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~
Dragonforce - Heroes of The Dragonhearted ~ |
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Above:
Vocalist ZP Theart (L) and bassist Frederic Leclercq (R). Below: Current line-up. |
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Above:
Vocalist ZP Theart (L) and guitarist Sam Totman (R). |
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ZP Theart –
Lead and backing vocals
Herman Li – Lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Sam Totman – Lead and rhythm electric guitars, backing vocals
Vadim Pruzhanov – Keyboards, Piano, backing vocals
Dave Mackintosh – Drums, backing vocals
Frédéric Leclercq - Bass, backing vocal
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With
a surge of melodic fire Dragonforce schorched the night with their
burning brand of mad madness, untamed emotion, and breakneck tempos; proving
to the dragonhearts in attendance that they are a furious force to be reckoned
with in the power metal genre.
Check
out the Legendary Kingdoms review of Inhuman
Rampage.
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Dragonforce
at the Quest in Minneapolis on July 14th, 2006. Photo review by Ace
Warloch |
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Sam,
Herman and Frederic shred the night away with inhuman precision despite the
roasting heat. |
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Keyboardist
Vadim Pruzhanov ran around on stage in a state of euphoria as if he knew the
secret motions of all things and played a wild keyboard solo that was just....
well outlandishly awesome. |
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Lobo
(far right) invited himself onstage to play guitar with Dragonforce. However,
he neglected to plug his guitar in (thank whatever gods you believe in); so
all he managed to do was jump around and eat his strings before security dragged
him offstage where he proceeded to bash their heads in - or so I'm told. I'm
also told that Aquaman helped diffuse the situation by challenging Lobo to a
drinking contest in which he drank Lobo under the table. Most people don't know
this but one of Aquaman's little known superpowers is his ability to drink A
LOT. If you think about it, it should really be no surprise. Apparently Lobo's
attempt at upstaging the band didn't even last long enough for Dragonforce to
notice. |
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Obviously
my during the show photos are not the best. The insanity of fan reaction to
Dragonforce made it extremely difficult to get pictures up close and my cheap
15 year old camera was just not cut out for long distance shots. |
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This
photo with Sam (L) and Don (R), one of my true metal brothers, was taken before
the show while Lacuna Coil was playing. I think Sam's attention is
focused on Power Girls boobs or maybe Wonder Woman's. Because of requests
in the guestbook for boobs on this site, I did make a heroic attempt to get
a picture of both super sets of boobs together but Wonder Woman must of intuitively
knew what I was up to and stared me down very regally. I tried to make light
of the situation by reminding her of my time in the
comic book industry and in particular my very brief membership in the
JLA, but the only difference it made was indifference - talk about the cold
shoulder. Anyway, that green dude you see standing behind us is the Martian
Manhunter and then there is Lobo, on the far left, displaying his fanitude. |
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Sam
puts his knowledge of intergalactic sign language to use while I practice
my remarkable skills as a non-photogenic self-aware pseudonym. |
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Ace
Warloch with the voice of the dragon's fiery roar, ZP Theart. As you can see,
we did manage to get a picture with both Power Girl and Wonder Woman in it.
Maybe not the ultimate boob shot I know some of you perverts want (as if there's
not enough websites that specialize in that kind of thing anyway) but what the
hey. |
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Frederic
the very cool Dragonforce bassist with the very serious Dr. Fate. Either he's
smiling under that helmet or he's considering taking my camera and banning it
to another dimension. So not sure... |
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Before
Dragonforce were Dragonforce they were Dragonheart. Please don't get as confused
as I usually am. |
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Keyboardist
Vadim (in the gray shirt) animates himself even when he is offstage. What a
fun guy. The Spectre looks on as if he is waiting to pass judgement. Well, he's
not gonna get me, I've got a disclaimer. |
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With
good friends, guitarist Herman Li (2nd from left) and the Atom. And after the
fantastic Dragonforce show we all lived happily ever after. (I know it's a cliche
ending, but my homemade self-wired emotional reactor wouldn't consider anything
else). |
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