DragonForce discography

DragonForce discography

DragonForce at the Finnish Metal festival in 2007
Releases
Studio albums 4
Live albums 1
Singles 4
Music videos 4
Demo albums 1

The discography of DragonForce, an English power metal band, currently consists of one demo album, four studio albums and four singles.

DragonForce formed in London, England in 1999,[1] under the name of "DragonHeart", and released their first and only demo, Valley of the Damned, independently in 2000. This earned them a record deal with Noise Records with whom they released their début studio album Valley of the Damned in 2003, after renaming to "DragonForce", and their second studio album Sonic Firestorm in 2004 followed by their first single "Fury of the Storm" in 2005. They then signed to Roadrunner Records and released their first charting album and single, Inhuman Rampage and "Through the Fire and Flames", in 2006 followed by "Operation Ground and Pound" later that year. Their remixed and remastered version of Valley of the Damned was set for release in October 2007, but has since been postponed while their fourth studio album Ultra Beatdown and its preceding single, "Heroes of Our Time", were released on 25 August 2008 and 4 July 2008 respectively.

Contents

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[5]
JPN
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[9]
US Heat
[9]
US Indie
[9]
2003 Valley of the Damned 75
2004 Sonic Firestorm
  • Second studio album
  • Release date: 11 May 2004
  • Label: Noise Records
34
2006 Inhuman Rampage 70 32 54 103 1 5
2008 Ultra Beatdown
  • Fourth studio album
  • Release date: 25 August 2008
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
18 19 62 119 9 28 50 18
2012 TBA
  • Fifth studio album
  • Release date: 2012
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
To be released
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Title
2010 Twilight Dementia
  • Label: Roadrunner, Spinefarm (#?)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[11]
CAN
Digi.
[12]
US
[13]
US
Pop.
[13]
US
Main.
[13]
US
Digi S.
[13]
US
Digi T.
[14]
2005 "Fury of the Storm" Sonic Firestorm
2006 "Through the Fire and Flames"[C] 61 50 86 56 34 49 42 US: Gold[15] Inhuman Rampage
"Operation Ground and Pound"
2008 "Heroes of Our Time" Ultra Beatdown
"—" denotes singles that did not chart, or were not released in that country.

Music videos

Year Title Director
2006 "Through the Fire and Flames" Julian Reich[16]
"Operation Ground and Pound" Adam Mason[17]
2008 "Heroes of Our Time" Unknown[18]
"The Last Journey Home" Unknown

Footnotes

  1. ^ As DragonHeart.
  2. ^ Also appeared on the end of year charts for the Independent Albums at #38.[19]
  3. ^ Although released in 2006 "Through the Fire and Flames" did not enter the charts until 2008.

References

  1. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Dragonforce - Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p554753. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
  2. ^ "Chart Stats - DragonForce". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=11611. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  3. ^ "Discography DragonForce". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 
  4. ^ "Discography DragonForce". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  5. ^ "Discographie DragonForce". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  6. ^ "Artist Chart History - DragonForce" (in Japanese). Oricon Chart. http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/315487/full/. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  7. ^ "Discography DragonForce". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 
  8. ^ "Discography DragonForce" (in Swedish). Swedish charts. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dragonforce. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  9. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=510416&model.vnuAlbumId=750893. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  10. ^ "The BPI - Certified awards database - Inhuman Rampage". British Phonographic Industry. 9 March 2007. http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32891. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  11. ^ "Canadian Hot 100 - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  12. ^ "Hot Canadian Digital Singles - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  13. ^ a b c d "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History [singles] - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=510416&model.vnuAlbumId=750893. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  14. ^ "Hot Digital Tracks - DragonForce". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=DragonForce&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nor=10&an=bbcom&N=37+4294037825&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  15. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - DragonForce". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Dragonforce&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  16. ^ "Dragonforce - "Through the Fire and Flames" | Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=91300. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  17. ^ "Dragonforce - "Operation Ground and Pound" | Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=103472. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  18. ^ "Dragonforce - "Heroes Of Our Time" | Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=263256. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
  19. ^ "Independent Albums - Inhuman Rampage". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=450&cfgn=Year-end+Albums&cfn=Top+Independent+Albums&ci=3080721&cdi=9138873&cid=12%2F31%2F2006. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 

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