DragonForce Conjure Up the “Curse of Darkness” on New Track

On the band’s forthcoming seventh studio album, Reaching Into Infinity, Dragonforce are allegedly thinking outside the box and trying to expand their sound a bit. Says the press copy accompanying the announcement of their latest single “Curse of Darkness:”

“‘I think we have proven that playing fast was something we were good at, so this time I wanted to bring even more diversity into our music,’ Frederic Leclercq (bass) comments. ‘It’s great to challenge ourselves instead of staying in a comfort zone, and I really wanted to experiment with Marc’s vocals. I think people are going to be surprised at his brutality!’ The first album to feature Gee Anzalone (drums), the Italian drummer has laid down an impressive performance to provide the perfect backbone to the DragonForce sound, which of course still boasts the band’s trademark insanely-fast solos, courtesy of guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman.”

Were they successful in their goal of bringing in “more diversity?” You be the judge: stream “Curse of Darkness” below, following the album’s first single “Judgement Day.”

To me a DragonForce is a DragonForce is a DragonForce, of course, of course, but I guess I kinda hear what they’re talking about… this track isn’t at batshit fast as a lot of their past stuff (except for the solos, of course) and it breathes just a little bit more.

Reaching Into Infinity comes out on May 19th via Metal Blade in the U.S. and earMusic everywhere else; pre-order here.