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How cool is that?' The solo didn't actually get any better, but it was more fun while doing it." Sometimes I think 'I did that solo live while jumping up and down continuously for 60 seconds. Be tighter, but more exciting, make it more fun. I'm always trying to find a way to be better at what I'm doing. There's no magic formula to getting your fingers up to speed. Herman: "It's definitely practice, practice, practice, unfortunately. We run around onstage and jump on trampolines and play fast solos at the same time. I heard music that was fast way before our existence. I still read it on the Internet these days: 'Do they speed it up? Do they speed it up live and on the stage?' We always say, 'Come to a show to see us do the magic on you.' To be honest, it was weird for me that people thought it was sped up. On early accusations that the band was speeding up their guitar playing in the studio: Fans have been asking for us to make it, so now we've finally done one." We even have a really long, epic 12-minute song now. With the new album, you get all the elements, but we tried to add new stuff in there. We're always trying to add new elements to our music while keeping the same sound and, of course, keeping the melodies, the speed, and energy, of what we've built our signature sound on. Herman: "I would say it's a continuation of DRAGONFORCE. On DRAGONFORCE's forthcoming album, "Reaching Into Infinity": A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). Levi Seth of Australia's Sticks For Stones recently conducted an interview with guitarist Herman Li of multinational metal band DRAGONFORCE.