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There has generally been a fairly limited level of exposure for Brazil's Dragonheart. Truth be told, the author of this review was only made aware of them through their connection with Dragonforce as the reason for their change of name following their 2000 demo. One might have been tempted to infer a similarity in style between the British shred machine and this seemingly similar styled Brazilian outfit that came into existence a few years prior to the former, but apart from the similar name, any comparison would be extremely limited and peripheral in nature. Far from being a coked-up, keyboard and guitar solo happy answer to Helloween, Dragonheart winds up in an older mode of power metal that has more in common with the heavier, more speed metal informed approach of German acts such as Paragon and Mystic Prophecy, and also to an extent the harder edge yet somewhat more epic equivalents in Sweden in Hammerfall and The Storyteller…