DRAGONLAND’s third album “Starfall” sports a sound so fresh and inspiring there cannot be a single doubt about it being a huge step forward for the band. “The time had come to work towards our vision of the perfect melodic metal record, and by working full time on the songs for more than a year we can honestly say it’s the best album we could have made at this point”, comments guitarist Olof Mörck.

Let us take a quick look back to recap the band’s past: After their formation in summer of 1999 DRAGONLAND released two albums (“The Battle Of The Ivory Plains” and “Holy War”) via the Greek label Black Lotus Records and toured Japan in May 2003. “Japan was something like a turning point of our career, we came back with bustling creative minds”, guitarist Nicklas Magnusson explains.

Most of the musicians are known from playing in bands like Prophanity (guitarist Nicklas Magnusson), Nightshade (bassist Christer Pedersen) or Nostradameus (drummer Jesse Lindskog) while keyboardist Elias Holmlid helped out King Diamond on their tour in 2001 and recorded keyboards for Falconer’s second album. Soon after signing with Century Media Records the band was ready to attack recording their latest epic masterpiece, “Starfall”, in Division One Studio. Evergrey mastermind and frontman Tom S. Englund as well as Arnold Lindberg (sound technician for Europe on their ongoing tour) made sure that the band’s vision was perfectly captured in the newly built super-studio in Gothenburg. “Our ambition to create a fresh sound was thoroughly realized in Division One Studios, the final production perfectly fits our songs”, vocalist Jonas Heidgert states.

The songs on “Starfall” range from the three minute metal-hit and title-track “Starfall” to the 11-minute epic “The Book Of Shadows” -- a trilogy that comes with an inspiring and adventurous story. People like Tom S. Englund, Arnold Lindberg and Henrik Danhage (Evergrey) added the icing on the cake by guesting with vocals and guitars on a whole number of tracks. The visuals for the album were done by ToxicAngel, whose services have been used by Sonata Arctica and Children Of Bodom. Metalheads, be sure to check out “Starfall”, because there is no denying that this album will not only appeal to fans of the power metal genre, but everyone who loves powerful music. Now, shut your eyes and let the “Starfall” cast a ray of celestial light upon you!

This special edition contains two bonus tracks previously only found on the Japanese pressing of the album, which are exclusive cover versions of tracks by X Japan ("Rusty Nail") and Helloween ("Sole Survivor").