DragonForce

''Never heard of DragonForce? Well prepared to be blown away!''

DragonForce are a six-piece English power metal group formed in London. The group is infamous for its fast paced songs, twin guitar solos, and the incorporation of electronic sound effects.

Biography
DragonForce was formed in 1999 under the name of DragonHeart, but they changed their name to DragonForce before releasing any commercial albums due to possible issues with an artist already using DragonHeart.

The band's first successful song was "Starfire" off of their debut album, Valley of the Damned. DragonForce have released three albums and toured extensively while supporting Helloween, W.A.S.P. and Iron Maiden.

Bassist Adrian Lambert announced his departure from the band in late October 2006, and less than a month later the band signed to Roadrunner Records in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand, who released their most recent effort, Inhuman Rampage on January 9, 2006. Lambert was replaced in 2006 by Frédéric Leclercq, who was made an official member after a performance on tour.

The song "Through the Fire and Flames" is most likely the most well known of DragonForce songs, and is featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is considered one of the most difficult songs.

A new DragonForce album, titled Ultra Beatdown has been announced to be released for August 26, 2008.

Musical style
DragonForce's musical style focuses on: Fast paced twin-guitar solos in power/speed metal styles Lyrics of fantasy or epic nature, most often with a positive attitude. Use of keyboards through tracks Video game influences noises and melodies

Herman Li commented on descriptions of the band's style in an interview: "'Nintendo metal,' 'extreme power metal', 'Bon Jovi on Speed,' 'Journey Meets Slayer,' ...people are always coming up with weird labels for us." The band has often been labelled speed metal due to the fast tempos present in their songs.

Members

 * ZP Theart - vocals
 * Herman Li - guitars/backing vocals
 * Sam Totman - guitars/backing vocals
 * Vadim Pruzhanov - keyboards/backing vocals
 * David Mackintosh - drums/backing vocals
 * Frederic Leclercq - bass / backing vocals

Albums

 * Valley of the Damned (2003)
 * Sonic Firestorm (2004)
 * Inhuman Rampage (2006)
 * Ultra Beatdown (2008)

Singles

 * "Fury of the Storm"
 * "Through the Fire and Flames"
 * "Operation Ground and Pound"
 * "Heroes of Our Time"