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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...

At least, there seems to be more than 4 'The Strikers'. 1. American early 80's disco band, signed to famous dance label Prelude Records. Members: Darryl Gibbs, Howie Young, Milton Brown, Robert Gilliom, Robert Rodriguez , Ruben Faison, and Willie Slaughter. They released a number of singles and one album before splitting up. Vocalist Ruben Faison went on to join Warp 9. 2. St. Louis, MO punk band with some ska influences. They released a 7" EP and two songs on the Test Patterns compilation LP around 1981. Guitarist Dan Wool moved to San Francisco and formed Pray For Rain,...

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 .

There are at leas 3 bands sharing the name Strike Back. 1) Strike Back (Screamo / Russia, Ufa) The band was formed by summer of 2006. The structure of band, as well as repertoir, constantly varied. Before "Strike Back" Bolshoy and Travis played in band "Something About You". Then them have joined Tima and Isk (both from "Brom%Brigade"). It was necessary to find the bass player because originally Travis should be only the vocalist. There were problems with search of the bass player. And then Isk (guitar) has decided to stop to play in "Strike Back". All this very much...

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...