|
Power metal
|
DragonForce are an English power metal band formed in London in 1999. The group is known for its fast paced songs, twin guitar solos, and incorporation of "video game" sounds into their music.
Their newest album is slated to be released on August 25th, 2008.
DragonForce was formed in 1999 from the remnants of the band Demoniac under the name of DragonHeart, but they changed their name to DragonForce before releasing any commercial albums due to possible commercial issues with Brazilian band Dragonheart. Their career began with the publishing of their early songs on the first incarnation of MP3.com, claiming the top of the site's heavy metal charts.
Although the band takes their musicianship seriously, they do not embody the themes in their music. DragonForce's influences are drawn from all kinds of metal, melodic rock, and in particular video games such as "Wonder Boy in Monster World", and the Final Fantasy series, with lyrics comparable to themes present in fantasy games.
The band have frequently referred to their style not just as power metal, but as extreme power metal. Herman Li commented on descriptions of the band's style in an interview with Guitar World: "'Nintendo metal,' 'extreme power metal', 'Bon Jovi on Speed,' 'Journey Meets Slayer,' ...people are always coming up with weird labels for us."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage
|
|
2006 | Power metal, Speed metal
|
|
Inhuman Rampage is DragonForce's third album, released on January 9, 2006 and released in North America on June 20, 2006. In America, the album reached number 1 in the Billboards Heatseekers c...
|
|
|
by itemvn | 5 years ago | 16,109 total plays
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DragonForce - Valley Of The Damned
|
|
2003 | Power metal
|
|
Valley of the Damned was a demo album initially recorded and released to the web by DragonForce in 2000 before their name was changed from DragonHeart...
|
|
|
by itemvn | 4 years ago | 6,818 total plays
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown
|
|
2008 | Power metal
|
|
Ultra Beatdown is the fourth studio album by DragonForce, released on 20 August 2008 in Japan through JVC and on 26 August 2008 worldwide through Roadrunner Records and Universal Music...
|
|
|
by itemvn | 4 years ago | 6,411 total plays
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DragonForce - The Power Within
|
|
2012 | Power metal
|
|
The Power Within is English power metal band DragonForce's fifth full-length album, released in mid-April of 2012. It was released on 11 April in Japan, 13 April in Australia, 15 April in the UK, 16 A...
|
|
|
by itemvn | 7 months ago | 3,033 total plays
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm
|
|
2004 | Power metal
|
|
Sonic Firestorm is the second studio album by English power metal band DragonForce, released through Noise Records on May 11, 2004. Prior to the release of Ultra Beatdown, it contained both th...
|
|
|
by itemvn | 4 years ago | 8,110 total plays
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|