I was like, “what is this shit?” and just got into it from there. I remember, I went to band practice when I was a student, I was playing guitar and singing, and the bass player just turned up with ‘Sonic Firestorm’ playing in his car. MH: No, I’d heard them from the ‘Sonic Firestorm’ album, actually. UR: Was the “Guitar Hero song” the first time you heard of DragonForce, before joining? I try and contribute to the lyrics, and make them a tiny bit more – meaningful, maybe? – here and there, but we obviously don’t go too far away from the power metal subjects that people actually want to hear. MH: Yeah, I mean, it’s still Sam (Totman, guitarist since band’s inception) who does the bulk of the writing, so everything before is still in the same kind of vein as back on ‘Valley of the Damned’. UR: I know you’ve not been with the band from the beginning, as you said, but with the power metal themes, with fantasy lyrics still similar to before you were in the band, do you feel the same influences are still there, with the likes of yourself now contributing? On this album, there’s a song called ‘Curse of Darkness’, and on the last one was ‘Symphony of the Night’, which are both based on Castlevania games, so they had that kind of neo-classical Japanese feeling to them, so that’s the main video game influence recently. Having said that, lyrically, actually and musically, on the last album. Some of the demos that I’ve heard previously, they didn’t have the names of the actual songs on them, but they were named after the games that they were inspired by. MH: Video games music has definitely influcned some of the riffs that have gone into the songs, it’s the way they’ve been played. UR: A lot of the songs have not just the fantasy references, but also computer games – do you think that has been an influence from the beginning for Herman, Sam and the others? The last album, actually, we were recording while we were doing shows, and some festivals, so we were out at the weekend, coming back, recording, blah blah blah, so definitely, it has influenced it, yeah. UR: Do you think that’s impacted on the amount you’ve been able to record then? Yeah, we’re always on the road, unless we’re actually recording. When we release an album, we do a whole world tour and stuff, and then some festivals for the following year. UR: Having been around for that long, but still gigging pretty much every year still? MH: A bit before I joined! ’99 I think it was, yeah
We started by reflecting on the band’s longevity, and the fact that its foundations had been laid 18 years ago… I was lucky enough to have a catch up with Marc Hudson, vocalist since 2011, just after sound check for their recent Manchester date…
#MARC HUDSON DRAGONFORCE FULL#
Although probably best known for “that Guitar Hero song”, they have an array of other great songs, from their seven full releases. DragonForce themselves have been around for more than a few years, having currently clocked up 18 years. London and its environs has given up more than a few acts to be proud of – David Bowie, King Crimson, Rolling Stones, through Yes, Iron Maiden, The Damned and more.
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