heading up to dublin on 12th, day after my bday. go on!
Saw ye the last 2 times in irl and met sam, herman, vadim and adrian. Go on, make my day!
October 10, 9:54 AM
2. MR. HAPPY SAID...
Adrian?
October 10, 11:20 AM
NEW SITE CHANGES!
You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.
A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!
Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).
The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?
Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.
Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!
We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.
Please feel free to leave comments here below!
Cheers!
Jeremy Rosen
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1. ERIC SAID...
I know I'm up here talking a lot of shit, and I truly don't mean disrespect, just bored at work. But what happened to the old Roadrunner label? It used to be so fuckin awesome with a lot of my favorite (and best) bands. Who made the decision to start fucking it up by signing shit ass bands? Not even a metal label anymore........
October 13, 3:46 PM
08.28.2008
DRAGONFORCE IS BURNING UP EVERYWHERE
On the heels of the release of their new album Ultra Beatdown this week, DragonForce is popping up everywhere! Where are they today? Featured on imeem. Head on over to the DragonForce imeem page to see "Heroes of Our Time" leave some comments and make DragonForce friends.
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08.28.2008
15 QUESTIONS WITH DRAGONFORCE'S FRENCH ASSASSIN
The Rockstar Mayhem Festival YouTube channel posted an interview with our favourite frenchy, Dragonforce's Frederic Leclercq. Watch Fred answer 15 questions about some very random things such as what makes him cry (hahah, E.T.) and what Spice girl he would be.
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07.21.2008
DRAGONFORCE IS CAUSING MAYHEM EVERYWHERE!
Fun times were had on July 15th when the Rockstar Mayhem Festival stopped by the Cricket Ampitheatre in Chula Vista, California.
Dragonforce graced these Chula Vistans with such powerful super-fast crunchy riffs that most were left with their faces rocked clean off. Well maybe not literally but I think you get the idea.
The Gauntlet was there taking pictures of these power metallers in action. Check 'em out here or by clicking below.
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1. YULI BOMB SAID...
Are you fucking kidding me?! I saw these losers (DragonPuss) in Denver and they fuckin sucked! Don't take my word for it though, take the word of my friend I was with who started chanting "Fuck Dragonforce", en route to about another 500 or so people whoe followed suit! They suck dick! So does Airbourne! Fuck them and their 80's gay metal!!!
July 24, 5:28 AM
2. OGRE SAID...
Hair metal,death metal,industrial metal,metal metal i love it all dont be so narrow minded
July 24, 2:47 PM
3. STEVEN E SAID...
I heard they couldnt play good live as they did on there albums but ill have to wait and see.
July 24, 11:09 PM
4. P3ST1LENC3 SAID...
I saw Dragonforce in Denver, too. they were good but Fiddler's Green has horrible sound. It is not a venue for a festival should have been at Red Rocks.
July 25, 12:36 AM
5. FALGON SAID...
I saw Dragonforce in Kansas City, and many people who thought the band sucked before, ran off to go buy tons of their merchandise.
July 25, 10:31 AM
6. PYRO SAID...
Its wack band....that only exist because guitar hero chose them when no one wud......I HATE THEM...dont even compare them to slipknot..Hang on.dont compare any band to slipknot..just cant be done....ANYways..i saw them and wanted to kill myself.i owe slipknot one.they saved my ass.
July 25, 12:37 PM
7. CRYSJON SAID...
I agree, this stupid fa**ot hairband BS thats coming back is not even cool. Buisness in the front and fa**ot in the back haircuts and horrible lyrics. I am hitting up Mayhem fest but the only reason I am going is because of machine head and slipknot...these dragonforce guys just need to go away. What happedend to the good ol Pantera, Zombie, Biohazard style music....everything is being pussified.
July 25, 1:36 PM
8. CHASE SAID...
Just because Airboure and Dragonforce don't scream doesn't mean they suck!
July 25, 1:56 PM
9. PYRO SAID...
NO DUDE...THATS EXACTLY WHY THEY SUCK
July 25, 4:24 PM
10. MIKE SAID...
I just saw these guys Wed. in STL. My god do they SUCK!! How they even got on the Mayhem fest is beyond me. ANY band from the second or third stage would be a better choice to be put on the main stage then these losers. Machine Head on the little stage while these f@cks are one of the 4 chosen for the main stage!? C'MON!!!
July 25, 6:15 PM
11. SUPERIORASSASSIN SAID...
I can't stand you fucking metal heads. You do not have to scream and bleed from the ears to be a good band. DragonForce is one of the best bands on the stage. You are the same assholes that would say Slipknots third album sucked because Corey actually used his vocals rather than screaming for 45 minutes. Get a grip and learn what good music actually is.
July 25, 7:36 PM
12. NIKA SAID...
These men were AMAZING last night!!!
July 26, 11:29 AM
13. JACKI SAID...
I saw Dragonforce in STL and they fucking rocked. Everyone else can shove it up their ass....unless they can shred better then Herman Li.
July 26, 2:34 PM
14. MARCUSS SAID...
im goin to mayhem tomorrow and i do agree with some of u...but i have never seen them live before (dragonforce)...but i think machine head should be on the main stage instead of mastodon...i just cant get into them...but machine head is way better in my opinion then mastodon....but yea....metal isnt always about screaming...but u DO need a few screams....but i do think we all have one thing in common...and that is RAP SUCKS...cant stand that shit...mayhem tomorrow..WOOOOO!!!!
July 26, 2:41 PM
15. MATT SAID...
Dragonforce is making music for the chicks and faggots who think they are chicks including these faggots on stage!trust me
i was at the stl show too and they couldn't even play their solo so theres your answer these bitches are like hanson
July 26, 4:05 PM
16. RANDOM MAGGOT SAID...
last year at ozzfest, there were only a few people in the pavilion and some on the lawn the who time they were playing, i was cracking up, especially when they "keytarist" ran around like ther were being cheered for, lol... some of the people even left...
July 26, 10:20 PM
17. RANDOM MAGGOT SAID...
last year at ozzfest, there were only a few people in the pavilion and some on the lawn the who time they were playing, i was cracking up, especially when they "keytarist" ran around like ther were being cheered for, lol... some of the people even left...
July 26, 10:27 PM
18. RANDOM MAGGOT SAID...
last year at ozzfest, there were only a few people in the pavilion and some on the lawn the who time they were playing, i was cracking up, especially when they "keytarist" ran around like ther were being cheered for, lol... some of the people even left...
July 26, 10:33 PM
19. COREY SAID...
fuck anyone who doesn't like dragonforce. herman li is an amazing guitarist and no fucking screamo band has anything on zp theart's vocals. oh and as for there live performances they are usually hammered most of the time, and no band sounds exactly like they do on their album live. so fuck all you faggots who think dragforce sucks.
July 27, 10:39 PM
20. TYLER SAID...
Listen up. If you don't like Dragonforce, shut the fuck up about bashing them. Many people, such as myself are huge Dragonforce fans, along with the other bands such as Disturbed and Slipknot. We like some of the same bands. There's bands we like that you don't and vice versa. So shut the fuck up and take the penis's out of your butts and quit being little whiny-ass bitches.
DRAGONFORCE RULES!
July 28, 12:56 AM
21. ASHLEY SAID...
I saw them yesterday. And as for the people that though they sucked, that is your own opinion and people follow anything to make themselves fit in. They play just as well as on their albums, and if you don't like them then don't see them, and leave everyone else who does like them alone.
July 28, 9:19 AM
22. BUBS SAID...
ive heard dragonforce sucks live as well, im going to this on aug. 5th and i really hope im proved wrong. these guys need to make the price worth it because im sure slipknot and disturbed wont.
July 28, 10:09 AM
23. PYRO SAID...
OMFG!!!!!you must be like a coldplay or good charlet rip off look alike....ha ha ha ha...
DRAGONFORCE SUX ASS.....they dont even have anything to show for anything..its sad all you ordinary people think like that..hmmm maybe its the big hair and the....ummm..no that it.fucking FAIRYFORCE is more like it....
July 28, 6:58 PM
24. JROTCSOILDER SAID...
awww dont hate cuz u probably had back seats near the bathroom.
July 29, 10:05 AM
25. ROBBIE SAID...
Ok. Listen and listen good! I went to Mayhem Festival in Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavillion. Which is a great venue. Front row, Pit seat. I went to see Distured. Not Slipknot, not Dragonforce. HOWEVER, not only did I see Drangonforce and LOVE them, (And That Is Not My Type Of Music AT ALL) But I meet the band and they are amaing guys. Herman Li is a god, alone with the rest of the band. So for all of you little btiches talking all your shit about how great Slipkot is and how bad Dragon force was let me state three things to you. 1. Slipknot is nothing but a rip-off of a very great group called Mushroomhead. 2) Dragonforce is a very talented group. Just becuase it's bot the type of music YOU prefer doesn't mean they suck. You suck for being so close minded. 3) If you're STILL stuck on "Oh Dragonforce Sucks", F*ck YOU. Know why? Cuz the day you can get up on a stage and play or sing like them and make EVERYONE in the crowd happy then you can say they suck with good reason, but until then STOP BEING SO CLOSE MINDED & SHUT YOUR F*CKING MOUTH!
July 30, 4:02 AM
26. TYLER SAID...
Yeah Robbie. I agree 100%. Pyro is a cunt. Dragonforce is great. I can't wait to go see them and meet them. F*uck everyone who bashes them.
July 30, 7:08 PM
27. OLD GREGG SAID...
Saw Dragonforce in Houston, they played a helluva lot better than they did when they played in the No Fear tour with Killswitch. it actually looked like Sam cleaned up his act so he played with Herman alot better, and ZP was actually hitting his notes. In Operation Ground and Pound, at No Fear he didnt do that endind yell whatever you wanna call it, but just some random thing and it angered me, but now in mayhem he hit it perefectly and I WAS AMAZED. I have been a Dragonforce Fan since before GH2 even came out so don't worry I am not a GH bandwagon jumper
August 2, 1:39 PM
28. JUSTIN SAID...
I saw these guys live in denver and to me if your a fan of dragonforce the show fucking kicked ass the crowd clearly got into it with the intense bottle fight and mosh pits every where do if your a hater and dont like the sound shut the fuck up and go listen to your pussy AFI shit
August 19, 1:44 AM
08.30.2008
YOU EFFING MESHUGGAH!
Heaven and Hell joing the Headbangers Ball tonight from 12AM to 1AM on MTV2.
So, listen, I know you folks love debating metal and hard rock, yelling at each other about same, and occasionally calling each other gay. Often you do those things in this very post each week. In case you weren't aware, we've got an entire podcast devoted to just this type of discussion, the Skull Sessions. Give it a listen and if you like what you hear, subscribe!
This week's playlist:
UNDEROATH - DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE MEASURES (Headbangers Ball Exclusive premiere)
LAMB OF GOD - WALK WITH ME IN HELL (live)
DRAGONFORCE - HEROES OF OUR TIME
CARNIFEX - ANSWERS IN MOURNING (Headbangers Ball Exclusive premiere)
WHITE CHAPEL - THIS IS EXILE
*OZZY OSBOURNE - BARK AT THE MOON
THE SWORD - FIRE LANCES OF THE ANCIENT HYPERZEPHYRIANS (Headbangers Ball debut)
SHADOWS FALL - FOREVERMORE
HATEBREED - I WILL BE HEARD (live) (Headbangers Ball Exclusive premiere)
*HEAVEN AND HELL - THE MOB RULES
MESHUGGAH - BLEED
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1. MIKE SAID...
CARNIFEX AND WHITECHAPEL!!!!!!! =)
August 30, 12:29 AM
2. MANUEL SAID...
I will like to see Carnifex, Dragonforce, White Chapel, Shadows Fall, The Sword, and Meshuggah, hell yeah!!!
August 30, 10:52 AM
3. KEITH SAID...
this actually looks like a good episode for only being an hour long i wanna see carnifex, underaoth, white chapel, shadows fall
August 30, 11:07 AM
4. SEAN SAID...
I have to give credit where credit is due... MTV has definitely started showing more commercials during the week promoting Headbangers Ball since they cut back the the length of the show. Now if only they could play less commercials during the show, and more gnarly videos instead, everyone would be happy.
August 30, 12:43 PM
5. ATR SAID...
Sean, what in the world are u watching on MTV during the week? Do you like to toss a little Jonas Brothers in with ur metal?
August 30, 4:42 PM
6. BO SAID...
Dragonforce.What is it with that band?.They suck.Very badly.Saw them at Mayhem and they were even gayer than Disturbed.They sound like Dio singing for Trivium.I don't get it.
August 31, 12:39 AM
7. 666 MAGGOT SAID...
Dragonforce doesn't suck.
August 31, 4:28 PM
8. ATR SAID...
Bullshit, they totally suck ass. Every songs sounds the same. Vocals suck! They're super gay, fucking 80's style.
August 31, 5:01 PM
9. 666 MAGGOT SAID...
nothing makes them gay. and there's nothing wrong with 80's metal style.
August 31, 5:31 PM
10. NICK SMITH AKA MOLOTOV SAID...
Actually, I kind of enjoy a little dose of Dragonforce every now and again. The cheesiness of them is just fucking classic. I practically just bust out laughing while listening to them.
Slipknot, however, is inferior and gay as fuck.
August 31, 7:17 PM
11. GRADY SAID...
It's an ok list.Could have been alot better though.Headbangers Ball seems to be going to crap.They should play more classic Metal vids.They got Heaven And Hell, but that's surprising.How about some more Pantera, Megadeth, Exodus, Death, Testament etc.? It would have been good to see the "Psychosocial" video too.Good to see Lamb Of God, Hatebreed, and Shadows Fall though.
August 31, 10:31 PM
12. DAVID SAID...
Dragonforce sucks.... they are just noise... hey let me hear a 8 minute solo of video game noises... i agree that it is dio singing for trivium.... that singer needs some balls... saw them at mayhem... they were so loud you couldnt hear the music....
September 2, 12:26 PM
13. 666 MAGGOT SAID...
they ain't noise.
September 2, 1:44 PM
14. ATR SAID...
Consensus is that they suck. Their new album is fucking trash!
September 2, 3:49 PM
15. MIKE SAID...
Dragonforce is rocking everybody!!
September 3, 8:50 PM
16. DAVID SAID...
so what everyone is saying is that dragonforce isn't crap... im sorry but they are not the best band around here to get that much support. i would have picked a different band to be on the stage at mayhem.
September 4, 5:53 PM
17. BILLY SAID...
Ok, can someone answer this for me? Ok, other than sure stupidity, douchebagery, and/or nothing better to do with their seemingly pathetic lives - is there any reason there are idiots who like to let everyone know how much they HATE DragonForce, who also happen to go to their profile on this website, and say it there?
September 5, 4:28 PM
18. JASON DUPUIS SAID...
Fuck anyone who says dragonforce suck they fuckin rock headbangers ball fuckin rocks
September 11, 11:26 PM
SUNDAY ROADRUNNER BLOG ROUNDUP
Corey Bayless over at Citizen Image got deep in the pit at the opening day of the Mayhem festival. Read about Slipknot, Airbourne, and DragonForce. (UPDATE: Seems to have fixed some of his factual errors.)
Speaking of DragonForce, www.thetanooki.com reports on the band opening a set on the festival in California with a certain video game theme song. Find out that DragonForce opener and tell The Tanooki if the band's ever played their own songs on Guitar Hero.
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1. JOHNATHAN SAID...
Glad this idiot called Slipknot death metal.
July 13, 1:36 PM
2. ROB SAID...
Oh NO! jesus christ man! what did that dude write? Slipknot is Deathmetal? haha dude, chill out man. Damn i want the All hope is gone now album!! i cant wait any longer!
July 13, 5:08 PM
3. DANIEL SAID...
I'm a huge slipknot fan but dude slipknot is not death metal, there are death metal influences in the music but they are not death metal.
July 13, 9:53 PM
4. BROCK SAID...
Jim is number 4? Not number 7? This guy thinks Slipknot is death metal and he also has no idea who is what number.
July 14, 2:26 AM
5. BROCK SAID...
Here's a list of things I found wrong. Slipknot is not death metal. Dragonforce is one word. Jim Root is number 4, not number 7. Disturbed?s Ten Thousand Fists isn?t new. Corey Taylor isn?t really known better as #8. This article was poorly supported.
July 14, 2:34 AM
6. J SAID...
That Article was garbage. The writer should have did some research on the band before even writing this article.
July 14, 6:03 AM
7. JEREMY ROSEN SAID...
You guys should probably go post that stuff on their site's too. Spread a little knowledge.
July 14, 8:27 AM
8. MATT SAID...
Indeed, Inside the Fire is Disturbed's newest single. Jim is 4...Mick is 7. I'll give him an E for effort but if you're going to write for Roadrunner Records Web site...Know your fucking Bands.
July 14, 3:49 PM
9. ROB SAID...
I now that slipknot isent playing deathmetal genre. I dont care, Sk is playing good music and that is all about it
July 14, 4:31 PM
10. MATT SAID...
damn this guy dont kno shit that aint number 7 for 1 thing its 4 mick is 7. also slipknot deathmetal riiiiite. and i had to stop by the time i got to disturbed brand new hit 10000 fists. i mena whoever that is writin that shit they dont kno wut they r writin bout so i had to stop readin
July 14, 5:22 PM
11. SLIPKNOTIZED SAID...
what did i get from that? that guys an idiot and that was a whole lot of nothing.
July 14, 5:46 PM
12. HELLCIUS SAID...
SLIPKSHIT!!!THEY NOT METAL ANYMORE AND COREY CANT SING HARDER AND LOUD LIKE 2 FIRST ALBUNS!!! STONESOUR KILL HIS VOICE!!!
July 15, 8:48 AM






1. MRPICKLES SAID...
Wow. This keeps getting better and better.
Not only do I get to see Turisas, DragonForce and Powerglove, but I can meet DragonForce too?
...Nice.
August 29, 3:29 PM
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2. ARRTEE SAID...
Meet & Greet AND a 1 year fan club membership for only $30 - So awsum! Can't wait for November HOB Orlando.
Great deal for your fans guys! Rock On
August 29, 4:05 PM
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3. THEFREAKMAGNET SAID...
Oh, hell yeah!!!! My favorite venue, a day I can make it & VIP tix!!!! I missed DF on that mega-tour due to work....now I can see them up close! And a sweet price on top of it...I LOVE Fridays!!!
August 29, 4:29 PM
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4. RYAN MAREK SAID...
Thanks Guys!! See ya in Cleveland!!!!
August 29, 10:49 PM
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5. ZAC SAID...
awww dragonforce is playing at the burton commings theater in winnipeg....that place is a crap hole...
September 3, 9:07 AM
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6. ALEX SAID...
Fuck it! I'm in the UK!! I can't get this offer... >_<
September 9, 3:43 AM
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