User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint ofĭoes not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. "Maximum Overload" is the follow-up to 2012's "The Power Within", which was the band's first with Hudson.ĭRAGONFORCE recently parted ways with drummer Dave Mackintosh and replaced him with former BRAINDAMAGE and KILL RITUAL member Gee Anzalone.Ī native of Turin, Italy, Gee is a drum teacher who graduated from the NAMM Academy of Milan and carries on the well established multi-national mix of musicians that make up DRAGONFORCE. The effort features a couple of surprises, notably a guest appearance on some of the songs from TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy. "Maximum Overload" was released on standard CD, standard digital version, special edition CD with five bonus tracks and a bonus DVD, special edition digital version (same bonus material as special edition CD), and vinyl. It seems to be getting very well received, so we're very happy." We've got a producer, Jens Bogren, who's been helping us with it, so he's brought some extra stuff to the table and Fred's been doing some more songwriting. He continued: "It's a really diverse album. "There's so much technical guitar playing and technical stuff thrown in there, vocals and everything, so we just thought 'maximum overload' kind of encompassed the whole thing of how ballistic we were getting on the album." "We called it 'Maximum Overload' because it kind of describes the music and what's going on there," Marc told Rock Made Of Metal. It marks the band's first-ever album involving an outside producer, having historically opted to record themselves in association with Karl Groom. The CD was recorded at Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with OPETH, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, AMON AMARTH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK and SYMPHONY X, to name a few. You can now watch the chat below.ĭRAGONFORCE's new album, "Maximum Overload", was released on August 19 in North America via Metal Blade and August 18 in Europe through earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. On September 19, Rock Made Of Metal conducted an interview with vocalist Marc Hudson of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE.