Metal Injection continues its Mayhem Fest Interview Bonanza with an interview with Sam the shredder of DRAGONFORCE. Sam was a little tipsy and was ready to talk! During our convo, topics discussed include the typical routine on a Mayhem Fest stop, trying to score "birds" (ladies), the Ultra Beatdown album art and more. When asked if he's sick of all the Guitar Hero talk, Sam quickly responds "Don't ask me if I can play my song on Guitar Hero because I get asked that like five times a day." Check out the interview right here.

Put away the grinders, Noa is back with another episode of the Power Hour. She'll be taking you on a journey (minus Steve Perry) through Power Metal, Gothenburg Metal & Progressive Metal. Caution this episode may cause ball shrinkage and/or explosion.

Playlist:
Mystic Prophecy - Rock The Night
Dragonforce - Black Winter Night
Demons & Wizards - Immigrant Song
Dark Tranquility - Blind At Heart
Nevermore - Insignificance
Virgin Steele - Great Sword of Flame
Grave Digger - Giants
Vintersorg - A Metaphysical Drama
Dragonlord - Until The End
Ihsahn - Unhealer
Lacuna Coil - The Ghost Woman and The Hunter

POWER HOUR #8 - FTW [54:58m]

 

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DRAGONFORCE will be coming back to the U.S. very soon for a full headlining run. The band will be joined by TURISAS. The six-week headline tour will hit all major markets, and kicks off on November 1 running through December 19.

Nov. 1 - Pipeline Cafe – Honolulu, HI
Nov. 3 – The Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
Nov. 5 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
Nov. 7 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 8 – SOMA – San Diego, CA
Nov. 10 – Marquee – Phoenix, AZ
Nov. 11 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 13 – The Great Salt Air – Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 14 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Nov. 15 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
Nov. 17 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
Nov. 18 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
Nov. 19 – Stubbs – Austin, TX
Nov. 21 – The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Nov. 22 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
Nov. 23 – House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC
Nov. 25 – Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY
Nov. 26 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Nov. 28 – Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Nov. 29 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Nov. 30 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 2 – The Medley – Montreal, QC Canada
Dec. 3 – Imperial – Quebec City, QC Canada
Dec. 5 – Kool Haus – Toronto, ON Canada
Dec. 6 – Royal Oak Music Theater – Royal Oak, MI
Dec. 7 – Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
Dec. 9 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Dec. 10 – Congress Theater – Chicago, IL
Dec. 12 – MYTH – Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 13 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB Canada
Dec. 15 – Events Centre – Edmonton, AB Canada
Dec. 16 – MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB Canada
Dec. 19 – Croation Cultural Centre – Vancouver, BC Canada

AMON AMARTH posted the title track off their upcoming CD, Twilight of the Thunder God on their MySpace page. The song features a guest appearance by CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist and alcohol enthusiast Roope Latvala.

Dragonforce's entire record, Ultra Beatdown is streaming on the band's MySpace page. The album is released on August 26th

Not to be outdone, The Human Abstract's album is also streaming their entire record (which is in stores now) on their MySpace page.

HATEBREED have posted 4 tracks from their upcoming live CD/DVD on their site for free download. You can grab This Is Now, Destroy Everything, I Will Be Heard and Live For This for no cost at all on their official site

> Check out the widget for INTRONAUT's new album, Prehistoricisms to your right. The album comes out on September 16. You should do yourself a favor and get this record! We can't stop listening to it. We recently got a chance to interview the band when they played the Knitting Factory here in NY and we taped their entire set so look for that really really soon!

> UNEARTH have just posted a new track called "My Will Be Done" which can be streamed right here. The song is instantly recognizable as an UNEARTH track and packs quite the punch. I'm officially looking forward to their new record.

> Peep AUGUST BURNS RED's new video for the track Back Burner right here. The track comes off their recent release, Messengers which we highly recommend you pick up if you are a fan of metalcore done right!

> BENEATH THE MASSACRE has posted new video footage documenting the tracking of guitars and bass for their new record, DYSTOPIA. Check that out here.

> For those of you dying for some DRAGONFORCE out there, check out some samples of the band's upcoming release Ultra Beatdown (in stores August 26th) right here.

> DIVINE HERESY has posted an MP3 of their track "Bleed the Fifth" with their official new singer Travis Neal here

> HATEBREED have unvieled another live clip from their upcoming DVD, Live Dominance. Check out "This Is Now" at the Headbangers Blog.

DRAGONFORCE have posted a new song, "Heroes Of Our Time", on their MySpace page. No, the above isn't a bad photoshopping or some lame anime porn, its actually the cover art for their upcoming record, Ultra Beatdown. Here is the tracklisting for the upcoming release due August 25th.

01. Heroes Of Our Time
02. The Fire Still Burns
03. Reasons To Live
04. Scars Of Yesterday
05. Heartbreak Armageddon
06. The Last Journey Home
07. Inside The Winter Storm
08. The Warrior Inside

Don't forget: the band is spending the entire summer on the Metal Injection sponsored Rockstar Mayhem Fest. Don't forget to sign up for our free ticket giveaway to every stop of the tour…

We have just launched an official Rockstar Energy MAYHEM FEST channel with videos from each of the tour’s acts, including Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastodon, and many more. The channel can be viewed here.

To celebrate the launch of the channel, we have teamed up with Rockstar Mayhem Fest and Roadrunner Records to give fans the opportunity to win free tickets to the show. We will be giving away a pair of tickets to every stop on the tour.

UPDATE: All the ticket winners have been chosen. Congratulations! We will be doing more giveaways such as this very soon.

How do you enter to win a pair of tickets?
It's quite simple. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post with the tour stop you would like to attend. In order to comment, you have to be a registered Junkie of Metal Injection. Not a registered junkie yet? No sweat. Click here to register, it's absolutely free!

Note that winners have already been chosen for the crossed out dates

7/9 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
7/11 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
7/12 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
7/13 - San Bernardino, CA - Glen Helen Pavilion
7/15 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
7/16 - San Diego, CA - Coors Amphitheatre
7/18 - Phoenix, Az - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
7/19 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
7/20 - Denver, CO - Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler's Green
7/22 - Kansas City, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/23 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/25 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
7/26 - San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/27 - Houston, TX - Sam Houston Race Park
7/29 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
7/30 - West Palm Beach - Cruzan Amphitheater
8/1 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
8/2 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
8/3 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
8/5 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
8/6 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
8/8 - Toronto, ON - Downsview Park
8/9 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/10 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
8/12 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
8/13 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
8/15 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center At The Waterfront
8/16 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
8/17 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
8/19 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.

> ARSIS have announced they have parted ways with drummer Darren Cesca who worked on the band's last record, We Are The Nightmare . He will be replaced by Alex Tomlin, who starts on the In Trash We Trust tour . Also, make sure to check out the interview we posted a few weeks back with ARSIS main man James Malone.

> JUDAS PRIEST have posted a one minute teaser of their upcoming video, War has been posted and it looks like it could be pretty brutal (if you're into Dungeons and Dragons that is).

> FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW have posted two new tracks online. ‘Self-Admitted’ can be heard here and ‘Leaving the Earth’ can be heard here . Both tracks come off their recently released album Conversations .

> DRAGONFORCE will release their new album, Ultra Beatdown , on August 25 via Roadrunner Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Heroes Of Our Time
02. The Fire Still Burns
03. Reasons To Live
04. Scars Of Yesterday
05. Heartbreak Armageddon
06. The Last Journey Home
07. Inside The Winter Storm
08. The Warrior Inside