Metal Force

Metal Force
Origin	Germany
Genres	Heavy Metal Power Metal
Members
Tarek Maghary Christian Münzner Björn Daigger Marcus Bielenberg Michael Gräter
Past members
Chris Heun Udo Keppner Martin Hehn Markus Pruszydlo Andreas Moll Ingo Zadravc Rolf Munkes

"Metal Force" (formerly Majesty) is a Heavy Metal band from Germany.

History

The band is heavily influenced by Manowar both musically and lyrically, and even had former Manowar guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman appear on their second album, Sword & Sorcery.

They call their music True Metal (what is a common term in the Heavy Metal scene for traditional heavy metal or power metal with idealised, traditional and fantasy based lyrics and stage-appearance) and the band is usually dressed in leather. The band leader Tarek Maghary also organizes a festival called Keep It True. It is named after a song from Metal Force and features traditional heavy metal bands, often reunions or rare appearances of US metal bands.

Tarek Maghary is also the author of the Dawnrider project, a metal concept album featuring many other musicians like Rob Rock, Ross The Boss, Michael Seifert (Rebellion). Other contributors are from Manilla Road, Wizard, Helstar and Paragon.

They are not connected with the progressive metal band Dream Theater, whose original name was "Majesty". This bands name change had nothing to do with the threatened legal action against Dream Theater for intellectual property infringement related to the use of its name.

During Magic Circle Festival 2008 the band announced that they had changed their name from "Majesty" to "Metal Force".^[1]

Members

Current members

• Tarek Maghary - vocals, keyboards, (guitars 1997-2003)
• Tristan Visser - guitar
• Freddy Schartl - bass guitar
• Jan Raddatz - drums

Past members

• Marcus Bielenberg - bass guitar
• Björn Daigger - rhythm guitar
• Christian Münzer - lead guitar
• Chris Heun - live bass guitar (on fall 2004 tour)
• Udo Keppner - guitars
• Martin Hehn - bass guitar
• Markus Pruszydlo - keyboards
• Andreas Moll - keyboards
• Ingo Zadravc - drums
• Rolf Munkes - lead guitar

Discography

• Keep It True (2000)
• Sword & Sorcery (2002)
• Reign In Glory (2003)
• Metal Law (live album, 2004)
• Hellforces (2006)
• Metalforce (2009)
• Own the Crown (2CD, 2011)

References

1. ^ Blabbermouth.Net - Majesty Is No More, Long Live Metalforce

External links

• Official website
• Myspace Page
• Keep It True Festival
• Dawnrider Homepage