DragonForce's logo.
DragonForce, written as Dragonforce in the Guitar Hero series and formerly known as DragonHeart, is a power metal band formed in London in 1999 by the two guitarists, Herman Li and Sam Totman, who were both in the metal band Demoniac. They have released seven studio albums, two live albums and one "best hits" album, their latest studio album being Reaching into Infinity, which was released on May 19th 2017, and their last live album being In the Line of Fire, which was released on July 10th 2015. Before their official release of the Valley of the Damned (when they were known as DragonHeart), they released a demo version album of Valley of the Damned in 2000. They changed their band name to DragonForce in 2002 since there was already a band called DragonHeart. They also updated their Valley of the Damned album that was released in 2003. They are best known for their song Through the Fire and Flames from their album Inhuman Rampage, which is featured in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Another song called Fury of the Storm was released for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. They released a track pack containing Heroes of Our Time, Operation Ground and Pound and Revolution Deathsquad for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
Contributions to Guitar Hero[]
- "Through the Fire and Flames" - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, Guitar Hero Live (GHTV)
- "Operation Ground and Pound", "Revolution Deathsquad", "Heroes of our Time" - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (DragonForce Track Pack)
- "Fury of the Storm" - "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock"
Discography[]
- Valley of the Damned (2000) - Demo version under the artist name "DragonHeart"; discontinued.
- Valley of the Damned (2003) - Re-released and remastered in 2010.
- Sonic Firestorm (2004) - Re-released and remastered in 2010.
- Inhuman Rampage (2006) - Includes TTFAF as the first track on the album.
- Ultra Beatdown (2008) - First album with Frederic Leclercq, last with ZP Theart.
- Twilight Dementia (2010) - Live album.
- The Power Within (2012) - First album with Marc Hudson as the lead singer.
- Maximum Overload (2014) - Last album with Dave Mackintosh.
- In the Line of Fire... Larger than Live (2014) - Live album.
- Killer Elite: the Hits, the Highs, the Vids (2016) - Compilation of DragonForce's best songs, includes all 5 DragonForce songs from all Guitar Hero games.
- Reaching into Infinity (2017) - First album with Gee Anzalone as the drummer.
- Extreme Power Metal (2019) - First album without Vadim Pruzhanov and last album with Frederic Leclercq.
- Warp Speed Warriors (2024) - First album with Alicia Vigil.
Band members[]
Current band members[]
- Marc Hudson – Lead vocals
- Herman Li - Lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Sam Totman - Lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Alicia Vigil - Bass guitar, backing vocals
- Gee Anzalone - Drums, backing vocals
Previous band members[]
- Adrian Lambert – Bass (2003–2005)
- Didier Almouzni – Drums (1999–2003)
- Diccon Harper – Bass, backing vocals (2000–2003)
- Steve Williams – Keyboards, backing vocals (1999–2000)
- Steve Scott – Bass, backing vocals (1999–2000)
- ZP Theart – Lead vocals (1999–2010)
- Dave Mackintosh - Drums, backing vocals (2004-2014)
- Vadim Pruzhanov - Keyboard, keytar, theremin, backing vocals (2001-2018)
- Frédéric Leclercq - Bass, backing vocals (2005-2019)
External links[]
- DragonForce on Wikipedia
- DragonForce's official site
- DragonForce on Facebook
- DragonForce on Twitter