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Due to an ongoing issue with tinnitus, Marc Hudson is stepping back from DragonForce music duties for now including the forthcoming album and touring plans in 2026/2027.  In the meantime, he’ll still very much be involved with DragonForce behind the scenes, working with the band’s management on some exciting stuff you’ll start seeing later this year!

Joining us for the next chapter is our longtime friend and Marc’s former vocal coach, Alessio Garavello. He will be handing the male vocals supporting frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz. DragonForce’s forthcoming album will feature a dual-vocals format, with new songs dropping starting next week.

"For the last fifteen years, Marc has poured his heart into this band, and his voice has become such a huge part of who we are. Protecting his hearing isn't something we'd ever ask him to compromise on. We'd much rather have him healthy and with us for the long haul than push through now and risk that. He's still in the room with us every day, just wearing a different hat, and we wish him a speedy recovery." - Herman Li

"When we started talking about who could step in, there was really only one name on the list. Alessio has been part of our story longer than most people realize. He helped shape Marc's voice in the first place, so he understands these songs from the inside. But he's not here to be anyone but himself, and he brings his own warmth and energy to everything he sings. Hearing him on the new material has lit a real spark in all of us, and we think you're going to love him as much as we do." - Sam Totman

Photos by: Richard Mastny, Alex Bemis

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We are so excited to announce we'll be back at Wacken Open Air 2027! This will be our exclusive European festival performance of the year 🐉 Who will we see there?

Check wacken.com/ for more info 🤘

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🇺🇸🇨🇦 We're coming back to North America this November/December to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Inhuman Rampage, playing the full album live for the first time ever, along with other fan favorites and brand new songs. This will be the debut tour featuring our new vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, and special guests Ensiferum and Rhapsody of Fire 🐉

Public on-sale begins this Friday, May 29th at 10am local time. Citi and artist presales start at 12pm ET today. Tickets available at dragonforce.com/shows 🎸

“Twenty years is a long time to do anything, let alone survive the music industry and still be so inspired to continue doing what we love. Together we will honor what made Inhuman Rampage matter, while showing people exactly where we’re going next.” - Herman Li

“As a long-time fan of DragonForce, having seen them in concert multiple times over the last 20 years, I am beyond excited to be bringing such iconic music to life with these amazingly skilled musicians in such a fun and inspiring environment. It feels great to showcase all the colours of my voice in technically challenging, deeply energizing, highly addictive songs. Creating and performing with musicians who deeply care about the music and concerts as much as I do is so refreshing. Plus, with Blue Medusa going full throttle and gaining so much momentum in parallel, I feel like I am permanently in the creative zone, which is exactly where I want to be!” - Alissa White-Gluz

See you at a show!

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DragonForce officially welcomes Alissa White-Gluz as the band’s newest member and first frontwoman 🐉💙

The first live shows with Alissa kick off in the USA on May 9 at Welcome To Rockville, and May 17 at Sonic Temple as we celebrate 20 years of Inhuman Rampage. More tours and new music will be announced soon, stay tuned!

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Excellent Tutorial by ‪@BryanEwald‬ on how to unlock all the different guitar tones of the new PRS Chleo guitar pickup system. I specifically asked PRS to have Bryan do a video, to show the different sides of my new guitar.

The Fishman team also worked really hard the last few years to create what I wanted with the Omniforce pickups.

What an amazing job by team ‪@prsguitars‬ ⁩and ‪@Fishman_Music‬ !

What are some of YOUR favourite pickups? - Herman

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If you were wondering, this is how I sound when I speak in Cantonese.
Here is a chat I had with ‪@TomLeeMusicHongKong‬ ahead of our recent tour in China. - Herman

1 year ago | [YT] | 143

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Total guitar nerd talk session with The Captain!
What's your favourite piece of guitar gear you ever bought?

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I visited Ola Englund when I had a day off in Sweden on the current European tour!

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