"Metal Force" is a Heavy Metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band from Germany

Germany

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History

The band is heavily influenced by Manowar

Manowar (band)

Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York. Formed in 1980 the group is known for its lyrics based on fantasy and mythological topics along with their "loud and bombastic" sound...

 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

Rob Rock

Robert Rock is a heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri from 1992 to 2000, and now in 2008. He has also released four albums as a solo artist.-Biography:...

, Ross The Boss, Michael Seifert (Rebellion

Rebellion (band)

Rebellion is a German power-metal band. It was formed in 2001 when guitarist Uwe Lulis left Grave Digger in 2000, taking ex-Grave Digger bassist Tomi Göttlich with him...

). Other contributors are from Manilla Road

Manilla Road

Manilla Road are an American heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, founded by lead guitarist Mark 'the Shark' Shelton .- Beginnings :...

, Wizard

Wizard (German band)

Wizard is a German power metal band, formed in 1989 by the drummer Sören van Heek.The band is often called "Germany's answer to Manowar". The lyrics are similar: which often are about battles, metal, war, steel and such subjects...

, Helstar

Helstar

Helstar is a heavy metal band from Houston, Texas, formed in 1982.-History:Helstar began with a basic metal style in 1983 with 2 demos, followed by their first studio album in 1984 titled Burning Star for Combat Records, making them label mates with Megadeth and Exodus. Struggles within the band...

 and Paragon

Paragon (band)

Paragon is a speed metal/power metal band from Hamburg, Germany.-Biography:Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian . After releasing some demo tapes and a mini-CD, they were able to release an album in 1994, the debut World of Sin...

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They are not connected with the progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Dream Theater

Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...

, 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

Magic Circle Festival

Magic Circle Festival is an annual heavy metal festival organized by Magic Circle Music, it first took place in Bad Arolsen, Germany in 2007-2008 but moved to the Lorelei in 2009 .The first festival took place on July 6 and 7 2007....

 the band announced that they had changed their name from "Majesty" to "Metal Force".

Recently the band has announced that after three years as Metalforce they have decided to once again continue as MAJESTY.

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)

External links

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