In an interview with Metal Hammer, guitarist Herman Li has stated "Oh no, it's completely serious, we have fun doing it.".
On Octobassist Adrian Lambert announced his departure from the band in order to focus more time on raising his young son (Lambert later revealed in an interview that he had left due to musical differences with Herman Li and Sam Totman ). Their 2005 tour in support of the Sonic Firestorm album included support from Angra and Mendeed during their passage through the UK. DragonForce have released three albums and toured extensively while supporting Helloween, W.A.S.P.
It was most noted because it starts off with a light piano intro, which is atypical among DragonForce songs. The band's first successful song was "Starfire" off of their debut album, Valley of the Damned. Sam has confirmed many times that Herman Li was not involved with Shadow Warriors. Sam Totman also started a side project called Shadow Warriors featuring himself and ZP Theart. Two of the original members, Steve Williams and Steve Scott, left the band to form the power metal outfit Power Quest. The hit song " Valley of the Damned" reached over 500,000 downloads in the first few months. Their career began with the publishing of their early songs on the first incarnation of MP3.com, claiming the top of the site's heavy metal charts. DragonForce was formed in 1999 from the remnants of the band Demoniac under the name of DragonHeart, but they changed their name to DragonForce before releasing any commercial albums due to possible commercial issues with Brazilian band Dragonheart.