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This modern Heavy-Metal outfit, originally started out in the late '90s,
under the name of Dragonheart, with ZP Theart on vocals, Herman Li and
Sam Totman on guitars, Steve Williams on keyboards, Steve Scott on bass
and Didier Almouzni on drums.
Though based in London, ENGLAND, the group have roots in Hong Kong, New
Zealand, South Africa, Ukraine and with the addition of bassist Frédéric
Leclercq, France.
They changed their name to Dragonforce before releasing any full albums;
their first was "Valley Of The Damned", issued on Sanctuary
Records in February 2003; at that time the line-up consisted of ZP Theart,
Li, Totman, Almouzni, new bassist Adrian Lambert and new keyboard player
Vadim Pruzhanov.
"Sonic Firestorm" followed in May 2004, the band's second album
was recorded with David Mackintosh on drums.
In October of the next year, the band parted ways with bassist Adrian
Lambert; Frédéric Leclercq was tapped as his replacement.
The band toured relentlessly around the world throughout their career,
sharing the stage with the likes of Killswitch
Engage, Halford, Chimaira
among others and winning kudos from peers and influences alike, accumulating
several shelves full of awards along the way and sending audiences wild
with an explosive musical style that features the band members favourite
elements from all styles of music from Rock, Metal all the way to early
'90s' video games music; a unique style that in the absence of anything
more descriptive they like to call “extreme-power-Metal”.
In early 2006 Dragonforce delivered their third studio record, "Inhuman
Rampage", peaking at #5 on the U.S. Top Independent Albums chart
and reaching the #103 position on The Billboard 200; it includes the single,
"Through The Fire And Flames", which became their first Billboard
Hot 100 cracker.
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