UK power metallers DragonForce have announced on their official website that they had to cancel their performance at the upcoming Soundwave Festival 2012 in Australia due to the delay in the completion of their new album.

Guitarist Sam Totman comments: "It's bitterly disappointing for us not to be able to play our debut Soundwave in 2012 because we were so looking forward to it and were going to kick off the World Tour there. The problem is we've only just finished the actual recording of the new album and now have the mastering, videos and a ton of worldwide promo to do. The album recording was already running late when Marc (Hudson, new singer) contracted laryngitis a couple of months back which meant he couldn't finish his vocals in the studio on time and pushed the album release date back even further. Australia has always been great to us and we can 100% assure our Aussie fans that we will be touring there at some point in 2012, we just have to move our touring plans around a little to accommodate the delay. The good news is the album is sounding awesome and we are all eager for our fans to hear it and we hope everyone has a great Soundwave!"

"The new DragonForce album will be released in Australia through 3Wise Records spring 2012."

Source:	dragonforce.com
Band profile:	DragonForce
Event:	Soundwave Festival 2012