The supremely catchy and instantly memorable melodies that stand shoulder-to-shoulder with some outrageous speed, power, complex twin guitarwizardry and extreme metal drumming are just some of the qualities that separate this band from the masses. By combining all their favourite aspects of different rock and metal styles they like, ranging from classic/power/thrash/speed/death/progressive metal/hard rock and video games music, played with a high octane energy, DragonForce�s soundmaybebest described as "Extreme Power Metal." A standard line-up for a rock band it may at first appearbutDragonForce features a uniquely diverse, multi-cultural line-up (Hong Kong, UK,New Zealand, South Africa, Ukraine) never seen before from a young new band.Įarly DragonForce can best be described as a mix of modern melodic power metal with the fury of speed metal, since than, the band's style haveevolvedinto a even more distinctive sound of their own. Thisestablishedcore has recently been joined by bassist Adrian Lambert and drummer David Mackintosh. The band is powered by the twin guitar assaults of Herman Li and Sam Totman, vocalist ZP Theart and keyboard player Vadim Pruzhanov. DragonForce is somewhat of a rarity, based in London, England they play a style of music that is almost non-existent in the country where theyreside.Formed in September 1999 and formerly known as DragonHeart, the band changed their name in December 2001 to DragonForce to avoid confusionwithother bands, record labels and movies under the same name.