Dragonforce on työstänyt karanteenissa uutta albumiaan: ”Se on melkein valmis”
Englantilainen power metal -yhtye Dragonforce on käyttänyt koronan mukanaan tuoman vapaa-ajan hyödyksi kirjoittamalla seuraajaa viime vuonna julkaistulle ”Extreme Power Metal” -albumilleen. Yhtyeen kitaristi Herman Li vieraili Nuclear Blastin Saturday Night Lockdown -videopodcastissa päivittämässä omia ja yhtyeensä kuulumisia. Dragonforcen leirissä on työstetty kovasti uutta albumia, ja kitaristin mukaan se on saatu jo likimain valmiiksi. Yhtye palaa keikkalavoille tämän hetken suunnitelman mukaan ensi maaliskuussa ja studioon on tarkoitus siirtyä hyvissä ajoin ennen sitä:
”We played our first show on the album release date, which was on TwitchCon, which is a Twitch convention. And we got that streamed to, like, 1,7 million people. Everything started out great — it was awesome. We had a sold-out tour happening. Everything was going well. We were gonna film a music video for every single DRAGONFORCE song on the album, and we got halfway through it, and COVID-19 happened. So the tour stopped. And some videos, we can’t complete them. We filmed all of it, but we need some more footage. So we’ve got videos on hold now. And instead, we’re writing a new album. Why not? Just like everybody — you just write a new album when you’re sitting at home. And strangely enough, it’s almost finished.
The way DRAGONFORCE work is the only time you can write is when you’re not touring. So if we don’t write something now and work on something now, we can never finish it, because the touring starts next March at the moment. I looked at my dates and, ’When is this gonna stop?’ And I kind of thought, ’Well, is it really gonna start next March?’ Depending on the country. So, it’s, like, we’ve gotta get this album recorded — most of it — before the touring starts. You basically have to finish it before the touring starts — that’s my view. That’s only possible, obviously, if you can record yourself, and we always record most of the album ourselves.”