Dragon Force

History



(1999 – present)
DragonForce is a power metal band that was formed in 1999, from the remnants of black metal band Demoniac under the name of DragonHeart. However, the band soon changed its name to DragonForce before releasing any commercial albums due to possible commercial issues with Brazilian band DragonHeart. Their career began with publishing of songs on the first incarnation of MP3.com, claiming the top of the site’s heavy metal charts. The hit song Valley of the Damned reached over 500,000 downloads in the first few months.

Despite this, two of the original members, Steve Williams and Steve Scott left the band to form power metal outfit Power Quest.

On October 28, 2005 bassist Adrian Lambert announced his departure from the band. (Lambert later revealed in an interview that he had left due to musical differences with Herman Li and Sam Totman). Less than a month after Lambert’s departure, on November 23th 2005, DragonForce was signed to Roadrunner Records which released their album Inhuman Rampage in 2006. Lambert was replaced in 2006 by Frédéric Leclercq, who was made an official member after a performance on tour.
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Tracklist:

1 Heroes of Our Time          download
2 The Fire Still Burns        download
3 Reasons to Live             download
4 Heartbreak Armageddon       download
5 The Last Journey Home       download
6 A Flame for Freedom         download
7 Inside the Winter Storm     download
8 The Warrior Inside          download

Inhuman Rampage


Tracklist:

1 Through the Fire and Flames         download
2 Revolution Deathsquad               download
3 Storming the Burning Fields         download
4 Operation Ground and Pound          download
5 Body Breakdown                      download
6 Cry for Eternity                    download
7 The Flame of Youth                  download
8 Trail of Broken Hearts              download

Sonic firestrom


Tracklist:

1 My Spirit Will Go On           download
2 Fury of the Storm              download
3 Fields of Despair              download
4 Dawn Over a New World          download
5 Above the Winter Moonlight     download
6 Soldiers of the Wastelands     download
7 Prepare for War                download
8 Once in a Lifetime             download

The Valley of the Damned


Tracklist:

1 Invocation of Apocalyptic Evil        download
2 Valley of the Damned                  download     
3 Black Fire                            download
4 Black Winter Night                    download
5 Starfire                              download
6 Disciples of Babylon                  download
7 Revelations                           download
8 Evening Star                          download
9 Heart of a Dragon                     download

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Nightwish

History
Kitee, Finland (1996 – present)
Nightwish is a symphonic power metal band, formed in the town of Kitee, Finland in 1996. The band currently consists of Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), and Jukka Nevalainen (drums and percussion).

The vocalist 1996 to 2005 was Tarja Turunen. Anette Olzon (ex-Alyson Avenue) joined the band on their 2007 album Dark Passion Play, the corresponding World Tour and the Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places) live album.

The band’s leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metal or power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal and even in some cases called ‘epic metal’.
Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Within Temptation, Therion, Epica, Edenbridge, Lunatica, and Visions of Atlantis.

The original idea of Nightwish was largely inspired by The Gathering, and the idea was to use keyboards, acoustic guitars and the operatic vocals of their then singer Tarja Turunen. This idea was changed in 1997, as a drummer was added, and the acoustic guitar was replaced by an electric guitar.

The idea of using operatic vocals was changed dramatically with their third album Wishmaster (2000), and more so on future albums, especially Dark Passion Play (2007). In 2001, Holopainen asked Sami Vänskä, their bassist since 1998, to leave, and he was replaced with Marco Hietala (Tarot, ex-Sinergy), leaving Sinergy.
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