But we also wanted to challenge ourselves. Once you've got your trademark approach in place, that's what fans come to expect from you. And we didn't want to move away from that. We have our own style and sound, says Herman Li, who founded the band in 1999 with fellow guitarist Sam Totman. It's called Maximum Overload, and that's precisely what you get from the 10 tracks on the main album, plus the five bonus songs for the special edition and a DVD. But the new DragonForce album is a revelation, one that will surely entice them to another level of achievement. In fact, their reputation is such that anything new from this lot is regarded as a landmark moment in the ongoing story of metal. But such is the pace at which music and life move these days that what was seemingly a highly promising young British metal band just yesterday are now an established full force (ahem) on the scene. It's astonishing to realise that DragonForce now have a history going back 15 years, and that they're about to release their sixth album. Vadim Pruzhanov: (Keyboards, backing vocals) Frederic Leclercq: (Bass, backing vocals)
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