Dragonforce Are Back: New Single, New Album, and a New Voice — Guitar Hero Legends Return
Dragonforce are back — and they’re bringing a new voice, a new single, and a brand-new album with them.
The Grammy-nominated power-metal band unveiled “Neverending Nightmare” today, Nov. 10, 2026, the second single from their upcoming self-titled tenth studio album, “Dragonforce,” due March 19, 2027 via Napalm Records. It’s the band’s first full-length statement in a new era — and it arrives sounding bigger, faster, and more ambitious than ever.
But the single is only half the story. The big news is the lineup: Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of Arch Enemy, joins Dragonforce as the band’s first permanent frontwoman. She’ll trade clean and harsh vocals with vocalist Alessio Garavello, over the high-speed, twin-guitar attack of Herman Li and Sam Totman. It’s a bold new chapter for a band that has always thrived on going bigger — and White-Gluz’s arrival gives Dragonforce a whole new vocal weapon.
Dragonforce are also hitting the road in a big way. The band kicks off its largest North American tour in over 20 years on Friday, Nov. 13 in San Diego, celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Inhuman Rampage” — the album behind platinum hit “Through the Fire and Flames” — by playing the album front-to-back across 22 cities through Dec. 13.
For millennials, that song needs no introduction. “Through the Fire and Flames” became a Guitar Hero-era cultural touchstone — the impossibly fast, gloriously over-the-top track that turned a generation of living-room gamers into air-guitar heroes. Hearing the whole album live, front to back, is the kind of nostalgia trip that only comes around once every 20 years.
Northwest Ohio fans will have to travel for it, though. There’s no Detroit, Cleveland, or Columbus date on the routing — the nearest stop for NW Ohio readers is Chicago’s Riviera Theatre on Fri Dec 4, with Toronto on Dec 2 also within reach. Start planning that road trip now: this is the closest Dragonforce are coming to Toledo on this run.
Stream “Neverending Nightmare” now, and get ready for “Dragonforce” on March 19, 2027. Read more about the new album and single at The Gauntlet, and check the full tour dates in Dragonforce’s official tour announcement. The legends are back — and they sound hungrier than ever.