

Their song " Valley of the Damned" was released as their first single shortly after they permanently changed their name to DragonForce in December 2001. A guest drummer Peter Hunt recorded after Satanc left. The original demo version is also extremely rare. Where Dragons Rule was included as a bonus track in the Japanese version of the demo album, but it was a remastered version of the original. Even though the demo didn't include the songs Black Fire and Heart of a Dragon, the original versions of the two songs exist but are extremely rare due to being unreleased, along with the original version of " Evening Star" (which the original version was called " Lands of Desire"). It was an autonomous release, however it was enough to make them one of the most popular independent power metal bands in the UK at the time. Valley of the Damned (2000-2003) Main article: Valley of the Damned (album)ĭragonHeart (what the band was known as at the time) recorded their very first album in 2000 (as a demo). Harper performed on the band's debut album, Valley of the Damned in its completion, but left in 2002 due to a tendon problem that required surgery. The ex-Demoniac bassist Diccon Harper joined DragonForce in November 2000 with keyboardist Vadim Pruzhanov joining in February 2001 to complete the lineup for recording their first album. Steve Scott would later join Shadowkeep, then Power Quest (along with Steve Williams. Steve later rejoined and left once again in December 2000, days head of DragonForce's tour with "Halford" and "Stratovarius". DragonForce then parted ways with Steve Scott in November 2000 and Steve Williams in early 2000. ĭrummer Matej Satanc (just like Li and Totman, was also a former member of Demoniac) left Dragonforce in December 1999 in order to continue his studies in Slovenia. The other band's was "Dragon heart) already existed and changed their named to DragonForce in 2002. However, the band later found that another power metal band with the same name (although both spellings were different, DragonForce's was "Dragon Heart". Apparently, for the demo, the band managed to put Peter Hunt as drums (guest) for the demo instead of Satanc. Initially the band intended to call themselves DragonHeart, released a demo, toured with Halford and Stratovarius and headline their own show under that name. Sam and Herman were originally in the Black and power metal band, Demoniac, along with Lindsay Dawson, respectively.

Herman and Sam later found singer ZP Theart through an advert, and not long afterwards, gained Demoniac's drummer, Matej Satanc, as well as the bassist Steve Scott, and the keyboardist, Steve Williams. 1.8 Reaching into Infinity (2016–present)ĭragonForce was formed in 1999 by the Herman Li and Sam Totman after they had left Demoniac.1.7 The Power Within and Maximum Overload (2011–2015).

1.6 Twilight Dementia and departure of Theart (2010).Tickets for this invocation of the apocalyptic evil are RMB 260 in advance, or RMB 320 at the door. Herman's speed has landed the group's track "Through Fire and Flames" at one of the top levels of video game Guitar Hero. This particular ultra beatdown is part of a birthday celebration for top Beijing metal magazine Painkiller, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary.ĭragonForce has a particular draw in China, thanks to Hong Kong-born guitarist Herman Li, who seems to have the fastest fingers in the East and West. This is the group's third inhuman rampage in Beijing, having previously created fields of despair throughout the city in 2009 and again in 2011. DragonForce returns on September 4 to the Valley of the Damned Yugong Yishan, where dragons rule, in a sonic firestorm.
