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DragonForce in Wikipedia and Metal Temple

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Posted in: Artist / Heroes News

Well we can all be very, very proud.

Hot Hand users DragonForce have officially made it to the virtual pages of Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonForce

Herman Li, guitarist with the band, also has his own entry (here's an appetizer):

 

Achievements

DragonForce's 2004 album Sonic Firestorm earned Li the Dimebag Darrell Young guitarist Award for best Shredder at the 2005 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. DragonForce were also nominated for best UK band. Together with Sam Totman, Herman recently won four categories in Guitar World's Readers Poll 2007 for 'Best New Talent' (winning by 70%), 'Best Metal', 'Best Riff' and 'Best Shredders'. They also won 'Best Guitar Solo' with Through the Fire and Flames in Total Guitar's readers poll this year.

Performances

Li is known for his signature guitar solos, wherein he frets notes with his left hand over the top of the fretboard instead of from beneath it, though he is not the only guitarist to perform such a trick: Michael Angelo Batio (also known for playing the 'Double Axe' and 'Quad Guitar') also performs this trick. His other signature moves include "drum riser spin bounce" and the "whammy bar lift guitar slam." He also uses a Digitech Whammy II and a Digitech XP-100 Whammy-Wah to create some of his signature guitar sounds. Li often performs technical, harmonized solo passages with co-guitarist Sam Totman, as heard in "Through The Fire And Flames."

In 2006, Li and DragonForce took the main stage at Ozzfest and Download Festival.

AND, there's also a great interview with Herman Metal-Temple http://www.metal-temple.com/interview.asp?id=128

 

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