I think we all did at some point, because we wanted to deliver nothing but the best."įor their seventh studio album, DRAGONFORCE have opened up their sound like never before, capturing the fierce, forlorn and fun with both menace and melody. I obviously played bass but also a lot of rhythm guitar, electric and acoustic, and lost my temper a few times. "We were flying out, playing a festival, then back into the studio, then back out again," explains DRAGONFORCE bassist Frédéric Leclercq, who also handled the majority of songwriting on this album. as well as the band's own Evil1 Studios in Charleville-Mézières, France and Shredforce One Studios in California. The band also laid down tracks while touring their "Killer Elite" best-of album, utilizing Lamerluser Studios in London, U.K. The bulk of the recording sessions for "Reaching Into Infinity" took place at Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with OPETH, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, AMON AMARTH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK and SYMPHONY X, to name a few. The follow-up to 2014's "Maximum Overload" marks the band's third full-length studio release with singer Marc Hudson, who joined the group in 2011 following the departure of original frontman ZP Theart (now in SKID ROW). Part one of a new rapid-fire interview with DRAGONFORCE can be seen below.ĭRAGONFORCE's new album, "Reaching Into Infinity", will be released on May 19 via earMUSIC on CD, LP and a special-edition CD and DVD.