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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...

aka Stephen Bruner (b. Los Angeles, CA, USA), a virtuoso bassist, composer, producer and singer. A member of legendary thrash punks Suicidal Tendencies (since 16 years of age) - Bruner has collaborated with many, including jams with Snoop Dogg and Stanley Clarke. “I do believe that hip-hop can be the new jazz, and I’m helping create that”, Bruner said in an interview to Bass Player, in 2008. He is part of this new generation of jazz literate / hip-hop loving instrumentalists, who can play beyond traditional limits - a mutant jazz cat - and, that’s how 'Thundercat' (a monicker he...

Forced are a doom metal band from New York, USA founded in 2011. They released their debut EP Accursed Share in 2012 on Bandcamp. Current line-up consists of vocalist Scott Brown also on guitar, Dave Friedrich on bass and Mike Hegarty on drums. http://forced.bandcamp.com .

Rising Force was the name of Yngwie Malmsteen's band in Sweden before he came to America. The members were: Yngwie (guitars), Marcel Jacob(bass; he later was on Yngwie's albums Marching Out and Inspiration), and Zepp Urgard(drums.) Back then, metal vocalists in Sweden were rare, so Yngwie and Marcel handled the vocal duties. They recorded one demo with this lineup in 1980 at Thunderload Studios. It was never released until 2002 when Marcel remastered and released the demo with the title Birth of the Sun. Shortly after this release Yngwie Malmsteen released his own remastered version of the demo with an...

A commercial artist, Deepforces is well known for his distinctive style and sound in his releases. The sound of his bass and synths in the tracks are trademark Deepforce style. His songs have a harder sound and style, but still fit into the commercial genre. A very talented artist, he already has numerous remixes to add to his own productions which include "Tribute To Dance", "Harder", and "Shokk E.P." .