''Twilight Dementia'' is the first

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by British

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band

DragonForce DragonForce are a British power metal band from London, formed in 1999. They are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics and retro video game-influenced sound. The band themselves refer to their music as "extreme po ...

, released in

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on 8 September 2010, the

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on 13 September and in the

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on September 14. The album was recorded in November and December 2009 during the

leg of the ''

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'' world tour, across nineteen different shows. The album features songs from all the band's previous albums. It is the last overall release to feature ZP Theart as the lead vocalist. The song "Black Fire" was archived on YouTube in 2025.

Track listing

Disc One

Disc Two

Personnel

ZP Theart ZP De Villiers Theart ( ) (born 27 May 1974) is a South African born singer-songwriter and the former lead vocalist and co-founder of the British power metal band DragonForce. He was also the lead vocalist for the British heavy metal band Tank ...

–

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Herman Li Herman Li (; born 3 October 1976) is a Hong Kong-born British musician. He is one of the lead guitarists, producers and songwriters for the power metal band DragonForce. Li has played with the band based in England since it was formed in 1999 ...

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Sam Totman Ian Samuel Totman is a British-born New Zealand musician best known as guitarist and main songwriter for the power metal band DragonForce. Early life Totman was born in England and grew up mainly in New Zealand. He moved back to England arou ...

– guitars, backing vocals *Vadim Pruzhanov –

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, backing vocals *Dave Mackintosh –

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, backing vocals *Frédéric Leclercq –

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, backing vocals

Production

*Produced By Karl Groom, Herman Li & Sam Totman

References

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