DRAGONFORCE Taps Norwegian Singer PER FREDRIK ÅSLY For European Festival Appearances

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Multi-national metallers DRAGONFORCE enlisted the help of Norwegian singer Per Fredrik Åsly, also known as PelleK, to front the band for their appearances this past weekend at the MetalDays (July 29 in Tolmin, Slovenia) and Benátská! (July 30 in Liberec, Czech Republic) festivals. Åsly was filling in for regular DRAGONFORCE vocalist Marc Hudson, who was forced to miss the dates due to "health problems/issues." Norwegian actor, composer and singer PelleK is best known in the rock and metal scene for his phenomenal vocal range which spans four octaves. In his native Norway, he has one of the world's biggest rock/metal channels on YouTube, with an impressive 200 million views and 1.6 million subscribers. He has also sung on video game soundtracks for Square Enix ("Final Fantasy", "Kingdom Hearts"), Riot Games ("League Of Legends") and has written songs for games like "Path Of Exile" and "Jelly Realms". Fan-filmed video footage of DRAGONFORCE performing with Per Fredrik Åsly at Benátská! can be seen below. DRAGONFORCE recently began recording the follow-up to 2014's "Maximum Overload" album at Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with OPETH, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, AMON AMARTH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK and SYMPHONY X, to name a few. DRAGONFORCE released a comprehensive career-spanning "best-of", "Killer Elite - The Hits, The Highs, The Vids", on July 23 through Spinefarm. The 22-track set contains two hours and 30 minutes of music, featuring both studio and live material, with promo clips added to the deluxe set. DRAGONFORCE will headline the ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta on Wednesday September 7 and a special "up close and personal" show at St. Vitus in Brooklyn on Saturday, September 10. At both shows, the band will play a "best-of" set to reflect the track listing of the "Killer Elite" album.

Thank you @MetalDays for watching us tear it up last night. God bless! @DragonForce #KillerElite #Jesus # pic.twitter.com/x0HUtZ3JTJ

— VADIM PRUZHANOV (@vadlife) July 29, 2016​

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