Originally released in early 2012, the fifth album “The Power Within” by Dragonforce is back as “Re-Powered Within” – completely remastered, remixed and repowered.
Prepared by Damien Rainaud (Fear Factory, Babymetal) at award-winning studio Mix Unlimited, Los Angeles, CA, the Dragonforce classic sounds bigger, better, bolder than ever before.
Says guitarist Herman Li:
“I love how ‘Re-Powered Within’ has turned out. We remixed and remastered the original music with a more modern production, in the vein of our last two releases. The result is a clearer, more powerful sound. The fans will get to hear the music in better detail, bringing out parts they couldn’t hear so well before, and injecting new excitement into the songs we love even more now.”
Combining bombshell hook lines with high speed guitar solos, “Re-Powered Within” contains signature anthems that have gained the band the grand reputation and praise that it is known for today. The new mix and mastering truly serves the album well as “Re-Powered Within” sounds as new and fresh as it never has. The album is also been given a new style with a completely adjusted artwork. Featuring astonishing vocals by then brand new singer Marc Hudson as well as the divine guitar sound provided by Herman Li and Sam Totman, Dragonforce have and always will be a definite Full Force within the scene.
Track list:
1. Holding On
2. Fallen World
3. Cry Thunder
4. Give Me the Night
5. Wings of Liberty
6. Seasons
7. Heart of the Storm
8. Die by the Sword
9. Last Man Stands
10. Seasons (Acoustic Version)
11. Power of the Ninja Sword
12. Heart of the Storm (Alternative Chorus Version)
13. Avant La Tempête (Instrumental)
Dragonforce will be playing festivals all over Europe whole summer:
02.06. – Fortarock, Nijmegen, (NL)
08.-10.06. – Download, Donington (UK)
09.06. – Rockavaria, Munich (GER)
05.-07.07. – Helgeåfestivalen, Knislinge (SWE)
14.07. – Area 45, Leoben (AUT)
26.07. – Fezen Festival, Székesfehérvár (HUN)
03.-04.08. – Skogsröjet Festival, Rejmyre (SWE)
08.-10.08. – Leyendas del Rock, Villena (ESP)
11.08. – Rock Pod Kamenom, Snina, (SK)
17.-18.08. – Rock Heart Festival, Moravský Krumlov (CZ)
19.08. – Havana Club, Tel-Aviv (ISR)
24.-25.08. – Reload Festival, Sulingen (GER)
]]>The new album has again a lot of fast pieces, as we are used from Dragonforce. But the band, or should I say Frédéric Leclercq (who wrote the bigger part of the songs), did create songs with more variety in tempo. Next to the fast guitar riffs and solos, the keyboard also has an important role on this album. Opener ‘Ashes Of the Dawn’ is in the typical style we know, fast and furious ADHD power metal. Next up is ‘Judgement Day’ starting as fast, but with a slower mid part. The same can be said about the next song, which for the most part is a very fast song, but slows down around midway. The ballad is back with ‘Silence,’ an emotional song with excellent vocals and guitar solo.
The speed returns and some electronic elements are used in ‘Midnight Madness.’ Then one of my favorite songs, the brutal ‘WAR!,’ starts with a mix of thrash, speed, and power. Marc Hudson sounds very aggressive with his singing style. If you think that is the highlight on the album you are wrong. The prize for that is won by ‘The Edge Of the World.’ It is a long, epic, progressive track with influences from Iron Maiden and a guitar solo that could have been on a Pink Floyd album. There is even a death metal part that includes Benediction style grunts. With songs like this on the album, Dragonforce has added something new and made this the first album I could listen to from start to finish. I even pushed the repeat button!
Due to more variety, less over the top “let’s show the world how fast we are” parts, and more balanced songwriting, Reaching Into Infinity is for me the best Dragonforce album to date.
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