Former ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz has joined the world's fastest band, DRAGONFORCE, as a full-fledged member.

In an interview with Local Band Smokeout, White-Gluz discussed how her collaboration with DRAGONFORCE on an alternate version of their track "Burning Heart" led to her joining the band.

She said: 'Kind of.

I think we all kind of agreed that we got a really good vibe from working together, and that the music could be really cool to combine everything that DRAGONFORCE is known for and what I'm known for, and play on our strengths.' The band will embark on their largest North American tour in over two decades this November and December, visiting 22 cities with support from ENSIFERUM and RHAPSODY OF FIRE.

The tour begins at San Diego's Observatory on Friday, November 13, and stretches to New York City's Palladium Times Square, Chicago's Riviera Theatre, Los Angeles's Wiltern, and beyond.

DRAGONFORCE previewed the forthcoming tour with two festival performances at Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple, which were 'riotously received' and 'epic.' The band will bring their exhilarating sets to life, filled with time-warping precision, spectacular set design, hits from "Inhuman Rampage," and an early taste of their impending studio album.

White-Gluz also spoke about her experience working on new music with DRAGONFORCE, saying: 'It's been really good.

You never know...

But when we actually started playing together in the same room, rehearsing, writing, working on lyrics, working on chord structures, parts, arrangements, concepts, titles and stuff like that, we worked on stuff and then we listened back and we were, like, "This sounds really good." I think we were pretty confident, but then listening back to it, we were, like, "Ooh, okay.

We're really on to something here."' On the topic of what fans can expect from their upcoming follow-up album to "Warp Speed Warriors," White-Gluz said: 'I wish I could [share some information about it, but] I cannot, but I can tell you that we're having a lot of fun working on it, and it's a pleasure to work with everyone in this camp.

So it's a lot of fun.'