360:, subsequently gaining the band a deal with the label. It was then re-recorded in late 2002 and released as a full-length studio album on 25 February 2003, following the band's obtainance of the deal with Noise and change in name to DragonForce. The album was set to be remastered and released with a bonus DVD on 24 September 2007, but was subsequently delayed and eventually released on 22 February 2010, along with the re-release of the band's second album,
42:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
467:), but his lupine howls have a character all their own... Valley of the Damned may not be groundbreaking or cathartic, and lyrics like "In the land of desire with your heart filled with fire you live for the right to be free/We will sail on forevermore to the land of the evening star" may cross the line into heavy metal parody, but it's undeniably entertaining, expertly played, and endlessly fun."
451:
well played and so joyously executed that it could very well reignite the entire genre... From the epic title track to the fist-pumping closer, "Heart of a Dragon," the guitar pyrotechnics of Herman Li and Sam Totman light up the sky like a third world war, bending riffs into melodic submission while never overplaying. Vocalist ZP Theart has no qualms about emulating heroes like
151:
450:
review by James
Christopher Monger awarded the album 4 stars stating "The debut album from U.K. power metal giants Dragonforce is a polarizing affair. Valley of the Damned could be construed as a bloated, Spinal Tap-style tribute to early-'80s fantasy-metal, and in many ways it is; however, it's so
483:
Maybe 10 years ago, I would've said; 'I wish we'd done this and that.', but these days not really. I've learned and experienced a lot in life and you understand that if you get the perfect album the first time, there's no way to go. It's all about learning and experiencing and you always build on
484:
what you did before and learn from it and make better albums. I think it was the best we could come up with back then. It's got that energy, that we wouldn't be able to create if we re-recorded those songs. It wouldn't be the same.
382:, by Karl Groom, and at Lamer Luser Studios in London, by Herman Li, from May – October 2002. It was then mixed by Karl Groom, Herman Li and Sam Totman at Thin Ice Studios and mastered at Aubitt Studio by Rob Aubrey and Herman Li.
1627:
1430:
17:
506:
series. The 2010 remastered edition physical copy contains a bonus DVD that includes interviews with the band members and producer
106:
1457:
78:
1622:
1242:
59:
85:
1564:
92:
1617:
1196:
125:
74:
63:
1612:
1126:
1306:
817:
514:
from their first
Japanese tour in 2004, the backstage footage of the same show, two commentaries (one from
1112:
1607:
1518:
1483:
353:
1602:
1490:
1158:
28:
1235:
1379:
374:
The initial demo was recorded on 8 – 12 October and then mixed on 20 2000 at Thin Ice
Studios with
99:
1581:
258:
52:
1395:
1330:
494:
1532:
1497:
1215:
378:
engineering. The rerecording for the album in 2002 mostly took place at Thin Ice
Studios in
1228:
150:
8:
1557:
1550:
1411:
1403:
493:"Invocation of Apocalyptic Evil" contains a sample of "Malignant" from the soundtrack of
1504:
1525:
1476:
1449:
1192:
1387:
1363:
1355:
1325:
452:
362:
320:
268:
522:
and Groom), and footage from the recording and mixing sessions for the album in
479:
When asked about his thoughts of the album in a 2015 interview, Herman Li said:
1371:
1320:
27:
For the actual location historically known as 'the valley of the damned', see
1596:
499:
460:
357:
253:
1131:
472:
341:
245:
1084:
1511:
1277:
1251:
999:
811:"Where Dragons Rule" (included as a regular track on the 2010 re-release)
456:
349:
345:
296:
219:
211:
163:
1270:
1136:
1018:
975:
578:
507:
503:
375:
286:
276:
1295:
1263:
969:
963:
519:
515:
497:. "Black Fire" contains a sample of Kazunaka Yamane's theme from the
464:
281:
41:
1088:
447:
409:
523:
195:
1188:
1058:
379:
201:
188:
1220:
158:
352:. In 2000, while the band was still known as DragonHeart, a
476:
ranked it as the 10th best power metal album of all time.
1085:"allmusic – Valley of the Damned: Bonus DVD – Overview"
1185:
Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete
Edition 1970–2005
555:"Invocation of the Apocalyptic Evil" (Instrumental)
66:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
1594:
859:Japanese bonus tracks (2010 remastered edition)
1628:Albums with cover art by Jean-Pascal Fournier
1236:
1156:
1216:Valley of the Damned on the official website
510:on the making of the album, live footage of
414:
1431:Killer Elite: the Hits, the Highs, the Vids
1243:
1229:
1107:
1105:
1012:Herman Li – mixing, mastering, engineering
149:
1118:
126:Learn how and when to remove this message
1124:
1458:In the Line of Fire... Larger Than Live
1157:Müller-Hansen, Niclas (29 March 2015).
1102:
784:Japanese bonus track (original release)
14:
1595:
1002:– backing vocals, additional keyboards
908:
882:
807:
1224:
1159:"DRAGONFORCE: Intervju med Herman Li"
934:
844:
769:
743:
717:
691:
674:
648:
622:
596:
568:
551:
395:
1127:"The 25 greatest power metal albums"
1125:Chantler, Chris (14 November 2019).
952:
138:2003 studio album by DragonForce
64:adding citations to reliable sources
35:
24:
1177:
984:Vadim Pruzhanov - keyboards, piano
518:and Vadim Pruzhanov, and one from
25:
1639:
1565:Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)
1209:
416:
1187:(in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo:
1021:– recording, mixing, engineering
488:
435:
430:
425:
420:
415:
40:
1250:
51:needs additional citations for
1150:
1077:
864:
789:
533:
13:
1:
1623:Albums produced by Karl Groom
1070:
369:
1063:
947:
385:
7:
1484:Through the Fire and Flames
18:Disciples of Babylon (song)
10:
1644:
1491:Operation Ground and Pound
912:"Heart of a Dragon" (Demo)
29:Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna)
26:
1574:
1542:
1468:
1441:
1422:
1339:
1258:
1056:
1049:
1046:
1039:
972:– guitars, backing vocals
877:
874:
871:
868:
863:
802:
799:
796:
793:
788:
546:
543:
540:
537:
532:
403:
400:
356:was recorded and sent to
303:
295:
267:
244:
228:
210:
178:
170:
157:
148:
143:
1618:Sanctuary Records albums
1165:(in English and Swedish)
1024:Tommy Hansen – recording
987:Didier Almouzni – drums
1396:Reaching into Infinity
1115:accessed 14 April 2011
1027:Rob Aubrey – mastering
678:"Disciples of Babylon"
572:"Valley of the Damned"
486:
75:"Valley of the Damned"
1533:Power of the Triforce
1498:Revolution Deathsquad
886:"Evening Star" (Demo)
481:
354:demo of the same name
1613:Noise Records albums
1348:Valley of the Damned
1189:Oricon Entertainment
981:Diccon Harper – bass
626:"Black Winter Night"
512:Valley of the Damned
391:Professional ratings
337:Valley of the Damned
312:Valley of the Damned
200:LamerLuser Studios,
194:Jail House Studios,
144:Valley of the Damned
60:improve this article
1558:My Heart Will Go On
1412:Warp Speed Warriors
1404:Extreme Power Metal
1015:Sam Totman – mixing
1007:Technical personnel
860:
785:
747:"Heart of a Dragon"
392:
1608:DragonForce albums
1505:Heroes of Our Time
1423:Compilation albums
858:
783:
390:
187:Thin Ice Studios,
182:May – October 2002
1603:2003 debut albums
1590:
1589:
1526:Ashes of the Dawn
1477:Fury of the Storm
1450:Twilight Dementia
1331:Frédéric Leclercq
1068:
1067:
1057:Japanese Albums (
1036:
1035:
944:
943:
854:
853:
779:
778:
444:
443:
333:
332:
329:
328:
136:
135:
128:
110:
16:(Redirected from
1635:
1388:Maximum Overload
1380:The Power Within
1245:
1238:
1231:
1222:
1221:
1203:
1202:
1181:
1175:
1174:
1172:
1170:
1154:
1148:
1147:
1145:
1143:
1122:
1116:
1109:
1100:
1099:
1097:
1095:
1081:
1044:
1043:
953:
937:
866:
861:
857:
847:
791:
786:
782:
772:
535:
530:
529:
440:
439:
438:
434:
433:
429:
428:
424:
423:
419:
418:
393:
389:
305:
304:
240:
239:
235:
174:25 February 2003
153:
141:
140:
131:
124:
120:
117:
111:
109:
68:
44:
36:
21:
1643:
1642:
1638:
1637:
1636:
1634:
1633:
1632:
1593:
1592:
1591:
1586:
1570:
1538:
1464:
1437:
1418:
1364:Inhuman Rampage
1356:Sonic Firestorm
1335:
1326:Dave Mackintosh
1317:Vadim Pruzhanov
1311:Didier Almouzni
1254:
1249:
1212:
1207:
1206:
1199:
1183:
1182:
1178:
1168:
1166:
1155:
1151:
1141:
1139:
1123:
1119:
1113:Allmusic Review
1110:
1103:
1093:
1091:
1083:
1082:
1078:
1073:
1051:
1042:
1037:
994:Guest musicians
950:
945:
935:
924:
898:
855:
845:
837:
825:
780:
770:
759:
733:
707:
664:
638:
612:
586:
561:Vadim Pruzhanov
491:
453:Bruce Dickinson
436:
431:
426:
421:
388:
372:
363:Sonic Firestorm
324:
321:Sonic Firestorm
315:
291:
263:
237:
233:
232:
224:
206:
183:
166:
139:
132:
121:
115:
112:
69:
67:
57:
45:
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1641:
1631:
1630:
1625:
1620:
1615:
1610:
1605:
1588:
1587:
1585:
1584:
1578:
1576:
1572:
1571:
1569:
1568:
1561:
1554:
1546:
1544:
1540:
1539:
1537:
1536:
1529:
1522:
1515:
1508:
1501:
1494:
1487:
1480:
1472:
1470:
1466:
1465:
1463:
1462:
1454:
1445:
1443:
1439:
1438:
1436:
1435:
1426:
1424:
1420:
1419:
1417:
1416:
1408:
1400:
1392:
1384:
1376:
1372:Ultra Beatdown
1368:
1360:
1352:
1343:
1341:
1337:
1336:
1334:
1333:
1328:
1323:
1321:Adrian Lambert
1318:
1315:
1312:
1309:
1307:Steve Williams
1304:
1301:
1298:
1292:
1291:
1286:
1281:
1274:
1267:
1259:
1256:
1255:
1248:
1247:
1240:
1233:
1225:
1219:
1218:
1211:
1210:External links
1208:
1205:
1204:
1197:
1176:
1149:
1117:
1101:
1075:
1074:
1072:
1069:
1066:
1065:
1062:
1054:
1053:
1048:
1041:
1038:
1034:
1033:
1029:
1028:
1025:
1022:
1016:
1013:
1009:
1008:
1004:
1003:
996:
995:
990:
989:
988:
985:
982:
979:
973:
967:
960:
959:
951:
949:
946:
942:
941:
938:
932:
931:
928:
925:
923:
922:
919:
915:
913:
910:
906:
905:
902:
899:
897:
896:
893:
889:
887:
884:
880:
879:
876:
873:
870:
867:
856:
852:
851:
848:
842:
841:
838:
836:
835:
832:
828:
826:
824:
823:
820:
818:Steve Williams
814:
812:
809:
805:
804:
801:
798:
795:
792:
781:
777:
776:
773:
767:
766:
763:
760:
758:
757:
754:
750:
748:
745:
741:
740:
737:
734:
732:
731:
728:
724:
722:
721:"Evening Star"
719:
715:
714:
711:
708:
706:
705:
702:
698:
696:
693:
689:
688:
685:
682:
679:
676:
672:
671:
668:
665:
663:
662:
659:
655:
653:
650:
646:
645:
642:
639:
637:
636:
633:
629:
627:
624:
620:
619:
616:
613:
611:
610:
607:
603:
601:
598:
594:
593:
590:
587:
585:
584:
581:
575:
573:
570:
566:
565:
562:
559:
556:
553:
549:
548:
545:
542:
539:
536:
528:
490:
487:
442:
441:
412:
406:
405:
402:
398:
397:
387:
384:
371:
368:
331:
330:
327:
326:
317:
308:
301:
300:
293:
292:
290:
289:
284:
279:
273:
271:
265:
264:
262:
261:
256:
250:
248:
242:
241:
230:
226:
225:
223:
222:
216:
214:
208:
207:
205:
204:
198:
192:
184:
180:
176:
175:
172:
168:
167:
162:
155:
154:
146:
145:
137:
134:
133:
48:
46:
39:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1640:
1629:
1626:
1624:
1621:
1619:
1616:
1614:
1611:
1609:
1606:
1604:
1601:
1600:
1598:
1583:
1580:
1579:
1577:
1573:
1566:
1562:
1559:
1555:
1552:
1548:
1547:
1545:
1541:
1534:
1530:
1527:
1523:
1520:
1516:
1513:
1509:
1506:
1502:
1499:
1495:
1492:
1488:
1485:
1481:
1478:
1474:
1473:
1471:
1467:
1460:
1459:
1455:
1452:
1451:
1447:
1446:
1444:
1440:
1433:
1432:
1428:
1427:
1425:
1421:
1414:
1413:
1409:
1406:
1405:
1401:
1398:
1397:
1393:
1390:
1389:
1385:
1382:
1381:
1377:
1374:
1373:
1369:
1366:
1365:
1361:
1358:
1357:
1353:
1350:
1349:
1345:
1344:
1342:
1340:Studio albums
1338:
1332:
1329:
1327:
1324:
1322:
1319:
1316:
1314:Diccon Harper
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1302:
1299:
1297:
1294:
1293:
1290:
1287:
1285:
1282:
1280:
1279:
1275:
1273:
1272:
1268:
1266:
1265:
1261:
1260:
1257:
1253:
1246:
1241:
1239:
1234:
1232:
1227:
1226:
1223:
1217:
1214:
1213:
1200:
1198:4-87131-077-9
1194:
1190:
1186:
1180:
1164:
1160:
1153:
1138:
1134:
1133:
1128:
1121:
1114:
1111:Monger, J.C.
1108:
1106:
1090:
1086:
1080:
1076:
1060:
1055:
1047:Chart (2003)
1045:
1032:
1026:
1023:
1020:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1010:
1006:
1005:
1001:
998:
997:
993:
992:
991:
986:
983:
980:
977:
974:
971:
968:
966:– lead vocals
965:
962:
961:
957:
956:
955:
954:
939:
936:Total length:
933:
929:
926:
920:
917:
916:
914:
911:
907:
903:
900:
894:
891:
890:
888:
885:
881:
862:
849:
846:Total length:
843:
839:
833:
830:
829:
827:
821:
819:
816:
815:
813:
810:
806:
787:
774:
771:Total length:
768:
764:
761:
755:
752:
751:
749:
746:
742:
738:
735:
729:
726:
725:
723:
720:
716:
712:
709:
703:
700:
699:
697:
695:"Revelations"
694:
690:
686:
683:
680:
677:
673:
669:
666:
660:
657:
656:
654:
651:
647:
643:
640:
634:
631:
630:
628:
625:
621:
617:
614:
608:
605:
604:
602:
599:
595:
591:
588:
582:
580:
577:
576:
574:
571:
567:
563:
560:
557:
554:
550:
531:
527:
525:
521:
517:
513:
509:
505:
502:
501:
500:Double Dragon
496:
489:Track listing
485:
480:
477:
475:
474:
468:
466:
462:
461:Michael Kiske
458:
454:
449:
413:
411:
408:
407:
399:
396:Review scores
394:
383:
381:
377:
367:
365:
364:
359:
358:Noise Records
355:
351:
347:
343:
340:is the debut
339:
338:
323:
322:
318:
314:
313:
309:
307:
306:
302:
298:
294:
288:
285:
283:
280:
278:
275:
274:
272:
270:
266:
260:
257:
255:
252:
251:
249:
247:
243:
231:
227:
221:
218:
217:
215:
213:
209:
203:
199:
197:
193:
190:
186:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
160:
156:
152:
147:
142:
130:
127:
119:
108:
105:
101:
98:
94:
91:
87:
84:
80:
77: –
76:
72:
71:Find sources:
65:
61:
55:
54:
49:This article
47:
43:
38:
37:
34:
30:
19:
1551:Ring of Fire
1456:
1448:
1429:
1410:
1402:
1394:
1386:
1378:
1370:
1362:
1354:
1347:
1346:
1300:Matej Setinc
1289:Alicia Vigil
1288:
1284:Gee Anzalone
1283:
1276:
1269:
1262:
1184:
1179:
1167:. Retrieved
1162:
1152:
1140:. Retrieved
1132:Metal Hammer
1130:
1120:
1092:. Retrieved
1079:
1030:
600:"Black Fire"
511:
498:
492:
482:
478:
473:Metal Hammer
471:
469:
445:
373:
361:
342:studio album
336:
335:
334:
319:
311:
310:
159:Studio album
122:
116:January 2008
113:
103:
96:
89:
82:
70:
58:Please help
53:verification
50:
33:
1582:Discography
1543:Cover songs
1512:Cry Thunder
1442:Live albums
1303:Steve Scott
1278:Marc Hudson
1252:DragonForce
1163:Rocksverige
1000:Clive Nolan
958:DragonForce
457:Iron Maiden
350:DragonForce
346:power metal
344:by British
297:DragonForce
220:Power metal
164:DragonForce
1597:Categories
1271:Sam Totman
1137:Future plc
1071:References
1019:Karl Groom
976:Sam Totman
652:"Starfire"
579:Sam Totman
508:Karl Groom
504:video game
376:Karl Groom
370:Production
299:chronology
287:Sam Totman
277:Karl Groom
86:newspapers
1296:ZP Theart
1264:Herman Li
1052:position
978:– guitars
970:Herman Li
964:ZP Theart
948:Personnel
520:ZP Theart
516:Herman Li
470:In 2019,
465:Helloween
386:Reception
282:Herman Li
259:Sanctuary
191:, England
1519:The Game
1191:. 2006.
1094:3 August
1089:Allmusic
834:Williams
448:Allmusic
410:AllMusic
269:Producer
179:Recorded
171:Released
161: by
1575:Related
1469:Singles
1169:9 April
1142:2 March
524:Denmark
325:(2004)
316:(2003)
196:Denmark
100:scholar
1461:(2015)
1453:(2010)
1434:(2016)
1415:(2024)
1407:(2019)
1399:(2017)
1391:(2014)
1383:(2012)
1375:(2008)
1367:(2006)
1359:(2004)
1351:(2003)
1195:
1059:Oricon
1040:Charts
1031:
927:Totman
921:Theart
918:Totman
895:Theart
878:Length
872:Lyrics
831:Totman
822:Theart
803:Length
797:Lyrics
762:Totman
756:Theart
753:Totman
730:Theart
710:Totman
704:Theart
701:Totman
681:Theart
667:Totman
661:Theart
658:Totman
641:Totman
635:Theart
632:Totman
615:Totman
609:Theart
606:Totman
589:Totman
583:Theart
558:
547:Length
541:Lyrics
459:) and
404:Rating
401:Source
380:Surrey
229:Length
202:London
189:Surrey
102:
95:
88:
81:
73:
940:69:29
875:Music
869:Title
850:57:41
800:Music
794:Title
775:51:51
544:Music
538:Title
348:band
254:Noise
246:Label
212:Genre
107:JSTOR
93:books
1193:ISBN
1171:2015
1144:2021
1096:2008
1050:Peak
930:5:26
904:6:22
840:5:50
765:5:24
739:6:40
713:6:52
687:7:17
670:5:54
644:6:30
618:5:47
592:7:12
564:0:15
495:Doom
446:The
79:news
1064:75
909:12.
883:11.
865:No.
808:10.
790:No.
534:No.
62:by
1599::
1161:.
1135:.
1129:.
1104:^
1087:.
1061:)
901:Li
892:Li
744:9.
736:Li
727:Li
718:8.
692:7.
684:Li
675:6.
649:5.
623:4.
597:3.
569:2.
552:1.
526:.
366:.
238:51
234:51
1567:"
1563:"
1560:"
1556:"
1553:"
1549:"
1535:"
1531:"
1528:"
1524:"
1521:"
1517:"
1514:"
1510:"
1507:"
1503:"
1500:"
1496:"
1493:"
1489:"
1486:"
1482:"
1479:"
1475:"
1244:e
1237:t
1230:v
1201:.
1173:.
1146:.
1098:.
463:(
455:(
236::
129:)
123:(
118:)
114:(
104:·
97:·
90:·
83:·
56:.
31:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
