"Now, after 18 months on the road, three times around the world for the 'Inhuman Rampage Tour', our wish is granted with a bigger budget, better gear, more time and more experience to bring new life to 'Valley of the Damned'. To tell you the truth, the original release was mixed in only 36 hours as we spent most of the time working on capturing the best performances and improving the songs as much as possible. "Although many people thought the original release had a great production, it is uncomparable to the massive production sound on the albums 'Sonic Firestorm' and 'Inhuman Rampage'. I still remember the amount of time and effort we spent recording that album, and financing it myself! Ignoring all the deadlines that were set for the delivery of the master tapes, we went into a lengthy recording period only to finally run out of money which meant we didn't have the time to give the songs the mix and production sound they deserve. The remixed debut and DRAGONFORCE's second album, "Sonic Firestorm", were also going be available for the first time on picture disc vinyl.ĭRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li previously stated: "For some time now we've been thinking about how great it would be that one day we could remix and remaster the 'Valley of the Damned' album and re-release it. "Valley of the Damned - Remixed & Remastered" was scheduled to include a bonus DVD.
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Work on the album is ongoing and will be completed and a new release date will be set once the business situation is clarified." Subsequent to this, Sanctuary Records, who own the bands catalogue, has been bought by Universal Music and shut down. Difficulties were experienced at the mastering studio in Berlin due to the illness of key people which resulted in the original release date not being achievable. "Regretfully, I have to announce that the release of the 'Valley of the Damned - Remixed & Remastered' album has been postponed until further notice. Below is a statement from the band's manager Steve McTaggart.
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