DRAGONFORCE have released "Neverending Nightmare", the second single from their self-titled tenth studio album Dragonforce, due March 19, 2027 via Napalm Records. The official video is out now on YouTube, and the song hits all streaming platforms on Thursday, November 12.
The track runs past six minutes. It opens on Alissa White-Gluz's clean vocals before kicking into the band's trademark speed, with several extended solo sections that trade between guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman. White-Gluz and the band's other lead singer, Alessio Garavello, split the vocals between clean and harsh deliveries — the two-singer format that defines this new era of the band.
Dragonforce was produced by Jens Bogren and recorded across the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Sweden. The campaign started in September with "Hunger Of The Beast", released as a live performance video, which we covered when the album was announced (read it here). Garavello, a friend and collaborator of the band for 25 years, is covering the male lead vocal role while Marc Hudson steps back to deal with tinnitus.
Herman Li says the tenth record is approached with the same care as the first: "We always try to use everything we've learned from our years of experience, and put that into the new music. This is unlike any DRAGONFORCE album you've ever heard." He adds that the band isn't chasing commercial success: "We make music because we want to make something that we love to hear and elevate our musicianship to the next level."
White-Gluz, who became the band's first frontwoman this spring, calls the new combination of "speed and ferocity" refreshing and says she's looking forward to performing it live.
That starts soon. DRAGONFORCE's "Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour" takes in 22 North American cities in November and December with ENSIFERUM and RHAPSODY OF FIRE in support. The band will play the 2006 album — home of "Through The Fire And Flames" — front to back, including songs such as "Cry For Eternity" that have never been played live, plus previews of the new material.
DRAGONFORCE is: Alissa White-Gluz (lead vocals), Alessio Garavello (lead vocals), Herman Li (guitar), Sam Totman (guitar), Billy Wilkins (guitar), Alicia Vigil (bass), Gee Anzalone (drums).