The other band's was 'Dragon heart) already existed and changed their named to DragonForce in 2002. However, the band later found that another power metal band with the same name (although both spellings were different, DragonForce's was 'Dragon Heart'. Apparently, for the demo, the band managed to put Peter Hunt as drums (guest) for the demo instead of Satanc. Initially the band intended to call themselves DragonHeart, released a demo, toured with Halford and Stratovarius and headline their own show under that name.
Sam and Herman were originally in the Black and power metal band, Demoniac, along with Lindsay Dawson, respectively. Herman and Sam later found singer ZP Theart through an advert, and not long afterwards, gained Demoniac's drummer, Matej Satanc, as well as the bassist Steve Scott, and the keyboardist, Steve Williams.
