DragonForce Just Kicked Off Their Biggest North American Tour in 20 Years — Playing ‘Inhuman Rampage’ Front to Back
DragonForce are back on the road — and they did not ease into it. On Friday, Nov. 13, DragonForce kicked off their largest North American tour in more than two decades at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, and they did it by playing Inhuman Rampage front to back.
Yes — front to back. The whole album, in order. If you ever failed “Through The Fire And Flames” on expert mode, you already know why that matters.
2026 marks the 20th anniversary of Inhuman Rampage, the album behind platinum-selling “Through The Fire And Flames,” which spent 23 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200. Twenty years on, DragonForce are celebrating it the loudest way possible: a 22-date run built around the full album, plus songs never played live before and the live debut of new music from their upcoming self-titled album — including “Hunger Of The Beast” and the just-released “Neverending Nightmare.” Fan-filmed video from the San Diego show is already circulating.
That new album, the self-titled Dragonforce, is due March 19, 2027 via Napalm Records. It is the first with ex-Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz as frontwoman and permanent vocalist, with Alessio Garavello handling male vocals while Marc Hudson steps back temporarily due to tinnitus. The album is produced by Jens Bogren.
Guitarist Herman Li is not underselling it: “This is unlike any DRAGONFORCE album you’ve ever heard, and unlike any metal albums out there.”
And then there is the nostalgia hook that made DragonForce immortal for a whole generation of millennials: “Through The Fire And Flames” was the notoriously unbeatable final boss of Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. You did not just hear that song — you fought it, failed it, and bragged about surviving it.
One honest note for Toledo fans: there is no Detroit, Cleveland or Columbus date on this run. This one is not about a local stop — it is about the Guitar Hero nostalgia and a brand-new era for the band. For the backstory on the new single, new album and new voice, read our earlier report: Dragonforce Are Back: New Single, New Album, and a New Voice — Guitar Hero Legends Return.
Watch the fan-filmed San Diego footage above, and read the full tour report from Blabbermouth.
