Sam Totman
Sam Totman (born April 26, 1979 in London ) is the co-founder, guitarist and producer of the power metal band DragonForce .
Life
After playing with various metal bands in London, including Demoniac , he founded the band DragonForce (initially known as DragonHeart) with Herman Li and other band members in the summer of 1999 . Together with his bandmate Herman Li, he won in four categories in the Guitar World's Readers Poll 2007, "Best New Talent", "Best Metal", "Best Riff" and "Best Shredders". For the song Through the Fire and Flames they received the “Best Guitar Solo” award.
Totman and his bandmate Li were involved in the production of the song Road of Resistance by Babymetal in 2015 .
According to the band, his extra-musical interests consist mainly of pinball and the consumption of alcoholic beverages .
style
Sam Totman is the main songwriter for DragonForce. Most of the band's songs come from his pen, Frédéric Leclercq only grew to an equal size next to him after Maximum Overload .
Totman's guitar solos contain shred elements of all kinds, especially quick sweep picking runs, tapping and quick alternate picking sequences . Two-part passages that he plays with his bandmate Herman Li are also very common. Overall, his guitar playing is hardly less virtuoso than the Lis, but Totman is less experimental in terms of effects.
Sam Totman, like Herman Li, had a signature guitar built by Ibanez ; the Ibanez STM .
Discography
See also
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Totman, Sam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British guitarist (metal) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |