"Ultra Beatdown", the new album from British extreme epic power metallers
DRAGONFORCE, has registered the following first-week chart positions:
Japan: #9
Canada: #15
USA: #18
UK: #18
Australia: #18
Ireland: #47
"Ultra Beatdown" sold 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
DRAGONFORCE will hit the U.S. for a six-week headline tour that hits major markets.
DRAGONFORCE are a touring machine, but their last headline tour occured two years ago in September 2006. It was a sold-out spectacle that cemented the band's reputation as a live powerhouse, so it's time for the band to once again topline a bill.
TURISAS will serve as main support for the tour, which kicks off on November 1 and runs through December 19.
DRAGONFORCE has absolutely erupted since the release of 2006's
"Inhuman Rampage", which has sold over 300,000 copies and counting. They've captured the hearts and hands of
Guitar Hero 3 fans with their masterful guitar wizardry and have graced the January 2008 cover of
Revolver as well as the covers of
Guitar World and
Decibel. The accolades on
"Ultra Beatdown" keep pouring in, with
Alternative Press lauding the band as "poised to enter the relatively underoccupied pantheon of British metal."
