DragonForce wis stairtit in 1999 bi guitarists Herman Li an Sam Totman that played thegithir in ablack metal baund criedDemoniac (an some ither extreme metal baunds) unner the nameDragonHeart.[2][1] Efter recruitin singer ZP Theart as weel as ither muisickers tae complete the baund, they pit oot a five sang demo criedValley of the Damned in 2000 that wis at the tap o MP3.com's pouer metal chairt for mair nor twa year; wi the title sang bein dounlaid mair nor hauf a million times in the first few month. Shortl syne, twa o the oreegional members, Steve Williams an Steve Scott quat the baund tae form anither pouer metal act criedPower Quest.[3] Efter the demo wis released, the baund haed tae chynge their name taeDragonForce, syne there wis awready a baund criedDragonheart fraeBrazil.[4] The success o the demo managed tae win the baund a slot supportin Rob Halford on ane his UK tours.[citation needit]
Efter being pickit up biSanctuary Records, they pit oot their debut album,Valley of the Damned in 2003.[5] Tourin awmaist wioot stoppin in support o baunds sic asHelloween an W.A.S.P as weel as heidlinin their ain shaws they teuk the album roond the warld.
Their 2004 albumSonic Firestorm came wi a deeferant line-up as Adrian Lambert jynt on bass for tae replace Diccon Harper an Dave Mackintosh wis taen on as drummer for tae replace Didier Almouzni.[6] The album haed mair better production norValley of the Damned an saw the baund growe in popularity ance mair as they toured the warld in support o the new record, wi support fraeAngra anMendeed.Sonic Firestorm is in muckle the same style asValley of the Damned, but some o the scrievin is mair progressive, especially the sangSoldiers of the Wasteland.
In 2005, juist afore the tourin forSonic Firestorm haed endit, Adrian Lambert quat the baund for tae spend mair time wi his young son[7] (tho he later revealed in an interview that he haed quat due tae muisical deeferences wi Totman an Li)[citation needit] an wis replaced bi Frédéric Leclercq, a lang time freend o Li, that wis made a permanent member o the baund efter the tour haed endit. No lang efter that, DragonForce jyntRoadrunner Records in theUnitit Kinrick,Fraunce,Australia anNew Zealand, that pit oot their third an tae date maist commercially successfu album,Inhuman Rampage in Januar 2006.[8]
Efter gaun aboot the yird three times for tae promote that album, the baund will tour ance mair wiTrivium,Arch Enemy anMachine Head in theBlack Crusade Tour afore remixin their debut album,Valley of the Damned for re-release an efter that gang tae the studios ance mair for the recordin o album number fower.
Pittin a wheen o emphasis on fast, twin guitar harmonies.
Tappin solos on guitar is gey common.
Leerics o a fantasy/ epic natur (tho less sae on theInhuman Rampage album).
Uisin bakgrund queiral liltin ootthrou sangs.
Leerically an muisically upliftin owerwirds.
Melodies an guitar noises tiftit bi video gemmes.
Tho the baund taks their muisicianship sairious, they dinna tak their fantasy relatit leerical themes as close tae hert as some ither baunds sic asManowar orRhapsody of Fire daes.