Dragonforce Debut on Billboard Charts

"While other bands want to be bigger than Metallica, DragonForce," says Metal Hammer Magazine, "have the capacity to be bigger than Star Wars." Last week metal heroes DragonForce debuted at #1 on the Heatseekers Top New Artist Chart with 9,672 units sold of Inhuman Rampage, their latest US release and first for Roadrunner Records. Concurrently debuting at #103 on Billboard Top 200 Chart, Inhuman Rampage, in its first week alone, has already out-scanned Valley of the Damned and Sonic Firestorm's US cumulative sales, proving that the ‘Force is more powerful than ever. This week the band only saw a 24% drop (typical drop for metal bands is 60%) with 7,348 albums scanned, good enough for #2 on the Top New Artist Chart. As the band performs on Ozzfest's mainstage and headlines their own off-dates, the ‘Force is sure to continue building in strength and numbers through the rest of the year.

"DragonForce are getting bigger. Prepare for the onslaught," Kerrang! warns. From the first time DragonForce set foot on US soil for a sold-out, headlining tour the buzz has been becoming a roar. Ozzfest heard rumblings of the magnitude of the band and offered them a mainstage slot on this year's festival. The buzz continued and for the past three weeks DragonForce has held an iron grip on the #1 position at CMJ and #1 at FMQB for two weeks as DragonForce and their album Inhuman Rampage establishes itself as the most played record on college and commercial metal stations across the country.

Inhuman Rampage features songs such as "Operation Ground And Pound," 'Revolution Deathsquad," "Storming The Burning Fields" and the first single "Through The Fire And Flames," the video for which is receiving spins on MTV2.

Since forming in London in 1999, DragonForce has taken British, European and Japanese audiences by storm. The brainchild of guitarists - Hong Kong born Herman Li and New Zealander Sam Totman - along with South African émigré ZP Theart on vocals, Dave Mackintosh (UK) on drums, Vadim Pruzhanov (Ukraine) on keys and Frederic Leclercq (France) on bass - make DragonForce a true meeting of great international musical minds and the perfect vehicle to prevent the darkside from taking over the world.