Valley of the Damned (2000-2003) Main article: Valley of the Damned (album)ĭragonHeart (what the band was known as at the time) recorded their very first album in 2000 (as a demo). Harper performed on the band's debut album, Valley of the Damned in its completion, but left in 2002 due to a tendon problem that required surgery. The ex-Demoniac bassist Diccon Harper joined DragonForce in November 2000 with keyboardist Vadim Pruzhanov joining in February 2001 to complete the lineup for recording their first album. Steve Scott would later join Shadowkeep, then Power Quest (along with Steve Williams.

Steve later rejoined and left once again in December 2000, days head of DragonForce's tour with 'Halford' and 'Stratovarius'.

DragonForce then parted ways with Steve Scott in November 2000 and Steve Williams in early 2000. ĭrummer Matej Satanc (just like Li and Totman, was also a former member of Demoniac) left Dragonforce in December 1999 in order to continue his studies in Slovenia. The other band's was 'Dragon heart) already existed and changed their named to DragonForce in 2002. However, the band later found that another power metal band with the same name (although both spellings were different, DragonForce's was 'Dragon Heart'. Apparently, for the demo, the band managed to put Peter Hunt as drums (guest) for the demo instead of Satanc. Initially the band intended to call themselves DragonHeart, released a demo, toured with Halford and Stratovarius and headline their own show under that name. Sam and Herman were originally in the Black and power metal band, Demoniac, along with Lindsay Dawson, respectively. Herman and Sam later found singer ZP Theart through an advert, and not long afterwards, gained Demoniac's drummer, Matej Satanc, as well as the bassist Steve Scott, and the keyboardist, Steve Williams. 1.8 Reaching into Infinity (2016–present)ĭragonForce was formed in 1999 by the Herman Li and Sam Totman after they had left Demoniac.1.7 The Power Within and Maximum Overload (2011–2015).1.6 Twilight Dementia and departure of Theart (2010).

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